| Ronda Hauben on 16 Feb 2001 12:34:51 -0000 |
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| <nettime> 'Democracy Now" radio program taken off air? |
Amy Goodman and "Democracy Now" were not on WBAI this morning. Is it that the station has censored the program? Has Pacifica taken the program 'Democracy Now' off the air? Does anyone know the latest of what is happening with the WBAI station and the program "Democracy Now"? It seems censorship *not* democracy is alive and well in the US at the current moment. Democracy Now is one of the few radio programs that has tried to challenge government officials in the US. The radio and tv in the US otherwise mainly repeat the words of government officials rather than challenge what they say. It is important to realize how hard it is in the US to have any radio or tv or newspapers functioning that challenge the corporate agenda for the US government. The corporate grip on radio, tv, newspapers and other media is a strong one in the US. That is what the US government promotes around the world as well. This is the opposite of the kind of media that is needed to oversee what government officials do and to provide such information for the public. This is the opposite of any semblance of a "free press". Most importantly the weakness of the media is a sign of the weakness and incapacity of a government. Ronda [email protected] http://www.ais.org/~ronda http://www.ais.org/~rh120/ http://www.ais.org/~rh120/other # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]