| People's
Guide to the Telecommunications Act of 2006
An excellent overview of what's at stake in wholesale national telecommunications
reform, courtesy of the Alliance for Community Media.
MediaChannel.org
Clearinghouse for thousands of media issues groups around the globe; run
by News Dissector Danny Schecter.
Fairness
and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
Progressive media watchdog meticulously documents the misuse of corporate and
government influence in the media.
Media
Matters for America
An effort to "document and correct conservative misinformation in
each news cycle." Ambitious as hell.
Harold
Feld's Tales of the Sausage Factory
Attorney for the Media Access Project dishes dirt about working the telecom
beat in D.C.
News
Hounds
"We watch FOX so you don't have to."
Media
Monitors Network
Fact-checking controversial stories as they flow through the media environment.
MediaLens
"Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media."
mediageek.net
Home
of thoughtful analysis of all things media, with a penchant for empowering
people to speak for themselves.
Lying
Media Bastards
"Focus[ed] on our media-marinated world, political lies, corporate tyranny,
and the folks fighting the good fight against these monsters."
TV
News Lies
Repository of information on the vapidity and spin of corporate television.
Orwell
Rolls in His Grave
"The consummate critical [video] examination of the Fourth Estate."
Media
For Democracy 2004
"A non-partisan citizens' initiative to monitor mainstream news coverage
of the 2004 elections and advocate fair, democratic and issue-oriented standards
of reporting."
Take
Back the Media!
Progressive-leaning web site is a deep resource of information
on corporate control of the media, including information on how to recognize
and resist its dangers.
Facts
and Myths about IBOC-DAB
Debunks many industry talking-points about "HD Radio."
Election
News Watchdog
Keep a scorecard of the amount of election coverage you see locally; you may
be surprised at what you find.
We the
Blog
"In order to form a more artistic Union" - critiques on media
and consumption.
Hear
Us Now
Consumers Union portal on "communications choice."
Corporate Media Portal
"A
repository of information about Corporatized Media."
Freedom
House: Press Freedom Survey
Conducted yearly.
CertiMedia.org
European attempt to create an "ISAS BC 9001 'quality standard'" in
a globalized media industry.
Independent-media.tv
Tracks underreported stories and showcases people and events in the independent
media world.
Radio
Broadcast
Veterans of the radio business expose the unscrupulous
practices of the industry.
The
FCC and Community Radio Stations
The
site of Lonnie Kobres, a patriot broadcaster who has the distinction
of being the only man in the United States to "serve time" for
unlicensed broadcasting.
KZND
LPFM Stress Test
A licensed low power FM station
in Alaska provides real-world proof that there's more room
on the dial than you
think.
Anti-Corporate
Media Sites
iA
Wiki: Anti-Clear Channel - DIY directory of sites critical of
the media conglomerate.
Clear Channel
Bites - No-design site contains a wealth of facts about one of
America's largest and most powerful media companies.
ClearChannelSucks.net
- "created to provide specific information about the radio and music
industry to musicians and artists from around the globe."
ClearChannelSucks.org
- An eye-catching site designed to highlight the conglomerate's nefarious
business practices.
Faux
News Channel - "The most powerful smell in news."
HailtoCC.org - Anti-Clear
Channel site in Belgium, resisting the European invasion of the U.S. media
conglomerate.
Turn
Off Clear Channel Communications
- Yes, it's a rant - but a worthy
one with a worthy goal. |
