Mass media — Public opinion.
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How propaganda led us into the Gulf war / Norman Solomon.
Political analyst Norman Solomon, co-author of the book” Unreliable Sources,” outlines the influence of propaganda in American culture, with the Gulf War as a prime example. We live in a society which is always talking about war, and that dialogue continually prepares us for the next conflict. Even within our homes we are taught to…
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Pacifica honors a founder of KPFT : a tribute to Larry Lee / produced by Larry Josephson.
Biographical documentary of Larry Lee, who died of AIDS in San Francisco in late March, 1990. Lee, a member of both wire services, and editor for the Texas Observer, an investigative reporter for three TV stations, and an author of two books (on Jack Kerouac and William Saroyan) was a political and social activist who…
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Media imagery : the misrepresentation of African-Americans to the public / interviews and produced by Jan Robinson Flint.
Two interviews which explore how the mass media presents negative images of African-American individuals and the community. |pt.1. Astenu, from Coalition Against Black Exploitation (CABE), on the portrayal of the four Black men who were arrested for the attack upon truck driver Reginald Denny during the outbreak of rioting following the Rodney King verdict. Astenu…