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APRIL 18, 2001, NEW FEATURES:

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MEDIA READER
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24-HOUR NEWS AND THE ALLURE OF VOYEURISM
The allure and impact of live news coverage in our high-tech age may
have us speeding past vital journalistic concerns, cautions Philip Seib.
http://www.mediachannel.org/views/oped/seib.shtml

COVERING TRADE AND PROTESTS
How will big media spin the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas, asks
Greg Guma, and are independent media prepared to do better?
http://www.mediachannel.org/front.shtml#ftaa

NEWS DISSECTOR: CONFRONTING THE MEDIA BLACKOUT
Protests against Fox News and debates over recounts keep the U.S.
presidential election in the public eye - or at least Danny Schechter
wishes they did.
http://www.mediachannel.org/views/dissector/blackout.shtml

DAILY MEDIA NEWS
Breaking news stories about the media internationally,
from mainstream and alternative sources.
http://www.mediachannel.org/news/today/

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**FROM OUR AFFILIATES**

DRUG WAR NEWS WAR
MediaChannel affiliate Narco News and Mexican newspaper Por Esto! face
what might be "one of the most riveting libel cases in recent history."
http://www.mediachannel.org/front.shtml#narco

ANATOMY OF RUSSIA'S TV CRISIS
MediaChannel Advisor Ivan Zassoursky, director of the Center on
Cultures and Communication at Moscow State University, explores
the Russian fusion of politics and media.
http://www.mediachannel.org/front.shtml#russia

KIDS VS. CRIME VS. THE NEW YORK TIMES
When teens criticized The New York Times for its skewed coverage of
kids and crime, the paper dismissed their concerns and suggested
they badger reality cop shows and tabloids instead.
http://www.mediachannel.org/front.shtml#nyt

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MediaChannel welcomes our new affiliates:
MicroRadio.net * Yellow Times * KosovaLive.com
Michael Hammerschlag
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THE MEDIACHANNEL POLICY CENTER
In a time of rapid and sweeping change, media policies matter.
MediaChannel previews a new gateway to media policy
information, discussion, resources and organizations worldwide.
http://www.mediachannel.org/policycenter/index.html

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MEDIACHANNEL EVENTS:

NEW YORK, APRIL 26
Join Media Channel editor Danny Schechter
for a lunch time talk on media and democracy at the
Writers Guild of America East, 1 PM, 555 W 57th St.
212-767-7808 for more information.

SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL 27-29
Join Project Censored, MediaChannel and many of our affiliates at the
Press Freedom Conference and Alternative Media Expo.
http://www.projectcensored.org/frontpagenews/11-26-00altmedia.html

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THE GLOBAL OWNERSHIP CHART
Thanks to the merger boom, media power is more concentrated than ever.
A new online chart presents the global media overlords in vivid color.
http://www.mediachannel.org/ownership

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GLOBAL NEWS INDEX
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