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Media critic notes influence of tobacco advertising on reporting: "papers that used to sieze upon every disease -- muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, huge articles, pictures of the pitiful victims -- never had the same thing about the victims of tobacco".
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Articles by Jim Bowman.
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An essay from UnquietMind.com about the destructiveness of the Washington scandal culture.
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Media analysis and criticism from a former TV news anchor, reporter and meteorologist. Also includes links to media research groups and organizations committed to creating a more democratic, citzen-based media environment.
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Analysis and commentary by Steve Mizrach about manipulation of the public through the media. Based on views of Michael Parenti, Noam Chomsky, and Ben Bagdikian.
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Commentary on lack of FCC concern about the effects of consolidation of telephone and broadcasting services on consumer interests and democracy. From Mother Jones.
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Article that critcizes the effect of commercial corporate media on society, and that calls for reform that brings diversity of ownership and access. By Robert McChesney from The Boston Review.
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Commentaries contend the "free press" serves the needs of those in power, rather than free speech and democracy.
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Running commentary about current events. The work of James Taranto and Elizabeth Crowley of the Wall Street Journal editorial page.
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Technology's Impact on Journalism by Annenberg Senior Fellow Ellen Hume
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This article by Jeffery Scheuer summarizes The Sound Bite Society, a study of television and ideology. (Dissent Summer 1995).
