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MEDIA


1998:

"Newsrack War" by Burton H. Wolfe
The cutthroat competition between dailies, weeklies, and monthlies, is causing a First Amendment fight in San Francisco over the right to place newsracks; a progressive monthly leads the charge.
[July/August 1998]



"Chicago Newspapers Sue" by Burton H. Wolfe
Dailies combine with weeklies to counter newsrack ban.
[July/August 1998]



"Media Monsters in Seattle" by Cameron Chapman
Your guide to who owns what we see, read and hear in the Emerald City.
[July/August 1998]



"San Francisco Frontlines" by Doug Collins
City officials appear nervous about the influence of this independent progressive monthly.
[July/August 1998]



"Get Off Their Backs!" by Jim Sullivan
TV news talking heads deserve every penny of their huge salaries.
[July/August 1998]



"Elite Preoccupations.." by Norman Solomon
..they leave other concerns in the shadows.
[July/August 1998]



"Seattle's Real Addictions: Ink and Newsprint" by Doug Collins
Newsprint consumption is up, but daily newspaper readership is down; smaller free papers fill the gap, but some struggle for distribution space.
[May/June 1998]



"Land of a Thousand Zines" by Doug Collins
A list of all the litter-ary genres that clutter Seattle's coffeeshops.
[May/June 1998]



"The Secret Life of a Newspaper" by John C. Ryan and Alan Thein Durning
People consume a lot more than they think when they read the daily paper.
[May/June 1998]



"Two Hundred Million Pounds of Disposable Literacy" by Free Press Staff
And two-thirds of it is just selling you something.
[May/June 1998]



"Sex Scandal Coverage" by Norman Solomon
Somehow it misses Clinton's real moral contradictions.
[May/June 1998]



"The Best of American Newspeak" by Wayne Grytting.
Celebrating cutting edge advances in the Doublethink of the 90's.
[May/June 1998]



"NEA Army Website Strikes at National Priorities" by Eric Nelson.
A well-conceived piece of culture jamming can still capture the popular imagination..
[May/June 1998]



"The Digressive Movement" by Matt Robesch
Since when are restaurant art and TV commercials more important than protecting the ozone layer?
[May/June 1998]



"Massive Glean-Fest" collected by Free Press Staff
We here at the WFP receive a ton of exchange literature from around the world and now we share some of it with you.
[May/June 1998]



"Glory Days are Here Again" by Norman Solomon.
An upbeat memo from the Grim Reaper.
[March/April 1998]



"The Best of American Newspeak" by Wayne Grytting.
Celebrating cutting edge advances in the Doublethink of the 90's.
[March/April 1998]



"Superficial Simpsonites" by Nick DiSpoldo.
Capitalizing on murder and O.J. Mania.
[March/April 1998]



"Anatomy of a Story" by Mark Gardner.
For years, the Seattle independent press has carried the Nordstrom redevelopment story while local dailies looked the other way.
[January/February 1998]



"Only Some Babies Dazzle the Media" by Norman Solomon.
Last year's black sextuplets didn't receive free jeeps.
[January/February 1998]



"The Best of American Newspeak" by Wayne Grytting.
Celebrating cutting edge advances in the Doublethink of the 90's.
[January/February 1998]



Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (January/February 1998):

  • "EPA Leader Demonized" by J. Bonasia
    Ruminations on Carol Browner, Steve Forbes & camels going through needles.
  • Spike Bites by Eric Nelson


    "Princesses and Goddesses" by Fredrika Sprengle.
    A New Age group gets gooey over the Diana hype.
    [January/February 1998]



    1997:

    "White Delusion" by Norman Solomon.
    A big story goes unreported.
    [November/December 1997]



    "The Best of American Newspeak" by Wayne Grytting.
    Celebrating cutting edge advances in the Doublethink of the 90's.
    [November/December 1997]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (November/December 1997):

  • "Freeing the Media" by John Gorrell
    Voices of human beings seem to be drowned out by a sea of orchestrated noise.
  • Spike Bites by Eric Nelson


    "A Tale of Two Bombings" by Kate Bradley.
    The little-discussed connection between the Gulf War and the Oklahoma City bombing.
    [November/December 1997]



    "Violence Workers" by Bo Richardson.
    Shall we add a new category to the national census?
    [November/December 1997]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (September/October 1997):

  • "US West: The Monopolizing Spirit" by John Gorrell
  • Spike Bites by Doug Nufer


    "The Best of American Newspeak" (Sept/Oct '97 edition) by Wayne Grytting.
    Orwellian euphemisms subtly garnish the language in corporate media.
    [September/October 1997]



    "How Moon Gave Bush a Golden Parachute" by Norman Solomon.
    Bush's post-Presidential activities benefit Rev. Moon.
    [September/October 1997]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (July/August 1997):

  • "Internet Decency Ruling Ignores Telco Giveaway" by Steven Hill
  • "Eat the State!" by Eric Nelson
  • "Indie Media Coalition" by Eric Nelson


    "The Best of American Newspeak" (July/Aug '97 edition) by Wayne Grytting.
    Orwellian euphemisms subtly garnish the language in corporate media.
    [July/August 1997]



    "The Media's Love Affair With 'Free Trade'" by Norman Solomon.
    Take NAFTA's glowing reviews with a grain of salt.
    [July/August 1997]



    "Top Ten Censored Stories" condensed by Free Press staff.
    Project Censored's annual list of news that didn't make the news.
    [May/June 1997]



    "Kissing the Boots of the Media Goliath" by Norman Solomon.
    Want to meet the 'Man of the Year'? Hope you're sitting down.
    [May/June 1997]



    "The Speakeasy's Back Room Lounge" by Laura Lee Bennett.
    A community crossroads for the arts.
    [May/June 1997]



    "The Best of American Newspeak" (May/June '97 edition) by Wayne Grytting.
    Orwellian euphemisms subtly garnish the language in corporate media.
    [May/June 1997]



    "Deconstructing the Idiot Box" by Matt Robesch.
    Why do Americans take TV so damned seriously?
    [May/June 1997]



    "All the Wrong Questions" by Matt Robesch.
    If reporters knew what to ask, they'd be dangerous.
    [May/June 1997]



    "Raising Your Rates to Subsidize Big Biz" by Nick Dreyer and Megan Cornish.
    This important story on Seattle City Light rate hikes was actually turned down for publication in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
    [May/June 1997]



    "American Newspeak" (March/April '97 edition) by Wayne Grytting.
    Orwellian euphemisms subtly garnish the language in corporate media.
    [March/April 1997]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (March/April 1997):

  • "Snohomish Student Press Stifled" by Natalia Jenkins
  • "Spike Growls about Ethical Double Standard" by Eric Nelson
  • "Post No Bills"
  • "Research Before You Post"


    Media Beat: by Norman Solomon.
    When "Economic Freedom" Bars Chewing Gum.
    [March/April 1997]



    "Dollars Per Vote" by Norman Solomon.
    Making cents of '96 election expenditures.
    [January/February 1997]



    "American Newspeak Awards" by Wayne Grytting.
    Presenting the 1996 winners.
    [January/February 1997]



    " 'You've Come the Wrong Way, Baby' " by Fiona Morgan.
    Taking advertising seriously.
    [January/February 1997]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (January/February 1997):

  • "Objectively Superficial" by Mike Layton
  • "Moore Calls for Boycott of Borders"
  • "No Peace at Pacifica"
  • "Worth to Times: 'Boring as Heck' "


    1996:

    "One Crack Agency" by Norman Solomon.
    Central Intelligence operatives turn a blind eye to cocaine trafficking.
    [November/December 1996]



    "Up Against the Wall" by Doug Nufer.
    The Wall Street Journal still rules.
    [November/December 1996]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (November/December 1996):

  • "The Northwest's Independent Media - Where to Find It" by Non-Corporate Synergy on Demand

    "Creative Prospecting on the Intellectual Property Frontier" by Doug Nufer.
    Artists, writers and inventors in the age of mass market.
    [September/October 1996]



    Q&A: Michael Moore interviewed by David Hirning.
    Guerilla filmmaker and creator of 'TV Nation' gives us the scoop on his new book.
    [September/October 1996]



    "Cyberspace Hype Feeds New Illusions" by Norman Solomon.
    It's easy to be mesmerized by a techno-fix.
    [September/October 1996]



    "Public-Interest Journalism" by Doug Collins.
    It Needs a Democratic Funding Source.
    [September/October 1996]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (September/October 1996):

  • "Lost Opportunities Found in Library" by Bo Richardson
  • "Radio Waves at KCMU"
  • New Ink
  • Dead Ink




    "U.S.-Mexico Military Ties: Unexamined and Growing" by Norman Solomon.
    U.S. role in suppressing the Chiapas rebellion has stayed in the shadows.
    [July/August 1996]



    "Curses Again" by Mark Worth.
    Can UW officials be stopped from pulling the KCMU News Hour off the air?
    [July/August 1996]



    "Michael Moore: At Play in the House of the Ogre" by Matt Robesch.
    TV Nation was a critical and popular success... so why did two networks cancel it?
    [July/August 1996]



    "Historic Tracts" by Carlos Schwantes.
    A look at Washington's pioneer labor reform press - when journalism met activism.
    [July/August 1996]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (July/August 1996):

  • "Steelhead: An Upstream Battle" by Mark Worth
  • "Long Arm of the Publisher"
  • "Tune In Your Computer"
  • "Contaminated Broadcasting System"
  • "Crystal Lite"



    "Muckrakers" by Doug Nufer.
    Review of the Baffler magazine from Chicago.
    [July/August 1996]



    "Public Loses Out as Radio 'Gold Rush' Reaches Frenzy" by Norman Solomon.
    Deregulation + consolidation = bad news for America's radiowaves.
    [April/May 1996]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (April/May 1996):

  • "Spike Drools on Fluffy KOMO-TV" Local station is a heavyweight when it comes
    to lightweight news coverage. by Eric Nelson
  • "'Sandy Bradley's Potluck' Bounces Back"
  • "Earthtalk TV Show Goes Weekly"
  • "Seattle Independent Media Coalition"
  • "Free Press Strike Continues"
  • "Mind Over Matters schedule for April '96"


    "Phone Sex Follies" by Carol Steele.
    "Hey Anus Boy, can I fondle your ball sack?"
    [February/March 1996]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (February/March 1996):

  • "Curses: It's Strife Time Again at KCMU" by Mark Worth
  • "TCI Boots Canadian TV"
  • "Vancouver Review"
  • "'A discernibly turgid state'"


    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (December/January 1996):

  • "FOX Wavers on Renewing Popular TV Nation"
  • "Nukes, Mickey and TV"
  • "PR Pitches Toxic Shit"
  • "NYT Bytes Bill"
  • "It's Ad Envy, of Course"



    "Tracking the Religious Wrong"
    Excerpts from and ACLU report entitled 'The Religious Right in Washington'.
    [December/January 1996]

    1995:

    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (October/November 1995):

  • "C:\HYPE95.DOC" by Andy Bauck
  • "Navel Gaze" by Eric Nelson
  • "From the Freedom of the (Free) Press File"
  • "Decoding Bias and Blather"
  • Bias Watch
  • "Laboring for a New Media Foundation"



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (August/September 1995):

  • "Down to the Wire: Last Chance for Mumia Abu-Jamal" by Brian King
  • "Carlson Watch"
  • New Ink: "West Coast Enviro-Coverage"
  • "Times and PI Promote On-line Activism
  • "Send the Kids to Media Scrutiny Camp"
  • "Seattle? Weekly"
  • "Boycott Limbaugh's Sponsors"



    "Seattle Times/P.I. Bury Bad News About Big Advertisers," by Mike Blain.
    $450,000 settlement against Smith's Home Furnishings ignored by dailies.
    [Aug/Sept 1995]



    "Free Press Wins National Award," by Eric Nelson.
    How a no-budget scrappy street rag beat out Time, Newsday, and US News.
    [June/July 1995]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (June/July 1995):

  • "TNT Blasts Away at Reporter's Rights" by Eric Nelson
  • "This Censorship Bill Had Its Hands Around Your Throat As It Died"
  • "Hotline Lives Up to its Name"
  • Bias Watch
  • "Can You Find 'Rights & Wrongs' on KCTS?"
  • "800 Numbers You Should Know"



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (April/May 1995)

  • "Slade's Infobahn Roadblock" by Matt Robesch
  • "Can KIRO Cut the Crap?"
  • "Best Fish Coverage in Seattle"
  • "KOMO News 4: And You're Paying For It"
  • "Who Steered the Pine Street Voters?"
  • "What the Hell is the CWBS?"
  • "Shopping For a Better Earth Day"
  • World Wide Web Scope



    "David Barsamian: Politics and the Media," interviewed by Colin Wright.
    Combatting right-wing corporate-controlled media.
    [Feb/Mar 1995]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (February/March 1995):

  • "Get Your Privacy the Old Fashioned Way... Pay Extra For It!" by Matt Robesch
  • "Z Magazine's Michael Albert Visits Seattle" by Liz White
  • More Dead Ink
  • World Wide Web Scope [NEW]
  • "Dear Seattle Area Print and Electronic Media,"



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (December/January 1995):

  • "Casualties: Seattle Progressive Media - 1994 in Review" by Matt Robesch
  • "Seattle Times: Endorsing Extremism" by Mark Gardner
  • "Seattle (Slightly Less) Weakly" by Mark Gardner
  • Bias Watch
  • Erwin Knoll, R.I.P.
  • New Audio Views



    1994:

    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (October/November 1994):

  • "Whose Idea Was This Carlson Thing, Anyway?" by Mark Gardner
  • "Homophobia? Or is the Stranger Just Being Anal?" by Mark Worth
  • "The Revolution Will Be Phoned In"
  • "Solomon & Nelson Speak Out In Seattle"
  • Radiowaves
  • New Ink



    Q&A: Jonathon Blank interviewed by Julia Eaton.
    Director of the documentary Sex, Drugs, and Democracy.
    [August/September 1994]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (August/September 1994):

  • "KCMU Management Violated Volunteers' Civil Rights" by Matt Robesch
  • "Michael Moore Goes Network -And Doesn't Sell Out"
  • "Is 'Wise Use' a Family Value?"
  • "Cockburn In the Times?"
  • "More Progressive Radiowaves"
  • "Extra! Extra! By the Way, Have You Considered a Subscription?"
  • Widows and Orphans
  • New Views



    "Seattle Community Network Plugs In" by Doug Schuler.
    Technology for Community and Democracy.
    [June/July 1994]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (June/July 1994):

  • "Bias Watch: KOMO High-Fives Boeing"
  • "Editor Goes Free, Journalism Imprisoned"
  • "The Truth is Stranger Than Fiction"
  • "Rightsizing in the Alternative Media"
  • "Circulation Layoffs"
  • "Make Jerry's a Non-Fat"
  • Bad Ads
  • Widows and Orphans
  • New Views



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (April/May 1994):

  • "Clintons Paying the Price for Media Double Standard"
  • "Labor Editors Need Not Apply at Dailies"
  • "Farewell to the National Boycott News"
  • "Governor Radiowave"
  • "Be All that You Can (misogynistically) Be"
  • New Ink



    "Reach Out - Reach Out and Fuck Someone" by Andrea Helm.
    Sex in the '90s is a cybertual experience.
    [April/May 1994]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (February/March 1994):

  • "Top 10 Censored Local News Stories of 1993" by Free Press staff
  • Widows and Orphans
  • Bias Watch
  • New Ink



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (December/January 1994):

  • "Click Here For Brown Nose
  • "Boeing Rides Media's Friendly Skies"
  • "J-A Management's Offensive Fails"
  • "Times' Blethen Plays Publisher Card"
  • R.I.P.
  • Bias Watch
  • Widows and Orphans



    1993:

    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (October/November 1993):

  • "'Rights & Wrongs': Brave New Television" by Matt Robesch
  • "Seattle Group Eyes the Info Age"
  • "City Light Flap Ignites"
  • Bias Watch
  • Uncommon Coverage
  • New Ink



    "Media Overlook Recycler's Dirt" by Andrea Helm and David Hirning.
    Local dailies don't dig deep enough.
    [October/November 1993]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (September 1993):

  • "Not-So-PBS"
  • "Enviro-Paper is pure P.R."
  • "P-I's Slagle Quits"
  • "Curse Quest Continues"
  • "Late-Night Lefty Radio"
  • "Marlee's 'Blues Kitchen'"
  • "J-A Ducks NLRB Bullet"
  • New Ink
  • Widow and Orphans



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (July/August 1993):

  • "Guild Files Complaint Against Eastside JA"
  • "Greens Pick Up Where Catalyst Left Off"
  • "KUOW Cranks Up the News"
  • "Times' New Format Bad for Content?"
  • "Carlson's Counterpoint Counterproductive"
  • Active Press
  • New Ink
  • Widow and Orphans



    "'We're Here - We're Queer - We're On Deadline'" by Mark Worth.
    Banned from reporting, Sandy Nelson sues the Morning News Tribune.
    [July/August 1993]



    "Reagan-Bush Policies Top 'Censored' List," by Free Press staff.
    Project Censored releases its new Top 10 list.
    [June 1993]



    "Beyond Mass Media Bashing," by Mark Worth.
    While unleashing on the Big Guys sounds and feels good, alternative publications need some boosterism.
    [June 1993]



    "Reach Out and Crash Into Someone," by Mike Blain.
    Blazing new information highways, millions of car phone users put safety on hold.
    [June 1993]



    "Infamous 'Inslaw' Case Has WA State Connection'," by Free Press Staff.
    Wife of key player under investigation for running drug lab.
    [June 1993]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (June 1993):

  • "Chomsky Film Rips Timid Mass Media"
  • "Community Catalyst Folds"
  • "Fancher Continues Half-Assed Ways"
  • Tidbits



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (May 1993):

  • "Times' Fancher: 'Help! My Column Has Fallen and it Can't Get up!'"
  • "Media Tax Lowry's Patience Over Guv's Revenue Plans"
  • "Hey Lon, Stop the Presses... Please"
  • "Clueless KOMO Lionizes Burlington Environmental,"
  • "Outcry Keeps News Tribune Boss From Taking State Post,"
  • "The Times' Runaway Metaphor Train"
  • Tidbits



    "Seattle's News Media: Print No Evil," by Mark Worth.
    The First Word from the premiere issue of the WFP.
    [April 1993]



    "Myopic Media Need New Yardstick to Measure Presidential Success," by Free Press staff.
    Mainstream media more interested in political opposition than political success.
    [April 1993]



    Spike- The Rabid Media Watchdog (April 1993):

  • "Reccession-Stung Weekly Stings Staffers; Publisher Brewster Waxes Journalistic"
  • "Times Editorial Page Turns Right Into Carlson"
  • "KIRO News: Still Boxed In"



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