Dodging the Media on the Campaign Trail
Mitt Romney’s Colorado tour illustrates how shallow coverage becomes when candidates evade the scrutiny of real journalists.
Is Iran Iraq All Over Again?
The nuclear intelligence that the media is fixated on consists mostly of allegations of abstract research that have been floating around for years.
End the Annual Fluff Outbreaks
Every summer, we’re bombarded with overplayed and unimportant news stories.
The New Age of Journalism
U.S. citizens and activists seek to broaden the Al Jazeera English audience by increasing its availability on local cable networks.
Mobile Mugging
If AT&T is allowed to acquire T-Mobile, just two wireless giants will control nearly 80 percent of the nation’s cellphone market.
Earthbeat Radio Covers the Environment the Way Corporate Media Won’t
Earthbeat Radio is filling a gap with continuing independent coverage of the climate change crisis. During the National Conference for Media Reform, we sat down with Free Speech TV to talk about our work.
Volunteer Writers May Be Part of Journalism’s Future
HuffPo writers need not only a platform–but cash as well.
The Case for Spending More on Public Broadcasting
Before political gamesmanship erases some of our most trusted sources of news and information, we should take a step back and take a serious look at the positive role that public media play around the world.
Protect Public Media
In tough economic times, public broadcasters are embracing their mission to serve local communities.
Public TV? It Would Be a Good Idea
The same white, male, and elite voices dominate the conversation on PBS as on the corporate networks.
Social Security in the Eye of the Beholder
The biggest threat to the nation’s primary retirement program isn’t fiscal.
The Lessons of WikiLeaks
The leak has had more impact than many years of conventional media reporting about the Afghanistan War.
Private Broadcasting Service
PBS runs a documentary about former Secretary of State George P. Shultz and exposes a double standard.
Keep the Internet Open for All
Net neutrality may be in serious trouble.
Party at the Media Reform Conference
Whether you’re attending the National Conference on Media Reform (Minneapolis, June 6-9) or are just in the neighborhood, please join the Institute for Policy Studies, FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) and the Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) for a party at 5:30 pm on Friday, June 6th. (The time has been shifted to begin and end an hour earlier.)
Stop by for drinks, snacks and conversation in a suite on the 24th floor of the Hyatt Regency hotel, right beside the Convention Center where the conference is being held.
The reception will be on the 24th floor of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, next door to the convention center. Please check the monitor in the hotel lobby for the exact room number.
Refreshments served.
"We hope to see you there!
— Beth Schulman, Hollie Ainbinder, Jeff Cohen, Layla Cooper, Hilary Goldstein, Sam Husseini, Isabel Macdonald, and Norman Solomon
The Institute for Policy Studies, once dubbed by I.F. Stone as "the think tank for the rest of us," has been turning ideas into action for peace, justice and the environment since 1963.
FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986.
The Institute for Public Accuracy is in its tenth year of widening media exposure for progressive perspectives on a broad range of issues including economic justice, civil liberties, human rights, foreign policy and environmental protection.