Recent articles on Media Reform, all in one convenient place!

If you’ve been following this blog for the past few weeks, you know that I attended the National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis Tennessee (Jan 12-14).  The conference, sponsored by Free Press, drew more than 3,500 participants. Free Press offered a reduced admission fee to those who agreed to…

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How does the untamed torrent of online reader feedback affect writers?

Here's a long and thoughtful article by Gary Kamiya on Salon, titled "The Readers Strike Back." The article is as long as it is thoughtful. Kamiay brings out the many ways in which unedited, immediate and intense reader feedback (especially at newspapers & e-zines) affects writers and their craft.  Here's the before…

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Blasphemy Challenge gets FOX all puckered

Here's some compelling viewing, compliments of Pharyngula.  It's John Kasich of FOX interviewing Brian Flemming, producer of the video "The God Who Wasn't There").  Kasich is so upset, you'd think he really believes in hell.  Flemming has heard it all before, obviously.  Loved his line: "I think that Atheists can play…

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Evangelical War on Evolution

Here's a short video that takes you deep into a fundie lecture hall to be taught by the likes of Ken Ham.  I learned of this video by visiting a well-written science blog, Pharyngula (written by biology professor Paul Z. Myers). Watching the video is startling, disturbing and depressing.  The young children are…

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