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How the Dittoheads Elevate Our Discourse
As I noted a few days ago, a column in the American Spectator decrying the liberal and lefty failure to have much sympathy for Rush Limbaugh’s drug problems quoted the ‘geek as one example of this “angry, cowardly, and vile hate-fest.” (Of course, my response is along the lines of: the pot calling the kettle…
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What’s Up With Chris Plummer?
The Internet is a crazy place sometimes. Today the mediageek site is getting hundreds and hundreds of hits from people using various search engines looking for “Chris Plummer CBS Marketwatch,” or some similar variation. Inexplicably, one old mediageek post comes up as the top, or close to the top search result all around. Of course,…
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Independent Views and Coverage on the Media Reform & Be the Media! Conferences
In case you haven’t been reading the Be The Media! Blog, here are some some links to coverage highlights of the National Conference on Media Reform and the Be the Media! conference, that happened in Madison, WI, this past weekend (Nov 7-9). (Of course, this is just a sampling of some interesting bits — read…
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A Good, Long, Tiring Day
The first day of the Nat’l Conference on Media Reform was fun and exhausting. Most satisfying is that we carried off all the mp3/shoutcast audio streams without a hitch, maxing out the bandwidth for most of the streams. I think that means people were interested in hearing the sessions and that it was a valuable…
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Listen in to the Conference on Media Reform
Things are in place for the webcasting of several of the Conference’s sessions, including tonight’s big events, a speech by Ralph Nader and the kick off of the Tell The Truth Tour, featuring: Musical Performances by Billy Bragg, The Nightwatchman and Lester Chambers. More information at www.tellusthetruth.org. Plus remarks by MC John Nichols, The Nation/Free…
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Get Ready for the Right-Wing Flames — The American Spectator Takes Note of Mediageek
That’s the beauty of the Internet, isn’t it? You don’t have to be a prominent syndicated radio host or TV talking head anymore to catch the eye of the press. No, you just need a website, like this one here. All of a sudden the number of profanity-laden comments to this site about “stupid liberals…
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Live from Madison, Preparing for Media Reform / Be the Media Webcasts
I am now here in Madison at the home of my friend, John Anderson, of DIYmedia.net. John is spearheading the effort to arrange webcasts of many of the talks and sessions at the Media Reform Conference and Be the Media! Conference, and he has gotten access to three different servers to aid this cause. Tonight…
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More Emusic Data — What Lies Ahead
Today the company that bought Emusic, Dimensional Associates, put out a press release clarifying somewhat their intentions for the on-line music service. Here’s the meat of it, but please excuse the marketing hyperbole: “EMusic is partnering with the most renowned live music venues across the US to launch its new program, EMusic Live. The program,…
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University for “Peace” Cracking down on RFPI, claiming immunity from laws
The University is cutting the phone lines and not letting reporters anywhere near the studios of Radio For Peace International, so the flow of information is restricted, and will probably come through more informal channels for the moment. Here’s the latest update, forwarded to me from the Free Pacifica list: From: Chuck Scurich Sent: Monday,…
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Global Community Radio Forced To Move by University for Peace
I received the latest update in the ongoing struggle between global shortwave community broadcaster Radio For Peace International and its landlord, the United Nations chartered University for Peace. Unfortunately, the news is not good (but there are glimmers of hope): 10/30/29 – The Copy Exchange – The University for Peace (UPaz) gave little ground to…