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Media on media, guardian, BA stops war ad, media workers

mhor | 27.09.2001 12:38

a few interesting links


Journalists form anti-war group
Jessica Hodgson
Monday September 24, 2001
A group of senior journalists and media figures who oppose military action against Afghanistan are creating a coalition to register their disquiet and monitor the coverage of the conflict in the media.
 http://media.guardian.co.uk/attack/story/0,1301,557373,00.html

Advertising Attack
BA rejects anti-war ad
Julia Day
Tuesday September 25, 2001
Save the Children's anti-war campaign
British Airways and other advertising giants have turned down an emotive anti-war poster because it was deemed too controversial in the aftermath of the US terror attack.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,558395,00.html

Media Guardian's Media War Section - loads of interesting stuff here
 http://media.guardian.co.uk/attack/0,1301,550543,00.html


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snippits:

Changin' Times Bring Pro-War Rally to Berkeley (150 people)
September 24, 2001 8:45 pm EST
By Alex Gronke
BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) - The times, they sure ARE a-changin'.
The University of California at Berkeley, a famous hotbed of anti-U.S. rhetoric and student protest during the Vietnam War, broke out in a "Rally for America" Monday as a coalition of student activists and fraternities gathered to back President Bush's "war against terrorism."
 http://www.iwon.com/home/news/news_article/0,11746,169054|top|09-24-2001::20:44|reuters,00.html


Anti-globalization is so yesterday
National Post
Overnight, the anti-globalization movement is toast. Neither its good arguments nor its bad ones are going to gain it a hearing now. An affluent public at peace will fret over the wages Nike pays its workers in Honduras, but a public at war will not. Even Naomi Klein, "the world's most influential person under 30," risks demotion to the B list.
 http://www.nationalpost.com/commentary/story.html?f=/stories/20010925/704800.html

mhor