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 | Million Moms Gay Marriage Boycott Fails
Towle Road
The issue was the target of a boycott threat aimed at Toys R Us by the American Family Association's One Million Moms project, which threatened that its members would stop shopping there unless the store removed the issue from its shelves. |
 | The Public Access Crisis
by Eric Arnold, Alternet
Public-access television has always had a low-budget, amateur reputation. Yet Rod Laughridge's alternative news program "Newsroom on Access SF" was anything but that. Though San Francisco's public-access station had its share of offbeat shows —- like the risqué DeeDeeTV, hosted by self-described "pop culture diva" Dee Dee Russell — "Newsroom" took itself seriously. Its mission, as described on its website, was to "bring community-based, community reported and produced independent news and interviews from a grassroots viewpoint — unhindered, uncensored and unaltered."
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 | U-Verse and Community Television: An Explanatory Video
This video from keepusconnected.org explains and clearly demonstrates AT&T's failure to deliver basic functionality for public, educational and government (PEG) access channels on its U-Verse system. A petition challenging the discriminatory treatment is pending at the FCC. |
 | KPFA Battles Dying Down
by Tracy Rosenberg
2010 strife at listener-sponsored KPFA Radio in Berkeley is dying down after the National Labor Relations Board dismissed 3 complaints and former host Aimee Allison lost an arbitration hearing on the voluntary and involuntary layoffs last fall. KPFA has improved it's financial position by over $350,000, reduced it's operating deficit by 85% and has increased listener support donations by 3.5% since October of 2010. |
 | The Panel AT&T Tried to Kill
by Tracy Rosenberg
July 2nd, 2011
AT&T complained that a panel of independent academics in the PUC's merger impact hearing threatened to "taint" the proceeding with their uninformed opinions. |
 | Steve Jobs Dies at 56
by Tracy Rosenberg, Media Alliance
Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs passes at 56 of pancreatic cancer, leaving a legacy of digital innovation and a rapidly-changing information society. |
| Beware of False Promises
by Tracy Rosenberg
This is not the first time the sun, moon and stars have been promised in return for AT&T receiving favorable results from state and federal government. |
 | Grrll Power
by Tracy Rosenberg, Reel Girls and Media Literacy Project
Two new videos: 1 from Reel Grrls in Seattle on this year's Academy Awards spectacle and another from Albuquerque's Media Literacy Project on overpriced vocational schools that exploit young job seekers. |
 | Fukushima: Where Do We Go From Here?
by Tracy Rosenberg, Pacifica Foundation
As the situation in Japan goes from bad to worse, Pacifica Radio provided a comprehensive look at our energy future in the wake of Fukushima. Listen to the 5-station collaborative coverage from the community radio network. |
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