[Seattle-editorial] Re: FEATURE proposal: KVI

[Sheri Herndon]

awesome.
i see it's been approved but thanks for putting this together jonathan!!!
sheri

At 6:56 PM -0800 4/2/03, 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


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