Indy Digest — Liberals and the Free Press
Not everything that comes out of the mainstream media is brave, principled, accurate or useful
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At RNC, Media Cheered Suppression of Protests
Militarized policing tactics at the convention won praise from corporate reporters
The Insiders’ View: Indymedia & Occupy
Digital Rebellion: The Birth of the Cyber Left Todd Wolfson University of Illinois Press, 2014 The Occupiers: The Making…
Snowden Coverage: If US Mass Media Were State-Controlled, Would They Look Any Different?
The Edward Snowden leaks have revealed a U.S. corporate media system at war with independent journalism. Many of the…
Why Do Some Conflicts Get More Media Coverage Than Others?
Since the end of the Cold War 12 of the world’s 15 deadliest conflicts have occurred in Africa –…
Through the Media’s Prejudiced Lens
In the confusion, horror and grief that followed the bombings at the Boston Marathon on April 15, only one…
On the occasion of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s death last week, much of the international media responded in typical…
The Corporate Media’s Shameful Exploitation of Bradley Manning
Keep an American soldier locked up naked in a cage and driven half mad while deprived of all basic…
A Pathetic Press Helps Cover for Police Misdeeds
The New York Police Department’s cover-up of its decision to show an anti-Muslim film to officers in counter- terrorism…
#OccupyWallStreet Bleeds and Leads
A bit after 10 p.m. on Saturday night in occupied Liberty Plaza, there was a celebration around the media…
