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February 2009 - Posts

Saturday, February 28, 2009 1:55 PM

Battle between traditional and "new" media has a definite diversity factor in it

There is no question that the mainstream news media -- print newspapers, mainly -- is falling on hard times. Recently, the Rocky Mountain News Newspaper closed its doors writing its own front page obituary. A few weeks back, the broadsheet Chicago Tribune
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Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:06 PM

How does Free World justify death of Fairness Doctrine?

About 30 years ago, a local TV station in Chicago aired a series of reports condemning Arab Americans and their support of some Middle East policies. The editorials and commentaries were one-sided and there was no balanced debate. It was just unfair.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 8:30 AM

President Obama names new communications team -- no Arabs involved

It's hard to fight anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias in the mainstream news media, let alone in mainstream society, if no one wants to help. Being Arab is a double-edged scimitar. Everyone knows you are a problem from all the media coverage given to the
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Saturday, February 14, 2009 10:42 AM

Noble mission of Bridges TV, first Muslim cable network, collapses under weight of its founders tragedy

When Bridges TV first launched in 2004, there was great hope that it would do two things: First, open the door to Arab and Muslims to portray themselves accurately through engaging and professional journalism. And, more importantly, address the stereotypes
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