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August 30, 2011 01:58:58pm |
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Re: Brewster Kahle and Rick Prelinger interview with Amy Goodman |
Dick Cheney's new book, "In My Time," is coming out. He's making appearances on all the mainstream media talk shows. Now we have books out by Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld. These three men are the leaders of
the Iraq War architects. We're approaching the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
The Archive and their collections have proven to be very useful for tracking mainstream media performance by broadcasters in the USA. As an old broadcaster myself, I am telling you that
during the digital era and into the 21st century journalism has been performing horribly in the USA.
• As Hurricane Irene bore down on Vermont on August 28, 2011, the national media missed the story. Across Vermont, rivers rose to record levels, washing away 200-year-old covered bridges, communications and roads. Residents across the state lost internet. Radio Vermont WDEV broadcasters Ken Squier, Eric Michaels, Lee Kittell, Tom Beardsley and the station meteorologist Roger Hill stayed on the air for 24 straight hours, providing a link to stranded citizens and communities. Running on generators and with no internet, WDEV became the lifeline between communities that were cut off on all sides, as citizens provided one another with news, information and reassurance.911 emergency calls in North Dakota town reveal dangers of Media Consolidation
• Our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are hardly ever mentioned.The Internet Archive has an Iraq War Collection in their News and Public Affairs section. The Iraq War Collection has a Peace Movement sub-collection. This includes my item about a Troop Withdrawal Resolution. The Internet Archive has no Afghan War collection.
• DemocracyNow! newshour program for August 30, 2011 helps put all these things in perspective for us.
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Jeff Kaplan