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• - Talk by Noam Chomsky on the power structures in the mainstream media - and on recognising subtle distortions that they implictly encourage.
  
• - Asserts that citizens today find themselves confronted by a bewildering array of hired propagandists paid to convince the public that junk food is nutritious, pollution is harmless, and what's good for big business and big government is good for everyone.
  
• - In 1998, Fox Television stations, allegedly fearful of Monsanto's lawyers, dropped a documentary in which NutraSweet was criticized. Covers the high-profile lawsuit involving the reporters of that program.
  
• - Forum for discussion on how journalism and news industry is changing. Includes "Newstradamus," where stories about media trends from around the web are linked.
  
• - RealVideo copy of an ABC pilot show made by Australia's John Safran that criticises the media and news reporting. Satirically styled, it includes 'tips' on how to get on the nightly news, how to get a music video on Rage and how to get a movie onto the vi
  
• - Montana periodical devoted to journalism and justice that is published and edited by Nathaniel Blumberg of WoodFIREAshes Press.
  
• - Article by Chomsky arguing the US and UK are in fact themselves "rogue states".
  
• - Lists grievances against local news stations, and how they copy eachother's problems.
  
• - Includes a media ownership chart, how to get involved, and news.
  
• - Includes a calendar of events, how to get involved, a forum, and a list of resources.
  
• - FAIR's first annual report on how the powerful shape the news.