Al Jazeera targets Spain amid dropping viewer numbers in its heartland
By James M. Dorsey.
State-owned Qatari television network Al Jazeera is exploring the acquisition of Spain’s La Liga premier soccer league rights in a bid to expand its budding global sports franchise, tweak its business model in a world [...]
The North Korean Media Nemesis
By Jaime Ortega.
Last February, North Korea, released a series of fake provocative videos that show missile attacks on the U.S. White House, and 150.000 U.S. soldiers brought captive by the North Korean Army.
Authoritarian regimes such as N.K. [...]
Bad Science and Bad Journalism are a Bad Combination
By Alan Caruba.
On Wednesday, March 6, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee sent out a notice that its hearing on global warming was cancelled due to the chilly weather and a snowstorm that was about to hit the nation’s capital.
The [...]
Post Censorship Part Two
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Ongoing media manipulation in Croatia – the case of Karolina Vidović-Krišto
By ProjectCensored.
(This story has been updated on 1/9/2013)
In the old Yugoslavia, the Croatians knew only what the communist government wanted them to know. Today, in 2013, we Croats do not believe that we have a free and impartial [...]
Press freedom: A new “Ken Burns effect”
By Christopher B. Daly.
Thanks to documentary film-maker Ken Burns, a federal magistrate has struck a blow for press freedom that strengthens the legal protections for documentary film-makers, journalists, all sorts of people who prepare [...]
Mere Slacktivism
By Jillian C. York.
Be it online or offline, successful citizen movements are approached through careful planning and foresight, and not merely by paying lip service to popular imaginings of protest campaigns, says Jillian C York.
Digital [...]
Multi-stakeholder approach to internet governance
By Jillian C. York.
Civil society groups and web companies have joined together in opposing “takeover of internet governance” by the ITU.
More than 40 countries around the world restrict what internet users [...]
The New Vanguard of Journalism and Transparency
By Jillian C. York.
The recently established Freedom of the Press Foundation seeks to promote independent, ethical journalism.
After the massive release of US diplomatic cables by Wikileaks in late 2010, the government [...]
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Are Social Media Anti-Social?
By Tracy Dennis.
This past Wednesday, I had the pleasure of being a panel member for a debate at the UN on social media. It launched the debate series “Point/Counter-point” organized by theUnited Nations Academic Impact team. You can [...]
Un-Reality Television
by marhalt.
You probably watch reality television. This is not going out on a limb – around 30% of programming is now reality television of some type. That is amazing, in a way – 10 years ago, this type of programming was virtually unknown. [...]
The lure of owning a whole newspaper
By Christopher B. Daly.
What would you do if you were worth a couple of billion dollars and were the mayor of New York City and (probably) banned from seeking a fourth term? If you are Michael Bloomberg, your thoughts might stray toward [...]
57th Inaugural for POTUS Obama’s 2nd term and blogger Catherine Haig gets banned from Huffington Post for having an opinion!