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ElectionWatch '04: All the News That's Fit to Buy
July 7, 2004
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What we learn through the news media shapes how we choose our elected officials. In a democracy, we expect the media to serve the public interest. On this edition, we'll take a look at how media companies have failed the public interest by influencing the political process. We'll also hear from media critic and author Robert McChesney, who says the media's complicity with the government impacts the health of democracy in the United States.
Featuring:
Celia Wexler, vice president for advocacy, Common Cause; Jeffrey Chester, executive director, Center for Digital Democracy; Mark Cooper, director of research, Consumer Federation of America; Jonathan Adelstein, commissioner, Federal Communications Commission; Ben Bagdikian, author; Timothy Karr, executive director, MediaChannel, Robert McChesney, professor of communications, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Robert McChesney is a supporter of National Radio Project.
For more information:
Common Cause
1250 Connecticut Ave., NW #600
Washington, DC 20036
800-926-1064; grassroots@commoncause.org
www.commoncause.org
Center for Digital Democracy
1718 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20009
202-986-2220
www.democraticmedia.org
Consumer Federation of America
1424 16th St., NW, Suite 604
Washington, DC 20036
202-387-6121
www.consumerfed.org
Jonathan Adelstein
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554
202-418-2300; Jonathan.Adelstein@fcc.gov
www.fcc.gov/commissioners/adelstein/
Graduate School of Journalism
University of California at Berkeley
121 North Gate Hall
Berkeley, CA
94720
510-642-3383
MediaChannel
575 8th Avenue
New York, NY 10018
212-246-0202
www.mediachannel.org
Robert McChesney
Institute of Communications Research
237 Gregory Hall , 810 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL, 61801
217-244-1421; rwmcches@uiuc.edu
www.robertmcchesney.com