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*[[openDemocracy]]
*[[green.tv]]
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== Overview ==
The mass media (newspapers, radio and television) are especially well suited to use by [[propaganda|propagandists]], because they typically entail a relatively small staff of information producers whose messages are then broadcast to thousands or even millions of people.
For this reason, governments, corporations and other powerful sectors of society try very hard to control the type of information found in the mass media. Owners, [[advertising|advertisers]], [[public relations firms]], and [[journalists]] themselves all play a role in shaping the messages that appear in the media and try to influence our thinking.
"Corporate-dominated media -- which have amassed power and wealth through the use of public property, the airwaves -- are an anti-democratic force. They turn the election process into sport and horse race, while censoring or downplaying important issues that might offend the economic and political powers that be. Put into the hands of a few conglomerates, U.S. news media have increasingly become WMDs -- Weapons of Mass Distraction and Weapons of Mass Deception." [http://www.kucinich.us/abcnews.php]
The massive consolidation of major media outlets has prompted increasing concern about [[media trends]] that compromise the quality of journalism and the abaility ability of citizens to be well informed about issues that affect and concern them.
Find out who controls the media in your area in the U.S. with the [http://www.publicintegrity.org/telecom/ Media Tracker].
*[[Sydney Morning Herald]]
*[[The Advertiser]] (Adelaide, Australia)
*[[The Examiner]] (Launceston,Australia)
*[[Wall Street Journal]]
*[[Washington Post]]
===Television===
*[[ABC|American Broadcasting Corporation]]/ABC
*[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)
*[[American Broadcasting CorporationBBC|American Broadcasting Corporation]]/[[ABC]]*[[British Broadcasting Corporation]]/[[BBC]]*[[Cable News Network| Cable News Network]]/[[CNN]]*[[Columbia Broadcasting SystemCBC| Columbia Canadian Broadcasting SystemCorporation]]/[[CBS]]CBC
*[[CNBC]]
*[[CBS|Columbia Broadcasting System]]/CBS
*[[C-SPAN]]
*[[Discovery Communications]]
*[[Fox News]]
*[[National Broadcasting Corporation|National Broadcasting Corporation]]/[[NBC]]*[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]/[[CBCU.S. Television Stations]]
===Radio===
*[[ABC Radio Networks]]
*[[Air America Radio]]
*[[Alternative Radio]]
*[[American Family Radio]]
*[[American Forces Radio and Television Service]], under [[U.S. Department of Defense]]
*[[Citadel Communications Corporation]]
*[[Clear Channel Communications]]
*[[Cumulus Media]]
*[[Democracy Radio]]
*[[Free Speech Radio News]]
*[[KGEZ]]
*[[National Public Radio]]/NPR*[[NPRPacifica Radio]]
*[[Public Radio International]]
*[[Radio Ada]] (, [[Ghana)]]*[[Radio America]]*[[Radio Farda]], U.S. government-funded radio station that broadcasts to [[Iran]]*[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]], funded by the U.S. Congress for Eastern Europe, [[Russia]], Asia, and the Middle East *[[Radio Free Iraq]], funded by the U.S.*[[Radio One]], primarily targets African-American and urban listeners*[[Radio Sawa]], Arabic language radio station funded by the U.S.
*[[Salem Communications Corporation]]
*[[SIRIUS Satellite Radio]]
*[[Voice of America]], funded by the U. S. government and broadcast internationally in 44 languages
*[[XM Satellite Radio]]
===Internet===
*[[green.tv]]
*[[Hands Off the Internet]]
*[[Network neutrality]]
*[[openDemocracy]]
*[[World Net Daily]]
===Non-profit Media Groups===
*[[Center for Public Integrity]]
*[[Corporation for Educational Radio and Television]]
*[[Global Voices]]
*[[Media Access Project]]
===Publishing companies===
*[[Dow Jones & Company]]
*[[HarperCollins]]
*[[Random House]]
*[[Telegraph Group]]
*[[FAIR]]
*[[femLINKpacific]]
*[[Free Expression Network]] (FEN) *[[Free Press]]*[[Freedom Forum International]]
*[[Freedom of Expression Institute South Africa]]
*[[Freedom of Expression Project]]
*[[Grade the News]]
*[[Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia]]
*[[The Independent Media CenterInstitute]] *[[The Independent Media InstituteIndex on Censorship]] *[[Index on CensorshipIndymedia]] /Independent Media Center
*[[Institute for the Advancement of Journalism, South Africa]]
*[[Inter American Press Association]]
*[[Media Diversity Institute]]
*[[The Media Institute]]
*[[Media Institute of Southern Africa]]*[[Media Lens]]
*[[Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe]]
*[[Mediachannel]]
*[[Periodistas]]
*[[PressNow]]
*[[Reporters Without Borders]]/Reporters Sans Frontières]]
*[[Society of Environmental Journalists]]
*[[Society of Professional Journalists]]
== SourceWatch Resources ==
*[[blogs]]
*[[Broadband availability]]
*[[Cable Television Consumer Protection Act]]
*[[Chris Matthews]] / [[Hardball]]
*[[conservative news outlets]] (list)
*[[Digital television]]
*[[Drudge Report]] / [[Matt Drudge]]
*[[flash media]]
*[[Keith Olbermann]]
*[[liberal news outlets]] (list)
*[[Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media]]
*[[mass media]], a.k.a. "mainstream media" (MSM)
*[[media control]]
*[[mucky media]]
*[[media trends]]
*[[MediaHitman]]
*[[military-mass media complex]]
*[[Neoliberal columnists in Australia]]
*[[RSS]]
*[[Rush Limbaugh]]
*[[Talk radio]]
*[[White House correspondents]]
*[[newmatilda.com]]
*[http://newslink.org/nett.html U.S. Television Networks], ''NewsLink.org''.
*[http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/ Who Owns What], Columbia Journalism Review, Updated October 27, 2005.
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