Media and Internet Issues 2008 News Archives

2008 Headlines:

• 12/31/09 - Top 25 Stories of 2009 Subjected to Media Censorship
• 10/07/09 - Activist Arrested for Tweets (Iran? No, US!)
• 06/30/09 - The Corporate Media State Has Deformed American Culture - Time to Fight Back
• 05/27/09 - Alert: Tell American Public Media to Stop Letting Monsanto Leverage Its Reputation!
• 02/24/09 - The Center for Media and Democracy, Long-Time OCA Ally, is Looking for a New Executive Director
• 02/05/09 - Free Press Wary of Internet Caps
• 01/10/09 - Obama: The American Dream Includes Internet for Everyone
• 06/30/08 - Grit TV with Laura Flanders: A Glimmer of Light in Television Wasteland
• 06/26/08 - Casualties of Tort War: Consumers
• 06/26/08 - Study Finds Imbalance on 3 Newspapers' Op Ed Pages
• 06/25/08 - The Hedonists of Power
• 06/25/08 - The Weekly Spin, June 25, 2008
• 06/18/08 - PR Firm Edleman Launches Charm Offensive for GMO Giant Monsanto
• 06/18/08 - The Weekly Spin, June 18, 2008
• 06/12/08 - Pentagon Pundits, Media Reform and Talking Back to Bill O'Reilly
• 06/11/08 - The Weekly Spin, June 11, 2008
• 06/08/08 - The Future of Media Doesn't Belong to Murdoch; It Belongs to Us
• 06/07/08 - Robert McChesney and Josh Silver of Free Press on the National Conference for Media Reform
• 06/07/08 - Adrienne Maree Brown of the Ruckus Society on Media Justice, Election Protection and the Issue of Race in the 2008 Election
• 06/05/08 - The Weekly Spin, June 4, 2008
• 06/03/08 - Dan Rather, Bill Moyers Join Thousands Fighting for Better Media in Minneapolis
• 05/31/08 - Who'll Unplug Big Media? Stay Tuned
• 05/30/08 - Independent Booksellers Join Forces to Promote Localism & Independence in Book Trade
• 05/28/08 - House Takes a Stand Against Pentagon Propaganda
• 05/28/08 - The Weekly Spin, May 28, 2008
• 05/22/08 - The Weekly Spin, May 21, 2008
• 05/20/08 - Google Health - Technology Achievement or Privacy Disaster?
• 05/20/08 - Democracy in America: Running Out of Hope by Bill Moyers
• 05/16/08 - The Weekly Spin, May 14, 2008
• 05/14/08 - Is Who Becomes the Next President All That Matters?
• 05/08/08 - The Weekly Spin, May 7, 2008
• 05/07/08 - Consumer Groups Champion Internet Freedom Preservation Act
• 05/07/08 - Will the White Collar Criminals Who Have Wrecked the Economy Ever Do Time?
• 05/05/08 - What the Pentagon Pundits Were Selling on the Side: Propaganda Meets Corporate Lobbying
• 05/04/08 - The Gospel of Consumption
• 05/02/08 - The Fire Bell in the Night and Our Real Terror: While We Debate Reverend Wright, The Economy Goes To Hell
• 05/02/08 - Popular Radio Announcer Ousted After Ripping Monsanto's Goon Squads
• 05/01/08 - The Weekly Spin, April 30, 2008
• 04/24/08 - The Weekly Spin, April 23, 2008
• 04/23/08 - Embedding Military Propagandists into the News Media
• 04/20/08 - Why Making Media The Issue Is Crucial For Saving Democracy
• 04/17/08 - The Weekly Spin, April 16, 2008
• 04/16/08 - Obama, Bitterness, Meet the Press, and the Old Politics
• 04/14/08 - First Amendment, Free Speech, and Open Government News
• 04/10/08 - The Weekly Spin, April 9, 2008
• 04/08/08 - Why Are NPR & Progressive Media Afraid to Talk About Election Fraud & Stolen Elections?
• 04/08/08 - Why Are NPR & Progressive Media Afraid to Talk About Election Fraud & Stolen Elections?
• 04/03/08 - The Weekly Spin, April 2, 2008
• 04/01/08 - TV Watching--The Top Environmental Hazard for Children
• 03/27/08 - The Weekly Spin, March 26, 2008
• 03/20/08 - The Weekly Spin, March 19, 2008
• 03/13/08 - The Weekly Spin, March 12, 2008
• 03/12/08 - 2008 National Conference for Media Reform Coming to Minneapolis
• 03/06/08 - The Weekly Spin, March 5, 2008
• 03/01/08 - Comcast Facing Backlash After Hearing
• 02/29/08 - The Weekly Spin, February 27, 2008
• 02/26/08 - Free Press: The Future of the Internet: Open or Closed?
• 02/22/08 - Net Neutrality Is a Civil Rights Issue
• 02/21/08 - Just When You Thought the Corporate Media Couldn't Get Any Worse
• 02/21/08 - The Weekly Spin, February 20, 2008
• 02/18/08 - WikiLeaks.org Forced off the Internet After Exposing Ilegal Banking Practices
• 02/14/08 - Wal-Mart PR Firm Says it's OK to Lie
• 02/14/08 - The Weekly Spin, February 13, 2008
• 02/12/08 - There's Nothing Mainstream About the Corporate Media
• 02/02/08 - Free Press: Ignoring Reality, Bush Declares Broadband Mission Accomplished
• 01/24/08 - The Weekly Spin, January 23, 2008
• 01/24/08 - Stop The Telecom Giants from Interfering with Free Speech on the Internet & Cell Phones
• 01/18/08 - Progressive Leaders, Media Speak Out Against Matthews
• 01/17/08 - The Weekly Spin, January 16, 2008
• 01/10/08 - The Weekly Spin, January 9, 2008
• 01/07/08 - Progressive States Network on Broadband Buildout and Technology Investments in the States
• 01/03/08 - The Weekly Spin, January 2, 2008
• 12/14/08 - Elimination of Junk Food Ads Directed at Children Could Reduce Obesity in U.S. by 20 Percent
• 12/10/08 - Obama's Broadband Roadmap
• 12/02/08 - The Weekly Spin, December 2, 2008
• 11/30/08 - Disney Corrupts Chidrens' Minds
• 11/25/08 - The Weekly Spin, November 25, 2008
• 11/19/08 - The Weekly Spin, November 19, 2008
• 11/12/08 - The Weekly Spin, November 12, 2008
• 11/09/08 - The Mandate Manipulation Machine Enters Stage Right
• 11/05/08 - Media Change We Can Believe In
• 11/05/08 - The Weekly Spin, November 5, 2008
• 10/29/08 - The Weekly Spin, October 29, 2008
• 10/22/08 - The Weekly Spin, October 22, 2008
• 10/16/08 - The Weekly Spin, October 15, 2008
• 10/08/08 - The Weekly Spin, October 8, 2008
• 10/03/08 - The Bailout: How the Media Sold Their Souls to Wall Street
• 10/01/08 - The Weekly Spin, October 1, 2008
• 09/25/08 - The Weekly Spin, September 24, 2008
• 09/17/08 - The Weekly Spin, September 17, 2008
• 09/10/08 - The Weekly Spin, September 10, 2008
• 09/04/08 - The Weekly Spin, September 3, 2008
• 08/27/08 - The Weekly Spin, August 27, 2008
• 08/20/08 - The Weekly Spin, August 20, 2008
• 08/19/08 - The Dems Convention: I Won't Be Politically High in the Mile-High City
• 08/15/08 - Special Report: Ivins Anthrax Case Another Black Eye for Network News
• 08/13/08 - The Weekly Spin, August 13, 2008
• 08/06/08 - The Weekly Spin, August 6, 2008
• 07/30/08 - The Weekly Spin, July 30, 2008
• 07/26/08 - Netroots Nation: Bloggers Becoming a Significant Force for Change
• 07/25/08 - The Weekly Spin, July 23, 2008
• 07/23/08 - So Goes the Newsroom, the Empire and the World
• 07/23/08 - Report from Canada: Death of Free Internet is Imminent
• 07/16/08 - The Weekly Spin, July 16, 2008
• 07/09/08 - The Weekly Spin, July 9, 2008
• 07/04/08 - The Weekly Spin, July 2, 2008
• 07/03/08 - Dan Rather Slams Corporate News at National Conference for Media Reform
• 07/02/08 - Bryant Park Project: Candidates' Surrogates Sling Mud
• 07/01/08 - The Hedonists of Power
• 12/29/07 - The Weekly Spin, December 26, 2007
• 12/26/07 - Bush & Corporate-Indentured Congress' Christmas Gifts to the Media & Energy Giants
• 12/21/07 - FCC Votes for Big Media: Throw the Rules Out
• 12/20/07 - The FCC Voted: Time to Raise Hell
• 12/20/07 - The Weekly Spin, December 19, 2007
• 12/13/07 - The Weekly Spin, December 12, 2007
• 12/06/07 - The Weekly Spin, December 5, 2007
• 11/29/07 - The Weekly Spin, November 28, 2007
• 11/28/07 - Top 25 Censored News Stories of 2007
• 11/24/07 - "We Must Fight the Net"
• 11/23/07 - US Senator Russ Feingold: On Stopping Increasing Consolidation of Media Ownership
• 11/22/07 - The Weekly Spin, November 21, 2007
• 11/20/07 - As the Media Merges with Politics, Can We Resist 'Electotainment'?
• 11/18/07 - Big Brother Spying on Americans' Internet Data?
• 11/15/07 - The Weekly Spin, November 14, 2007
• 11/11/07 - Big Media's Attack on You
• 11/08/07 - The Weekly Spin, November 7, 2007
• 11/01/07 - The Weekly Spin, October 31, 2007
• 10/25/07 - The Weekly Spin, October 24, 2007
• 10/21/07 - An Assault on Media Diversity and Democracy
• 10/12/07 - Fake TV News Problem Continues
• 09/27/07 - Consumer Groups: We Need Universal, Affordable, High-Speed Internet Access for Small Businesses and all Americans
• 09/14/07 - The Weekly Spin, September 12, 2007
• 08/27/07 - Kucinich Wins Debate Poll, ABC Covers Up Results
• 08/16/07 - Web Dictators: AT&T Censors Pearl Jam's Anti-War, Anti-Bush Lyrics
• 08/13/07 - Summary of the Ongoing Attack on Civil Liberties in the U.S.
• 08/13/07 - The Last Days of American Democracy?
• 08/13/07 - Bush & Cheney's War Has Slaughtered A Million Iraqis
• 08/07/07 - DailyKos & MoveOn--Are the So-Called Netroots Leaders Just Cheerleaders for the Democratic Party?
• 08/03/07 - Bush's Police State Tactics Stirring Up Controversy
• 07/30/07 - 'Open Access' to Public Airwaves Essential To Media Reform
• 07/25/07 - Bipartisan Legislation Would Increase Local Broadband Access and Competition
• 07/25/07 - Media Corrections We'd Like to See
• 07/18/07 - 95% of Consumers Want FCC to Keep a Free and Open Internet
• 07/13/07 - Will MoveOn Really Move Anything in Regard to the 2008 Presidential Race?
• 07/11/07 - Robert Kennedy Jr at Live Earth Concert: See You on the Barricades
• 07/09/07 - Amy Goodman Interviews Ralph Nader on the 2008 Elections
• 07/06/07 - The Libby Commutation: Coincidence, or Conspiracy?
• 06/06/07 - New Corporate Ads--Greening or Greenwashing
• 06/05/07 - 250,000 Americans Urge the FCC: Use the Public Airwaves for the Public Good
• 04/25/07 - Michael Moore's New Film "Sicko" Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's
• 04/25/07 - Fascist America, in 10 Easy Steps
• 04/23/07 - Media Moguls Move to Kill Internet Radio with Unreasonable Royalty Fees
• 04/10/07 - Out-of-Control Corporations & Politicians--Why the US is the World's Largest Debtor Nation
• 04/05/07 - Public Interest Groups to FCC: Save Our Spectrum
• 04/04/07 - The Weekly Spin, April 4, 2007
• 03/22/07 - The Weekly Spin, March 21, 2007
• 01/19/07 - Internet as Political Force Grows
• 01/17/07 - The Weekly Spin, January 17, 2007
• 01/16/07 - Danny Schechter: What Next for Media Reform?
• 01/15/07 - Top Ten Censored News Stories of 2006
• 01/11/07 - Bipartisan Bill Protects Free and Open Internet--Fight for Net Neutrality Resumes in Opening Days of the 110th Congress
• 01/01/07 - AT&T Commits to Net Neutrality and Low-Cost Internet
• 12/27/06 - FCC Sides with Verizon & AT&T and Votes to Strip Local Communities of Control Over Cable Franchising
• 12/18/06 - The 2006 Election: Another Nail in our Democracy's Coffin?
• 11/28/06 - Documentary Films Rattle Business World
• 11/15/06 - Still Not the News: CMD Releases Follow up Report on the Use of Video News Releases
• 10/25/06 - FCC Reassessing Media Ownership Rules, Critics Say Current Regulations Inspire Bland Homogeneity
• 10/03/06 - Study Finds Many in Congress Trying to Dodge Emails from Constituents
• 09/29/06 - Important New DVD: American Blackout, Exposes Stolen Elections & the Right Wing Assault on Congressional Black Leader Cynthia McKinney
• 09/27/06 - Who Controls the Media & Broadband Internet Access in Your Area?
• 08/21/06 - Congress Poised to Unravel the Internet
• 08/14/06 - Time Magazine: Are the Bush Terror Alerts Simply Tactics to Frighten the Public into Supporting the Republican Party?
• 08/02/06 - Free Speech for Voters or Corporations?
• 07/31/06 - Top 10 Signs of the Impending U.S. Police State
• 07/31/06 - Corporate Attack on Net Neutrality Threatens Your Access to Information on the Internet
• 07/21/06 - RFK Jr.--The Republican Party--Aided by Cowardly Democrats--Has Stolen the Last Two Elections
• 06/18/06 - How Big Telecom Plans to Privatize the Internet & How the Netroots Will Fight Back
• 06/14/06 - Internet Powered Politics & the 'Netroots' Moving Toward Critical Mass in the USA
• 06/14/06 - Police Evict Farmers & Community from the Nation's Largest Community Garden in South Central LA
• 06/11/06 - House Passes Controversial Corporate Takeover Telecom Bill, Rejects Amendment to Protect Net Neutrality
• 06/11/06 - Defeat for Internet Neutrality and Access in U.S. House
• 05/29/06 - Big Victory in Congress to Preserve Internet Freedom
• 05/18/06 - Beware of Powerfully Armed and Politically Well Connected Robbers on the Information Highway
• 05/10/06 - Will the Internet Be Taken Over & Turned into a Corporate Controlled Weapon of Mass Deception?
• 04/03/06 - Is the Mainstream Media Finally Getting Half the Rigged Voting Machine Story?
• 03/11/10 - South Korea Does What the US Refuses to Do: Restrict Junk Food Advertising to Children
• 03/04/10 - Media Reformers Are Out of Touch with the Reality of Today's Tabloid Media
• 02/16/10 - The Information Super-Sewer
• 02/01/10 - The Creed of Objectivity Killed the News