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Rebecca Roher · 1,637 views · 5 stars

I Drew a Muhammad Cartoon. It Didn't Go Well

A year after the attack on Charlie Hebdo Annette Carlsen, one of the original Danish Muhammad cartoonists, reflects on free speech and blasphemy.

Annette Carlsen · 1,450 views · unrated

What Should Replace Neo-Liberalism? - Michael Meacher, MP

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46 min · 3,659 views · unrated

Media Concentration: It's kind of a bad thing

Media giant Rupert Murdoch's recent buy-out of the Wall-Street Journal is just one example in a long history of increasing media concentration in the United States, where just a handful of powerful media conglomerates control 90% of all of the information and news we read...

5 min · 64,144 views · 4 stars

Media, drones and rank propaganda - As usual, the leading spokespeople for government policies are disguised as the nation's Adversarial Watchdog Press

Several items today relate to the issue of gross U.S. media propaganda and Obama’s national security policies:

Films For Action · 8,324 views · 5 stars

Media's Coronation of Clinton Belies Sanders' Path Toward Victory

'The pundits might not like it,' Sanders said on Sunday night, 'but the people are making history.'

Deirdre Fulton · 4,282 views · 4 stars

Media Bias and How to Beat It

Media Bias is a serious problem, though probably not in the way you've been told. There is also an easy way to beat it.

4 min · 2,980 views · 4.5 stars

Media Complicity Is Key to Blacklisting Websites

We still don’t have any sort of apology or retraction from the Washington Post for promoting “The List” -- the highly dangerous blacklist that got a huge boost from the newspaper’s fawning coverage on November 24. The project of smearing 200 websites with one broad brush...

Norman Solomon · 1,592 views · unrated

Media hacking

2014 certainly ended up as the

John Borthwick · 288 views · unrated

Media Are Now Whitewashing Nazis They Had Previously Condemned

Recently the New York Times, like many other 'western' outlets, has changed its language when reporting about the fascist Ukrainian Asov Battalion.

Bernhard · 169 views · unrated

Media Worships Bush Family on Veterans Day | Weapons of Mass Distraction

Abby discusses the mainstream media's coverage of President George W. Bush's new book about his father and how it distracts from the case of several Libyans that were allegedly tortured by the CIA at black sites in Afghanistan.

4 min · 134 views · unrated

Media Review: Turkey Kurds & Refugees

Richard Seymour reviews recent media coverage of the EU deal with Turkey and their approach to handling the refugee crisis. http://multimedia.telesurtv.net/v/media-review-555263/

12 min · 109 views · unrated

Media and Climate

There is no conclusive proof that Santa Claus doesn’t exist. In fact, every year we are offered more and more evidence that he actually does exist. If not, where are all those gifts coming from?

Eamonn Kelly · 106 views · unrated

Media - Female Stereotypes

Uploaded by In Seo Kim on 2016-03-20.

4 min · 82 views · unrated

Media Review: Refugees

Joana Ramiro reviews international press coverage of the refugee crisis sweeping across Europe. http://multimedia.telesurtv.net/v/media-review-552936/

12 min · 81 views · unrated

Media's Influence On Women & Girls - from The Goddess Project documentary

Sneak peek of The Goddess Project documentary. Let's reclaim media to empower women & girls! Watch the film at TheGoddessProject.com

3 min · 78 views · unrated

Media Review: Journalism

Published on Jul 14, 2016 Rosie Warren reviews the changing face of the Journalism industry, looking at the winners and losers in the digital age.

12 min · 73 views · unrated

Mediastan: A Wikileaks Road Movie | Full Documentary

Mediastan: A Wikileaks Road Movie: Due to the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the arrests of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning, Sixteen Films and Journeyman Pictures are providing a time-limited free access to the Wikileaks road movie Mediastan. Mediastan is a...

99 min · 61 views · unrated

Media Review - Bernie Sanders

Richard Seymour reviews media coverage of Bernie Sanders' campaign to become Democratic candidate in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. Unlike other candidates, Sanders' campaign does not receive much coverage. If it does, the reporting focuses on negative headlines and...

12 min · 58 views · unrated

Media Review: Koch Brothers

Richard Seymour reviews coverage of the Koch brothers, taking a look at their 'philanthropic' concerns, their right-wing media influence, anti-climate science activism and their political donations. http://multimedia.telesurtv.net/v/media-review-544842/

12 min · 54 views · unrated

Media Review - Land of the Incarcerated

Matt Kennard reviews the media coverage of incarceration and the prison system in the US, which has the highest prison population in the world. Government policies and the private sector business interests have created a 'prison-industrial complex' seeking even higher numbers...

12 min · 39 views · unrated

Media Review: Haiti

The presidential elections in Haiti early this year resulted in chaos and a state of insecurity among the people of the Caribbean nation. This reflects the impact of foreign economic interests, mainly from the US, that targeted the country's development and influenced the...

12 min · 34 views · unrated

Beware Of Images (2016)

From cave paintings to virtual reality, Beware of Images embarks on a fascinating journey through the history of mediated representation. This is the history of media you will never find on TV.

160 min · 42,418 views · 4.2 stars

The Mean World Syndrome (2010) (trailer)

For years, debates have raged among scholars, politicians, and concerned parents about the effects of media violence on viewers. Too often these debates have descended into simplistic battles between those who claim that media messages directly cause violence and those who...

8 min · 6,630 views · 5 stars

Stunning Award Winning Photos Highlight Social and Environmental Issues

The winners of the the Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2016 competition have been announced. This contest provides an international showcase for the very best in environmental photography, by both amateurs and professionals. The competition aims to inspire...

David Sim · 16,107 views · 3.5 stars

The Media Bias Nobody is Talking About | Robert Reich

Robert Reich breaks down how the mainstream media draws a false equivalence between the right and the left and misleads the public about what's really at stake.

6 min · 3,592 views · unrated

The Media Created a Monster. Now They Want to Wash Their Hands | George Monbiot

"How did this reality TV star Donald Trump become President of the United States?"

6 min · 3,234 views · unrated

The Media Consortium annual meeting

The Media Consortium had its annual meeting in Baltimore this past February. Here are some of the highlights from the presentations

11 min · 266 views · 2 stars

Incredible Animation Summarises Noam Chomsky's 5 Filters of the Mass Media Machine

For decades, Noam Chomsky has been the agent provocateur when it comes to critiquing the US mainstream media. He co-authored ‘Manufacturing Consent’, a seminal work on mainstream journalism and its role in the mechanics of power.

5 min · 526,817 views · 4.9 stars

Greece - What You Are Not Being Told by the Media

According to mainstream media, the current economic crisis in Greece is due to the government spending too much money on its people that it went broke. This claim however, is a lie. It was the banks that wrecked the country so oligarchs and international corporations could...

Chris Kanthan · 443,661 views · 4.8 stars

A Perfect Symbol of Media Capture: DWS Booed, MSNBC Caption Says “Cheered”

Monday morning saw Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former DNC chair, booed offstage at the Florida Democratic Delegation Breakfast; while it was transpiring, MSNBC's caption read that she was being cheered. A concise example of establishment media trying to force a positive...

Liam Miller · 79,094 views · 4.5 stars

Russell Brand Brilliantly Picks Apart Media Manipulation and Islamophobia

A look at Lindsay Lohan's recent appearance on Good Morning Britain and how she was quizzed about her faith.

9 min · 76,968 views · 4.2 stars

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

Funny, provocative and surprisingly accessible, MANUFACTURING CONSENT explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist. In a dynamic collage of new and original footage, biography, archival gems, imaginative...

157 min · 71,074 views · 4.8 stars

Corporate Media Admits Bernie Sanders Is a Strong(Er) General Election Candidate

The blackout on Bernie is starting to end.

4 min · 49,907 views · 5 stars

Rupert Murdoch Takes Over National Geographic, Immediately Lays off Hundreds

When news broke that Rupert Murdoch, evil overlord of Fox News, had purchased National Geographic, it sent shockwaves of panic through thinking individuals everywhere. After all, National Geographic has traditionally been one of the most well-known sources of scientific...

John Prager · 47,012 views · 2.8 stars

Genius Lesson in Media Literacy: Footage of Queen's Birthday with Commentary from N. Korean Parade

This video, uploaded to YouTube by John Smith, overlays the commentary of the BBC's Korea correspondent Stephen Evans from a march in Pyongyang onto footage of the annual Trooping of the Colour, which coincides with the Queen's birthday, at Buckingham Palace.

2 min · 46,603 views · 4.7 stars

Rich Media, Poor Democracy (2003) (trailer)

If a key indicator of the health of a democracy is the state of its journalism, the United States is in deep trouble. In Rich Media, Poor Democracy, Robert McChesney lays the blame for this state of affairs squarely at the doors of the corporate boardrooms of big media, which...

5 min · 44,028 views · 5 stars

Australian Comedian Perfectly Sums Up Why Other Countries Think US Gun Laws Are Crazy

At least 10 people were killed and 20 others injured when a shooter opened fire on the campus of Umpqua Community College in Oregon Thursday, October 1. According to Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin, the shooter was a 20-year-old male, and was killed by officers who...

14 min · 39,568 views · 4.8 stars

5 Stories the Media Missed While Obsessing Over the #Starbucksredcup

When billionaire presidential hopeful Donald Trump inexplicably decided this week that boycotting Starbucks over the ‘de-Christmas-ization’ of their ubiquitous red holiday coffee cup was somehow a matter of national importance, the internet exploded — and American mainstream...

Claire Bernish · 38,353 views · 4.1 stars

10 Compelling Reasons You Can Never Trust The Mainstream Media

A poll in 2012 showed that trust in the mainstream media is increasing, which should worry all of us who value truth, integrity and press freedom.

Sophie McAdam · 37,537 views · 4.9 stars

John Pilger on Paris, ISIS and Media Propaganda

Afshin goes underground with one of NATO imperialism's greatest chroniclers, John Pilger. The award-winning journalist and filmmaker tells us how Washington, London and Paris gave birth to ISIS, and why he can't imagine Labour Party changing.

18 min · 37,469 views · 4.7 stars

Sanders Campaign's Commitment to Victory Irritates Media, Offends Clinton Campaign

Once again, for the umpteenth time in the Democratic presidential primary, there is a dominant narrative in the establishment news media that it is over for Bernie Sanders. News outlets have crunched the numbers, again, and after the loss to Hillary Clinton in New York...

Kevin Gosztola · 37,131 views · 5 stars

War, Propaganda and the Media: A Detailed Primer on the Tactics of Modern War Propaganda

We must remember that in time of war what is said on the enemy’s side of the front is always propaganda, and what is said on our side of the front is truth and righteousness, the cause of humanity and a crusade for peace. — Walter Lippmann Probably every conflict is...

Anup Shah · 36,722 views · 5 stars

Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis in Masculinity (1999) (trailer)

Jackson Katz argues that widespread violence in American society, including the tragic school shootings in Littleton, Colorado, Jonesboro, Arkansas, and elsewhere, needs to be understood as part of an ongoing crisis in masculinity. Tough Guise is the first educational video...

5 min · 34,573 views · 4.8 stars

Top 25 Censored Stories Of 2013 and a List of Independent Alternatives to the Corporate Media

Every year Project Censored puts together a list of the top 25 stories censored and ignored by the mainstream media. The recently published Censored 2013 covers the period between 2011-2012.

Tim Hjersted · 33,461 views · 5 stars

Behind the Media Surge Against Bernie Sanders

It’s routine for right-wing outlets like Fox to smear progressive activists under the guise of “news” coverage. But why the New York Times? And why the special venom for Bernie Sanders?

Norman Solomon · 30,715 views · 4 stars

The Absurdity of Right-Wing Media Madness in a Catchy Song

Oldie but goodie, Dan and Dan's satirical song about the right-wing British newspaper The Daily Mail.

3 min · 29,077 views · 4.1 stars

5 Ways the News Media Can Get Real

When Donald Trump gets more air time than Bernie Sanders, the media misses the mark on grassroots change.

Sarah van Gelder · 27,910 views · 4.5 stars

Comedian Frankie Boyle Responds to Criticism of Tevor Noah's Characterization of Antifa

Today I saw a few people I respect enough not to have muted taking a tilt at Trevor Noah for some bit where he called out antifa, and called them “Vegan Isis”. This will sound snobbish, but I often cringe when well meaning types on the left address comedy. They sometimes have...

Frankie Boyle · 26,825 views · 3.5 stars

Thought Police for the 21st Century: Google, Facebook Suppress Left Media Under the Guise of Combating "Fake News"

DETROIT—The abolition of net neutrality and the use of algorithms by Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter to divert readers and viewers from progressive, left-wing and anti-war sites, along with demonizing as foreign agents the journ

Chris Hedges · 21,774 views · 5 stars

Lawrence Lessig Keynote at the National Conference on Media Reform

Keynote by Lawrence Lessig at the NCMR on June 6, 2008, framing the argument for CHANGE CONGRESS. One of our favorite speeches from the conference. Change Congress is a national movement to end corruption in America's congress. The initiative is organizing citizens to push...

28 min · 20,729 views · unrated

Comic: How Big Media Is Killing Democracy, But The Solution Is Up To Us

Today, six corporations own most of our media—but we could be poised to take it back.

Symbolia and YES! Magazine · 19,723 views · 4.8 stars

Reza Aslan Challenges the Corporate Media Rhetoric on Islam and Violence

Reza Aslan offers his reaction to Bill Maher's recent remarks regarding the link between violence and Islam.

6 min · 19,707 views · 4.7 stars

50 Years Later, Edward R. Murrow's Famous Speech Is Still a Damning Critique of The Corporate Media

Such a powerful speech by one of our all-time heroes.

3 min · 18,866 views · 4.8 stars

Generation M: Misogyny in Media & Culture (trailer)

Despite the achievements of the women's movement over the past four decades, misogyny remains a persistent force in American culture. In this important documentary, Thomas Keith, professor of philosophy at California State University-Long Beach, looks specifically at...

5 min · 18,530 views · 4.6 stars

Comedian Sums Up "War on Terror" Perfectly

Comedian Steve Hughes explains why the 'War on Terror' is a joke.

1 min · 18,320 views · 5 stars

Israeli Comedian Gets Serious in Final Monologue: Wake up and Smell the Apartheid

In Last Monologue, Israeli Comedy Show Host Implores Israelis to Wake Up and Smell the Apartheid. Asaf Harel's scathing indictment of Israeli society has gone viral. You can read more here.

6 min · 16,108 views · 4.6 stars

Jon Stewart Returns to Urge the Media to Break Up With Trump

Worried that the mainstream media's breakup with President Trump has reporters feeling blue, Jon Stewart stops by with relationship advice.

10 min · 15,134 views · 3.5 stars

Independent Media in a Time of War (2003)

Part scathing critique, part call to action, this film is composed of a speech given by Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! illustrated by clips of mainstream media juxtaposed with rare footage from independent reporters in Iraq. "Independent media has a crucial...

30 min · 14,831 views · 4.2 stars

Capitalism And Monopolies: How Five Companies Control All US Media

You're probably aware that Disney owns Marvel and Lucasfilm, but do you really know how consolidated the American media landscape is? In this episode of Second Thought, we're looking at how just five mega-corporations control the entirety of US media.

11 min · 13,905 views · 5 stars

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