When pioneering broadcast newser CBS thinks news ain't worth it anymore, we know we're in trouble...

A fine first-person description of the Winter Soldier event, which I attended. Wish the format allowed for greater coverage. Winter Soldier was underreported, IMHO, across all media - mainstream, commercial media ignored it, and the alternative or independent press was nominally present (AlterNet, the Nation, KPFA and Aaron Glantz, Amy Goodman and Laura Flanders, the NY Indypendent, FSTV).

Getting any first-person coverage from the civilians still living in Iraq is rare, and Dahr Jamail has been a leader in bringing the stories of everyday people under occupation out. That said, I'd sure love a bit of background on who is running the effort to get electricity back up, what they've done or haven't done, what the problems are, and particularly, what the plans are to rebuild basic services for the people of Iraq.

This story is middle of the road day-and-date reporting of a very complex issue. Contextual material is lacking almost entirely from the report. Personal opinion: free speech as a constitutional right underlies every discussion of net neutrality, despite the FCC's long abandonment of the fairness doctrine across broadcast channels and the of public interest groups, civil libertarians, and individual advocates to have bandwidth, and access to it, legislated as a public common. As more businesses and government agencies adopt web based service and data availability (online banking for free, in person for a fee; online processing of health and other insurance claims as a sole processing option), the ability of each citizen to ... More »

One of my sources indicated the reason for the administration's insistence on phone company immunity is that the phone companies were deputized.

This piece lays out a criticism of mainstream corporate american journalism that is clear and accurate. That it does so by favorably reviewing DN is a delight for anyone working toward media reform. Entertaining and informative interviews with show supporters make it human. Always nice to hear from Mr. McChesney.

Parry's got the goods.

While this doesn't rise to 'good journalism' in that the story does not specifically address the targeted issue Kuchinich is after (whether LHS/Diebold machines and memory were hacked, as online accounts speculated - the memory cards in these machines are removeable, and the common denominator is the private corporation owning and maintaining the tech that delivers the vote across county lines), at least the story got covered and picked up.....the ease of electronic vote fraud and the real likelihood that many counties and states will not be able to pull off elections this fall is the least covered aspect of the presidential horse-race, and deserves considerably more attention. For more info, visit www.bradblog.com.

nice to get _some_ media and communication/privacy issue based coverage

Much good info here, but a shame to see celebrity reportage where the corp is the celeb. Note the hidden heart of the piece: Jeff Chester and the Center for Digital Democracy's concern for civil liberties which are jeopardized by all competitors in this arena.

would love to see how this compares to Wired's year-ender. reads a bit like an ad selling investment in Cisco.

why is it we only see stories like this from groups like CorpWatch, instead of mainstream media. oh, never mind.