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New » Mainstream Media Paves the Way to War

New » FCC Media Ownership Rules Under Review & How To Take Action

Only Money Makes Headlines in Today's News

The Railroad Barons are Back, And This Time They'll Finish the Job

The Winner-Take-All Media: The 4th Estate Sells Out

Independent Online Media: A Chance to Bridge Social Gaps

A 12-Step Program for Media Democracy

What If Corporate Radio Trafficked in News?

The Media Can't Fool Us, They Can Only Spread Apathy

G&G Arts Special -- POEM: Oceanless

How has corporate media consolidation and the Internet affected what we hear, read, and watch?

NEW The Mainstream Media Paves the Way to War

Reviewing media coverage of the proposed invasion of Iraq...
by Tony Brasunas

NEW FCC Media Ownership Rules Now Under Review

Update on the imminent plans for further deregulation — and how to get involved and take action...
by Media Tank

1. Introduction
   Welcome to Garlic & Grass's second issue. We examine corporate ownership and control of America's mass media...
2. Only Money Makes Headlines in Today's News
   The slant of the mainstream media cheapens discourse and hollows out our souls...
   by Norman Solomon
3. The Railroad Barons are Back
   The remarkable history of corporate control over the media...
   by Thom Hartmann
4. A Chance to Bridge Social Gaps:
   The Arrival of Independent Online Media
   It's here, it's new, and it's revolutionary. The pitfalls and potential of independent internet media...
   by Shahid Buttar & Jessica Philie
5. The Winner-Take-All Media: The 4th Estate Sells Out
   Corporate news meets elections. Three stories of political exclusion by the mainstream media...
   by Steven Hill
6. A 12-Step Program for Media Democracy
   We can all resolve to reclaim our airwaves. And we must...
   by Jeff Chester & Gary O. Larson
7. What If Corporate Radio Trafficked in News?
   A humorous glance at radio reportage...
   by Norman Solomon
8. The Media Can't Fool Us, They Can Only Spread Apathy
   Their power is not in lying, but in making people feel powerless...
   by Rob Arnow
9. Special - Garlic & Grass Arts
   Oceanless
   A poem. A consumer of America's mainstream media visits a newsstand...
   by Tony Brasunas

R E S O U R C E S:

Giants Still Growing
The number of corporations who control the media drops to 6...

Who owns Who?
Who owns CNN? ABC? Time? Look it up...

Dig Deeper
Links for more information on democratic media, corporate media, and media advocates...