Posts filed under media

June 10, 2009

Censorship, self-censorship and dissent

When you set out to tell the truth about things in the media, you are bound to ruffle a few feathers. One of the biggest complaints independent journos and the reading public have against the mass media is the tendency to censor and self-censor so as not to offend the advertising-base (the other of [...]

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June 2, 2009

Long running voice of activist media (temporarily) shut down in Brisbane

After an 11th hour appeal by the RRC and supporters, the A show has been returned to the airwaves. Love and flowers to 4ZzZ102.1fm!!! The A Show returns monday, 12 noon: live cross to the dreaming. Live streaming now - www.4zzzfm.org.au
In the wake of a series of internal conflicts between Brisbane Community [...]

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October 19, 2008

What you need to know to do radio

Today I’m training new volunteers at 4ZzZfm102.1fm in Brisbane.  What follows is my advice to anyone interested in getting involved in Radical Radio at Zed.
1. Intro to the Rad Radio concept
The Rad Radio collective formed in 2002. Originally conisting of interchangable hosts of the Anarchy Show, EcoRadio and Radio Democracy, in 2006 Locked [...]

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September 3, 2008

Monbiot betrays his class bias

George Monbiot, darling of the grass roots climate movement, has this week ruffled some feathers amongst the activists he professes to admire. He made a scathing attack on the leftist organisers of the Kingsnorth climate camp, that in his own words was amongst “the most inspiring events I’ve ever witnessed. I am awed by [...]

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December 17, 2002

media hype and the wto protests

Following the WTO protests in Sydney in November, the mainstream media reported scenes so outrageous as to make one think something is seriously wrong with the protest movement.
The Daily Telegraph represented the protestors as anything from simply misguided, unwashed and [...]

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