[Seattle-editorial] Re: FEATURE proposal: KVI

[Jeremy Kahn]

Approve.  This is a good story, and I'm glad indymedia is covering it. 
 For simpler HTML, the Bergen Record story (the one with the heinously 
long scrambled link) is also available at:

  http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0328-10.htm

That seems more likely to persist as a link for a while, too, if you ask me.

Sorry there's such a headache with the posting to the list. I hope that 
sarai gets back on its feet soon.

--Jeremy

PS -- strictly as a nepotistic brag, here's a photo of my brother 
getting arrested at the same event described in Common Dreams and the 
Bergen Record, god bless 'im. 

http://pacifica.org/gallery/M27-NYC/9_G



jonathan lawson wrote:

> [second try sending]
>
> sutbitle: MEDIA GOES TO WAR
> title: US Media Shows Its Colors
>
> Right-wing Seattle talk radio stalwart KVI (owned by Fisher 
> Broadcasting) has followed industry behemoths Fox and Clear Channel by 
> extending its support for war with off-air organizing initiatives. 
> Numerous listeners and anti-war groups report that KVI has been <a 
> href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=24987">organizing 
> groups of pro-war thugs</a> to break up Seattle peace demonstrations 
> by accosting or assaulting demonstrators. In response, activists have 
> called for complaints to be directed towards the station's 
> advertisers, including the <b>Bon Marche</b>, <b>TIAA-CREF 
> Investments</b>, <b>Verizon</b>, <b>Wells Fargo</b>, <b>Sky 
> Nursery</b>, <b>Greg's Japanese Auto</b> and others.
>
> <p>Clear Channel, the notorious radio behemoth, has been criticized 
> for its sponsorship of a nationwide series of <a 
> href="http://www.takebackthemedia.com/radiogaga.html"> pro-war 
> political rallies</a>. Fox responded to a recent anti-war 
> demonstration outside their New York offices by using an electronic 
> message board to <a 
> href="http://www.bergenrecord.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkyJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MzU5NDQy">taunt 
> demonstrators</a>.
> <p>Peace rallies continue to take place across the country, and many 
> opponents of war are identifying <a 
> href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=52341">distorted 
> corporate media coverage</a> of the war as perhaps the major obstacle 
> to peace. It is now common to see protest signs criticizing the 
> corporate media. Some media critics have organized protest events 
> specifically targeting the media, including a <a 
> href="http://www.takebackthemedia.com/cnnprotestla.html">CNN 
> protest</a> in Los Angeles,
> demonstrations targeting <a 
> href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=25041"> Fox 
> News Network</a> in several cities, and a national <a 
> href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=25045">NBC 
> advertiser boycott</a>.
>
> http://images.indymedia.org/imc/seattle/kkkvi.jpg
>