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We Told the FCC to Stop Hate Radio!
07/18/2009 Filed in: Media Reform
Sunday, June 28, California Common Cause, the Media Alliance, and the Hispanic Latino Anti-Defamation Coalition braved record breaking heat to screen Broadcast Blues in San Francsico. There, we supported the National Hispanic Media Coalition's petition to the FCC to study hate radio. Studies from UCLA and Civilrights.org point to a correlation between hate radio and hate crimes.
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Broadcast Blues wins Sacramento International Film Festival!
Wow, what a time. Thanks to Winston Jordan, Exec. Director of Cease Spin, and webmaster extraordinaire, we now have a blog!
And thanks to Marty Anaya and the Sacramento International Film Festival, we now have our first "Laurel." They honored us with the "Outstanding Environmental Vision" award.
"Environmental", for a movie about media, you say? Don't forget, media influences every aspect of our lives. When the media weights the few scientists who are funded by oil companies who discount climate change as being equal with the many scientists who are peer reviewed and factually back up climate change, we the people lose. The environment loses. But the broadcasters win, because it is cheap and easy to set up those kinds of arguments and pretend they are telling both sides of the story. Cheap and easy means more profits, but less credible information.
Read More...And thanks to Marty Anaya and the Sacramento International Film Festival, we now have our first "Laurel." They honored us with the "Outstanding Environmental Vision" award.
"Environmental", for a movie about media, you say? Don't forget, media influences every aspect of our lives. When the media weights the few scientists who are funded by oil companies who discount climate change as being equal with the many scientists who are peer reviewed and factually back up climate change, we the people lose. The environment loses. But the broadcasters win, because it is cheap and easy to set up those kinds of arguments and pretend they are telling both sides of the story. Cheap and easy means more profits, but less credible information.