Mass media — Political aspects. – Page 3

Political advertising : is this any way to run a democracy? / hosted by Robert Foxworth.

Documentary series produced from interviews. Bill Zimmerman, who has managed winning campaigns and produced commercials for various presidential and congressional candidates, as well as state ballot initiatives, talks about the techniques used in political television commercials and how this system, when used to “market” candidates, is detrimental to the democratic system. He also talks about…

August 24, 2025

Censorship : U.S. coverage of Central America / Saul Landau.

Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies speaks on how the mass media presents misinformation as fact when discussing United States involvement in Central America.

August 24, 2025

Crosswired : U.S. media and Central America / Mercedez Lynn D’Uriarte.

Journalist and media researcher discusses how United States media covers Central American affairs. He examines corporate ownership of both print and broadcast media, and its impact on what the media covers. He also looks at past and possible future government influences on the media.

August 24, 2025

Objectivity or complacency / Saul Landau.

Journalist and filmmaker discusses media coverage of Central America. He relates his own television documentary experiences, work in Cuba, and structure of the media, and the issue of “National Security.”

August 24, 2025

Thought control : education and disinformation / Noam Chomsky ; interviewed by David Barsamian.

Discussion of disinformation techniques, and how public education supports the political and social status-quo, instead of providing the framework of intellectual criticism.|THOUGHT CONTROL : EDUCATION AND DISINFORMATION / Noam Chomsky| interviewed by David Barsamian. SERIES: The Chomsky tapes| no. 2 – Discussion of disinformation techniques, and how public education supports the political and social status-quo,…

August 24, 2025

The Press goes to war, the war comes home / produced by Jim Quay and Kim Aubry.

Debate between Morley Safer, Peter Arnett, David Halberstam, John Laurence and Peter Braestrup, General Winant Sidle, Robert Scheer. Focuses on quality of reporting during the Vietnam War and whether the press helped to lose the war for the U.S. Includes actuality of press coverage.

August 24, 2025

Pacifica peace watch : 12 Mar. 1991 / produced by Bill Wax.

Daily news progam produced from pieces submitted from Pacifica stations which will examine events in the Middle East following te U.S. led coalition’s defeat of Iraq in the Gulf War, 1990-1991.|PACIFICA PEACE WATCH : 12 MAR. 1991 / produced by Bill Wax. Daily news program produced from pieces submitted from Pacifica stations which will examine…

August 24, 2025

Pacifica peace watch : 15 Mar. 1991 / produced by Bill Wax.

Daily news progam produced from pieces submitted from Pacifica stations which will examine events in the Middle East following te U.S. led coalition’s defeat of Iraq in the Gulf War, 1990-1991.|PACIFICA PEACE WATCH : 15 MAR. 1991 / produced by Bill Wax. Daily news program produced from pieces submitted from Pacifica stations which will examine…

August 24, 2025

Pacifica peace watch : 21 Mar. 1991 / produced by Bill Wax.

Daily news progam produced from pieces submitted from Pacifica stations which will examine events in the Middle East following te U.S. led coalition’s defeat of Iraq in the Gulf War, 1990-1991.|PACIFICA PEACE WATCH : 21 MAR. 1991 / produced by Bill Wax. Daily news program produced from pieces submitted from Pacifica stations which will examine…

August 24, 2025

God : the tie-breaking vote / produced by Tim Frasca, Adi Gevins and Musindo Mwinyipebe.

Examination of the ethical and philosophical questions involving religion in the American experience; particularly its role in modern politics.

August 24, 2025