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Keeping Up With #SOPA & #PIPA Commentary
Last night at The Greenhouse, a few dozen of us watched the web's most popular sites blackout in opposition to the legislation which...
Media Council Hawaii
Jan 18, 20121 min read


The Guardian's Animated SOPA Explanation
Dan Gillmor, Director of the Knight Center for Digital Media at Arizona State University, has a regular column at The Guardian that is...
Media Council Hawaii
Jan 12, 20121 min read
Shared Services Strike in Ohio
"A Toledo television station is on track to be sold for more than $22 million to a company that has ties to another local station,"...
Media Council Hawaii
Jan 12, 20121 min read
NYT Public Editor's Truth Question Baits Response from Journalists
"Should the Times Be a Truth Vigilante?" is the heading and central question Arthur Brisbane, Public Editor of The New York Times asks in...
Media Council Hawaii
Jan 12, 20121 min read
Author of FCC Info Needs Report Questions Broadcasters & Campaign Transparency
Last week, the Columbia Journalism Review published Steven Waldman's piece, "Local TV News, Meet the Internet." Waldman, the lead author...
Media Council Hawaii
Jan 6, 20121 min read


Free Press Launches 'Who's Hiding Behind That Ad?'
"If you flip on your local television station and watch for an hour or so, you’re likely to see at least one: a political ad that attacks...
Media Council Hawaii
Jan 6, 20122 min read
Six Reads on What the Internet Means to Us
Since the opening of the new year, there's been much discussion about how far the modern Internet has come and how it will change in...
Media Council Hawaii
Jan 6, 20121 min read
Shoddy Reporting on Debt Ceiling Debate
Thanks to Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) for a great piece of watchdog work regarding how the debt ceiling story has been...
Media Council Hawaii
Aug 1, 20111 min read
The Fall of News Corp?
The commentary I've read suggests the answer to this question is most likely "no," but the events unfolding in the U.K. resulting from...
Media Council Hawaii
Jul 30, 20112 min read


Stop Media Consolidation Now
Though I imagine many people have moved on from the issue, even forgotten the problem exists, Media Council Hawaiʻi continues to fight...
Media Council Hawaii
Jun 28, 20111 min read
Jon Stewart: Well That Was Fast
Somehow this comedy news program gets it. Thanks to Jon Stewart for point out the obvious problem with not only the NBC-Comcast merger...
Media Council Hawaii
May 18, 20111 min read
FCC Commissioner Cashes Out
Meredith Atwell, a Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that she will be leaving the regulatory...
Media Council Hawaii
May 13, 20111 min read
Support AP Workers
While at the Capitol yesterday, I was handed a flyer by one of the local AP journalist. Here's some of what's in the flyer: Journalists...
Media Council Hawaii
Apr 13, 20112 min read
Todd Gitlin's Presentation
Thanks to those of you who attended our event on March 16th. We heard lots of good feed back and everyone seemed to enjoy the...
Media Council Hawaii
Mar 26, 201117 min read
USA Today Misrepresents Public Worker Wages
In an email, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), asks the question: why does USA Today Hate public workers? It's a good question. On...
Media Council Hawaii
Mar 3, 20111 min read
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