Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was in San Antonio October 2006 as keynote speaker for Lady Fest San Antonio. Amy tells the story of Cindy Sheehan and the White House Press Corp. With commentary by Nadine Saliba. The Texas Media Empowerment Project is requesting comments to Texas Public Radio to urge them to run Democracy Now! on the radio. Do your part to make Democracy Now! come to the San Antonio airwaves.
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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was in San Antonio October 2006 as keynote speaker for Lady Fest San Antonio. Amy talks about the importance of having sanctuaries of dissent and tells a Nantucket story. With commentary by Karen Stokes. The Texas Media Empowerment Project is requesting comments to Texas Public Radio to urge them to run Democracy Now! on the radio. Do your part to make Democracy Now! come to the San Antonio airwaves.
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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was in San Antonio October 2006 as keynote speaker for Lady Fest San Antonio. Amy talks about the beginnings of Pacifica Radio. With commentary by Daniel Herrera. The Texas Media Empowerment Project is requesting comments to Texas Public Radio to urge them to run Democracy Now! on the radio. Do your part to make Democracy Now! come to the San Antonio airwaves.
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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was in San Antonio October 2006 as keynote speaker for Lady Fest San Antonio. Amy talks about how Democracy Now! got started and how it has grown. With commentary by Becky Brenner. The Texas Media Empowerment Project is requesting comments to Texas Public Radio to urge them to run Democracy Now! on the radio. Do your part to make Democracy Now! come to the San Antonio airwaves.
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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was keynote speaker for LadyFest in San Antonio in October 2006. Here Amy talks about extraordinary rendition (flying suspects to other countries) and about the case of Canadian Maher Arrar, who was deported to Syria under extraordinary rendition. Texas Media Empowerment Project is currently working to bring Democracy now to San Antonio airwaves. Send a message to Texas Public Radio that we would like to hear Democracy Now! On the radio.
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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was keynote speaker for LadyFest in San Antonio in October 2006. Here local independent media producer Hugh Henry has a talk with Andres Thomas Conteris about Amy’s work and the role of independent media in bringing stories to the public that are not heard in the mainstream media. Andres translates Democracy Now! shows to Spanish. Texas Media Empowerment Project is currently working to bring Democracy now to San Antonio airwaves. Send a message to Texas Public Radio that we would like to hear Democracy Now! On the radio. Produced by 411 Productions
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was in San Antonio October 2006 as keynote speaker for Lady Fest San Antonio. Amy tells a story about a guest from Guyana who wanted to take part in the discussion for the Presidential elections. With commentary by Jason Gerard and an appearance by Keli Daily of San Antonio Current Magazine. The Texas Media Empowerment Project is requesting comments to Texas Public Radio to urge them to run Democracy Now! on the radio. Do your part to make Democracy Now! come to the San Antonio airwaves.
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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was in San Antonio October 2006 as keynote speaker for Lady Fest San Antonio. Amy tells an Arabic T-shirt story about Iraqi Blogger Raed Jarrar, who was stopped at New York’s JFK airport for wearing a T-shirt that said in English and Arabic “We Will not be Silent”. Check out Raed’s blog at Raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com. With commentary by Desmond Foy. The Texas Media Empowerment Project is requesting comments to Texas Public Radio to urge them to run Democracy Now! on the radio. Do your part to make Democracy Now! come to the San Antonio airwaves.
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Two citizens in Austin, one speaking as a parent and another speaking as a school teacher, talk to the FCC about their concerns with media stereotypes and malicious media (i.e. hate radio). The FCC is currently looking at the rules on media ownership. These rules determine how many radio, TV and newspapers one company can own in one city. The Media companies want these rules relaxed so they can own more stations/newspapers in the same city. To file a complaint/comment on this issue or to relay your personal experiences to the FCC, go to fcc.gov
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Professor Federico Subervi, from the School of Journalism at Texas State University, and author of The Mass Media and Latino Politics speaks at the FCC Hearing in Austin Texas in Sept 2006. He talks about the coverage (or lack thereof) of the local community by the news organizations. The FCC is currently looking at the rules on media ownership. These rules determine how many radio, TV and newspapers one company can own in one city. The Media companies want these rules relaxed so they can own more stations/newspapers in the same city. To file a complaint/comment on this issue or to relay your personal experiences with the FCC, go to fcc.gov
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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was in San Antonio October 2006 as keynote speaker for Lady Fest San Antonio. Amy tells a T-shirt story about Roger and Steven Downs from New York. With commentary by Austin Dullnig. The Texas Media Empowerment Project is requesting comments to Texas Public Radio to urge them to run her show on the radio. Do your part to make Democracy Now! come to the San Antonio airwaves.
More video of this event to follow.
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Mariana Pineda from Univision News in Austin defends Univision at the FCC Hearings in Austin Texas in Sept 2006. She answers to claims from the community that Univision and other Big Media outlets do not service a large part of the local Hispanic community, especially Tejanos (Texans who were in Texas before it was annexed from Mexico). The FCC is currently looking at the rules on media ownership. These rules determine how many radio, TV and newspapers one company can own in one city. The Media companies want these rules relaxed so they can own more stations/newspapers in the same city. To file a complaint/comment on this issue or to relay your personal experiences with the FCC, go to fcc.gov
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Jerry Avila, a public access television producer for Tejano Music Entertainment TV and music promoter, speaks at the FCC hearing in Austin, TX in September 2006. He talks about how the local radio and television stations do not service the entire Spanish speaking community. The FCC is currently looking at the rules on media ownership. These rules determine how many radio, TV and newspapers one company can own in one city. The Big Media companies want these rules relaxed so they can own more stations/newspapers in the same city. To file a complaint/comment on this issue with the FCC, go to fcc.gov
Read the article on the loss of Tejano Radio in Austin.
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Tony Tafoya, who is the editor and prints the newspaper “Musica”, gives comments at the FCC hearing in Austin, TX in September 2006. Tony speaks about how issues of Tejanos and events in the local Hispanic community are not covered by the local media, including the Spanish television/radio stations. Tejanos are of Mexican descent from people who lived in Texas when Texas was still a part of Mexico.
He speaks how expensive it is to buy radio ad spots at $200.00 a spot, which is out of reach for small and minority owned businesses.
The FCC is currently looking at the rules on media ownership. These rules determine how many radio, TV and newspapers one company can own in one city. The Big Media companies want these rules relaxed so they can own more stations/newspapers in the same city. To file a complaint/comment on this issue with the FCC, go to fcc.gov
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