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[Tony Sutton]

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MEDIABEAT / Norman Solomon
Decoding the media fixation on terrorism
By now, it¹s a media ritual. Whenever the U.S. government raises the alert
level for terrorism ­ as when officials announced the orange code for ³high
risk² on May 20 ­ local, regional and national news stories assess the
dangers and report on what¹s being done to protect us. We¹re kept
well-informed about how worried to be at any particular time. But all that
media churning includes remarkably little that has any practical utility.
Read NORMAN SOLOMON at http://www.coldtype.net/mediabeat.html

BROADSIDES / Antonia Zerbisias
Alarming takeover of our airwaves
Over my desk is a large and colourful if cryptic poster from Industry
Canada. Titled Radio Spectrum Allocations In Canada, it depicts the
publicly-owned airwaves, the kilohertz, gigahertz and megahertz you hear
about when TV and radio stations sign off, informing you where on the dial
they operate and at what power. But the radio spectrum is not just about
radio, AM and FM, and TV, VHF and UHF. There are chunks of it allocated for
other uses, including air traffic control radar, shortwave signals,
satellite frequencies and, yes, even microwave ovens.
Read ANTONIA ZERBISIAS at http://www.coldtype.net/broad.html

GETTING A GRIP / Michael I. Niman
9/11: Ask no questions, you¹ll get no lies
In 1996 Bill Clinton had an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
On September 11th, 2001, terrorists hijacked four jetliners and used them to
attack the Pentagon and destroy the World Trade Center.
Read MICHAEL NIMAN at http://www.coldtype.net/Grip.html

LONDON CALLING / George Monbiot
Let¹s hear it for Belgium
Belgium is becoming an interesting country. In the course of a week, it has
managed to upset both liberal opinion in Europe - by granting the far-right
Vlaams Blok 18 parliamentary seats - and illiberal opinion in the US. On
Wednesday, a human rights lawyer filed a case with the federal prosecutors
whose purpose is to arraign Thomas Franks, the commander of the American
troops in Iraq, for crimes against humanity. This may be the only judicial
means, anywhere on earth, of holding the US government to account for its
actions.
Read GEORGE MONBIOT at http://www.coldtype.net/London.html

MEDIA DIARY / Danny Schechter
Don't miss Danny Schecter's daily media weblog report ­ five pages of
blistering criticism of news and politics.
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Read DANNY SCHECHTER at http://www.coldtype.net/danny.html

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