Quote: "PR Watch offers investigative reporting on the public relations industry. We help the public recognize manipulative and misleading PR practices by exposing the activities of secretive, little-known propaganda-for-hire firms that work to control political debates and public opinion."
Related sites:
Discover the real worth-while news stories not covered by the mass media and how pervasive censorship is. Governments are not the only powers that censor information.
The following additional links are worth looking at to obtain more information on important topics not covered by mainstream media:
There is more to media than commercial networks and cable. If you view public radio/television, please contribute. Help minimize the creeping presence of commercial and corporate influence in public broadcasting:
Alternative Radio: A good public affairs program distributed to public radio stations. Unfortunately, where I live now, I do not know of a public station that carries it.
National Public Radio (NPR): Unfortunately, NPR is not as progressive as it can be and appears to fallen victim to the "free market/corporate globalization" mentality. For example, when they have their "business update," all they do is parrot information you can get from sources like CNBC or CNN. Still, NPR is better than commercial radio or TV on many news items.
PBS: PBS tends to go with more safer programming instead of trying to have shows on more controversial topics. Shows like Frontline cover some important topics, but much of PBS programming is dull and provides no real alternative to commercial TV. The newer series NOW appears to capture some of the past progressiveness.
The "enhanced underwriting" practices looks more like commercials to me and makes it hard for viewers to believe that PBS is not influenced by corporate sponsers. Have you ever noticed how the News Hour never covers topic like corporate welfare and corporate globalization? Maybe, because one of their sponsers is ADM, known for its corporate abuses and a large beneficiary of corporate welfare.
KQED 88.5FM: A decent larger-than-most public radio station serving the San Francisco Bay Area. They produce several programs that serve as an alternative to NPR and PRI broadcasts. I found Forum to be a decent call-in show, inviting more progressive guests and controversial topics than NPR-sponsered call-in shows.
KERA 90.1FM (Dallas/Denton): The major Dallas, Texas area public radio station. Not as good as KQED. KERA tends to squeeze as much as possible between program breaks (within the same program and between different programs) doing self-promotion.
WHYY 91FM (Philadelphia): WHYY produces Fresh Air. I thought Radio Times was a decent call-in show with guests that most mainstream shows avoid.
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