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MEDIA REFORM

The media is too concentrated, too few people own too much. There's really five companies that control 90 percent of what we read, see and hear. It's not healthy. -- Ted Turner

The media has become a major influence in shaping the world. Many are concerned that fewer and fewer corporations are controlling the vast majority of our media -- in the United States just 5 or 6 corporations control most of the newspapers, magazines, TV and radio stations, books, music, movies, videos, wire services and photo agencies. This is alarming because this severally limits the perspectives and points of view that help us to shape our own individual perceptions of events in the world.

Media Democracy Day, on October 18, has become an important opportunity to speak out against the commercialization of our media. It is a time to call for media reforms that promote diversity, and better representation and accountability to local communities.

In 1996 a coalition of groups in Toronto and Vancouver organized a Media Democracy Day to challenge the monopolization of media outlets by a few corporations. Previously, organizations had organized a Media Democracy Day in Britain on October 18, commemorating the 1922 establishment of the BBC (British Broadcasting Company). By 2002, Media Democracy Day was being celebrated in cities throughout the world.

Since 1993, the United Nations has promoted May 3 as World Press Freedom Day -- an important opportunity to remind governments and civil society about the "crucial role a free press plays in strengthening democracies and fostering development around the world."

Help promote a free world press, media reform and support alternative media sources.

Other Links

MEDIA REFORM
Changing The Present: Public Broadcast
FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Preporting)
Free Press
Media Alliance
Media Channel
Media Reform Information Center
Open Air Waves
Take Back The Media

World Press Freedom Day (May 3)
UN World Press Freedom Day
UN Dag Hammarskjold Library Links
UNESCO World Press Freedom Day

Reporters Without Borders
World Press Freedom Committee

ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
A Better World TV
Adbusters
Air America Radio
Alternet
American Free Press
Buzzflash
Channel G
Common Dreams
Democrats.com
Democracy Now!
Free Speech Radio
Good News Broadcast
Guerrilla News Network
Huffington Post
Independent Media Center
Mad Cow Morning News
The Meria Heller Show
Minuteman Media
Mother Jones
Online Journal
Pacifica Radio
Planetary Voices Radio
Progressive Media Project
Radio For Peace International
Truth Out
WBAI

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