A Positive Agenda For Media Reform

The perfect media reform storm is now upon us and it was evident with the explosive atmosphere of the 2007 National Conference for Media Reform that took place in Memphis Tennessee January 12-14. Media activists, educators, journalists, policymakers and concerned citizens from many countries, and nearly every state in the U.S. attended the National Conference for Media Reform, an event that aimed to move media issues to the forefront of public discourse in ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Steve Anderson - Jan 21, 2007 - 2:32 PM PST
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Jan 22, 2007 - 7:50 AM PST

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Aldon Hynes
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by Aldon Hynes - Oct. 1, 2008

The article provides a good recap of the National Conference on Media Reform. The biggest weakness is that it doesn't look at all sides of the story, such as viewpoints of the major media owners.

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Joseph F Dunphy MBA MFP
4.4
by Joseph F Dunphy MBA MFP - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a clean, concise presentation of the top three major issues affecting keeping the internet as free as it is now: FCC rules, net neutrality, and the influence of the major TV and cable companies. It assumes that readers have some knowledge of the subject. It would have been improved by mentioning the issue of media consolidation; and the fact that net neutrality in the current BellSouth merger is "guaranteed" by corporate promises for only two years. The article leaves the impression that there is unlimited time to press forward with new legislation. That is a wrong impression. There are severe time constraints. Readers need to know this--so this omission cost the article some points for incompleteness.

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Steve Anderson
5.0
by Steve Anderson - Oct. 1, 2008

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