[grc] Fwd: Webinar series on "Media reform to build democracy"

[riva enteen]

Yes, it's a slippery slope.
I agree with Glenn Greenwald. Med ia Alliance does not.  Healthy debate is
important.
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/violence-in-the-capitol-dangers-in

On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 9:16 AM Adrienne via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org>
wrote:

> I am interested in thinking together with you all about new ideas for
> control of fascism, propaganda and lies on the airwaves and internet
> outlets.   These could include old laws and other systems in Germany and
> other countries against public hate speech.
>
> I am concerned that the response to the Capital invasion will be to
> control free speech and add more law enforcement.  I realize that there
> is a tricky line to walk.  But, it's clear to me that, beginning with
> Rush Limbough and the end of the Fairness Doctrine, we've allowed
> dangerous ideas to infect our society under the guise of free speech.
>
> I see our community as both extremely principled and very practical.
> With this and our experience in media this is the place where this
> conversation should take place.
>
> Adrienne
>
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> Adrienne Lauby
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> On 2021-01-10 9:26 pm, Spencer Graves via grc wrote:
>
> > Hello, All:
> >
> > Under what circumstances might you individually and collectively care to
> support a webinar series on something like "Media reform to build
> democracy"?  The email exchange below includes a reply from Dean Baker,
> co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and author of
> (2016) Rigged: How globalization and the rules to the modern economy were
> structured to make the rich richer.
> >
> > I will plan to attend the "Radio For People Zoom Conference Call" this
> Tuesday and participate as seems appropriate to the discussion of "Trump
> Insurrection fallout".
> >
> > If we are both creating and lucky, what we do in this area could
> contribute to congressional hearings that may lead to substantive media
> reform along the lines discussed in the email exchange below.
> >
> > Comments?
> > Spencer Graves, PhD
> > Journalist, 90.1 FM, KKFI.org, Kansas City Community Radio
> > and
> > Founder, EffectiveDefense.org
> > 4550 Warwick Blvd 508
> > Kansas City, MO 64111
> > m:  408-655-4567
> >
> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > Subject: Re: Webinar series on "Media reform to build democracy"
> > Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2021 04:50:45 -0700
> > From: Dean Baker <dean.baker1 at verizon.net>
> > To: Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org>, Craig Aaron <
> caaron at freepress.net>, Julia Cagé <julia.cage at sciencespo.fr>,
> contact at unboutdumonde.org, Robert W. McChesney <rwmcchesney at gmail.com>,
> Daniel Kahneman <kahneman at princeton.edu>, Helene E. Wood <
> hwood at princeton.edu>, Siva Vaidhyanathan <sv2r at virginia.edu>, Penny
> Abernathy <pennyma at email.unc.edu>
> >
> > Hi Spencer,
> >
> > I'm open to it. Not sure there is a big market, but happy to give it a
> try. It is important.
> >
> > Happy New Year,
> >
> > Dean
> >
> > On 1/8/2021 8:32 PM, Spencer Graves wrote:
> >
> >> Hello, All:
> >>
> >> What do you think about producing a webinar series on media reform to
> build democracy?
> >>
> >> I think we could attract a large audience to hear people like Daniel
> Kahneman discusses the research in human psychology that explains why
> people are susceptible to being criminally misled like those who stormed
> the US Capitol last Wednesday and Robert McChesney, Craig Aaron, Dean
> Baker, Julia Cagé, Siva Viadhyanathan, Penny Abernathy, and others discuss
> what they think should be done.[1]
> >>
> >> I've produced webinars like this before, posting videos with
> transcripts to Wikiversity, inviting the world to comment subject to
> Wikipedia rules of writing from a neutral point of view citing credible
> sources, and distributed edited versions of the audio via Audioport.org,
> used by the Pacifica Radio Network of over 200 community radio stations,
> most in the US but some in Canada and two in Europe.[2]
> >>
> >> What do you think?
> >> Spencer Graves, PhD
> >> Journalist, 90.1 FM, KKFI.org, Kansas City Community Radio
> >> and
> >> Founder, EffectiveDefense.org
> >> 4550 Warwick Blvd 508
> >> Kansas City, MO 64111
> >> m:  408-655-4567
> >>
> >> [1] My review of the literature on this is available in the Wikiversity
> article on "Confirmation bias and conflict".
> >>
> >> https://en.m.wikiversity.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias_and_conflict
> >>
> >> [2] A Wikiversity article on "Electoral integrity in the United States"
> includes 3 interviews totaling 91 minutes, which I cut to 58 minutes for
> broadcast on 90.1 FM, KKFI.org, Kansas City Community Radio on August 13
> and cut further to 29 minutes for distribution starting October 8 via
> "Sprouts:  Radio from the grassroots", regularly carried by roughly 50
> radio stations.
> >>
> >>
> https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Electoral_integrity_in_the_United_States
> > --
> > Dean Baker (baker at cepr.net)
> > Senior Economist
> > Center for Economic and Policy Research 1611 Connecticut Ave., NW
> > Washington, DC 20009
> > 202-293-5380 (ext 114)
> > 435-644-5746 (H)
> > www.cepr.net [1]
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