Candidate Forum – at 7:00pm Click to listen (or download) This is a KPFA candidate forum that I moderated between four candidates who are running to serve on KPFA’s local station board. This is the second round of forums out of the three rounds before the voter ballots are due September 30th. To learn more about the more prominent … Read More
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Interview with Abby Martin about Media Roots
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MEDIA ROOTS- Oriana Saportas of KPFA radio conducts an interview with Abby Martin, creator of MediaRoots.org at Berkeley Community Media’s public access. Abby discusses the creation and evolution of Media Roots, a grassroots media project she created to help inform and connect the community. Abby Martin and Oriana Saportas at BCM
Die in San Diego
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OB RAG– They assembled in a downtown park at First and Island Avenue today, Mar. 22nd at roughly 2pm. As they waited for the word to move out to the “die-in” site, most had their white T-shirts stenciled with the number “15703″ representing the number of both American and Iraqi deaths divided by the estimated number of people involved in … Read More
The Twitter Revolution – Free Bird or Jail Bird?
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April 2010 nthWORD– According to a 2009 Pew Research Study, 63% of Americans polled no longer trust the mainstream media to convey the truth about critical issues and think the delivery of the news is either inaccurate or biased due to powerful corporate influences. As this skepticism grows, more people are turning to the Internet for their information. The Internet … Read More