People gathered today to protest the planned merger between Sinclair Broadcasting Group and the Tribune Company. Speakers addressed issues of media consolidation, right-wing news, Trump influence over media policy and racism in the press. Speakers included Brandi Collins of Color Of Change, Craig Aaron of Free Press, Yosef Getachew of Common Cause and Cheryl Leanza…
Read moreThe Meaning and Fight for Net Neutrality
Joseph Torres joined us to discuss the meaning and fight for internet or net neutrality. Torres is co-author of the New York Times bestseller News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media and currently works as Senior External Affairs Director for the media advocacy group and think tank free press,…
Read moreThe State, Police Violence and Liberated Masses Media: Other Views of Ferguson
Today we took another look at the killing of Michael Brown and the issue of police violence from the perspective of the Operation Ghetto Storm/Every 28 Hours Report with Kali Akuno of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement; activist and scholar Rosa Clemente. We also talked about the uprising in Ferguson, MO. in the context of…
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