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

Mon Jan 11 12:33:49 PST 2021

Long overdue. Keep me in the loop.
Elizabeth Bailey Former news broadcaster KGNU ,KRFC.

On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 10:35 AM riva enteen via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org>
wrote:

> 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
> >
> > ============
> >
> > Adrienne Lauby
> > Pushing Limits
> > Host/Producer
> > KPFA's disability program
> > (707) 795-2890 home
> > (707) 332-1894 cell
> > http://www.pushinglimits.i941.net/
> >
> > 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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