Monthly Archives: April 2012
FCC Uses ‘Common Sense,’ Approves Plan for Online Database of Political TV Ads
Just as the sun was rising in Hawaii, Brian Stelter of The New York Times, broke the news with his report. The FCC has approved a plan for broadcasters to upload public files data to the web. The information about … Continue reading
Hawaii Legislature Threatens Freedom of Information with SB 2858
Media Council Hawaii, along with 16 other community organizations are appealing to the state legislature on SB 2858. In her OpEd at Civil Beat today, UH Manoa Professor emerita Beverly Deepe Keever explained problems with the bill. She said there are “portions of the bill … Continue reading
Public File Inspection: Cleveland TV Stations Don’t Like TV Cameras
via Savethenews.org
Hispanic Media Group Publishes Exposé on Alleged Clear Channel Radio Hate Speech
In a release yesterday, the National Hispanic Media Coalition announced the publication of an exposé into “Clear Channel Radio’s appalling record of trafficking hate.” The Coalition says that although the United States is more diverse than ever before Clear Channel Radio, “has a full … Continue reading
Will Your Phone Tell You How to Vote?
Like an oncoming storm seen in the distance, SuperPAC advertising dollars have some of us worried about where, and how deep, this precipitation will penetrate our media spheres in the coming months. As voters we can expect an influx of … Continue reading
AAJA Film Screening of Vincent Who? May 1st, Laniakea YWCA
The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) Hawaii chapter, Media Council Hawaii and other organizations will present a screening of the award-winning documentary film Vincent Who? at the YWCA Laniakea. The screening will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. in Fuller Hall. After … Continue reading
Ninth Circuit Appeals Court Launches SuperPAC Ad Rocket at PBS
Aside the news of North Korea’s fireworks show failed rocket launch, a recent ruling in political advertising is threatening regime change in sovereign American. The New York Times reported that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed an old ruling … Continue reading
