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 Topics - Mass Media
  Back to the 50’s – RETROGRESSIVE [Internet] Censorship in Oz posted by Kismo, 2009-12-15 20:12:13
It was clear from the outset that unpopular, UNDEMOCRATIC policies to CENSOR the free flow of information in Australia would be PUSHED THROUGH the legislative process by Kevin Rudd regardless of all opposition! A news release yesterday confirmed that Rudd’s Communications Minister and Murdoch errand boy, Stephen Conroy, would legislate – FORCE compliance in other words – new Internet CENSORSHIP laws by mid 2010! (full story and 1 comments)
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 U.S. Justice Dept. Demands Independent News Site's User Information posted by Declan McCullagh via krill, 2009-11-16 06:13:26
It is not widely known that the Cleaves site was developed from the Indymedia (IMC) model. The current CMS software package in use by the Cleaves team is a product of Indymedia Ireland. We acknowledge that our existence (and continuing presence) would not have been possible but for the assistance of the IMC and as a show of solidarity we take this opportunity to throw our support behind our persecuted comrades in the Independent Media. (full story)
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 Internet killed the media mogul posted by Kismo, 2009-11-06 18:02:12
The old mass media linear paradigm of 'one transmitter a million receivers,' has been superseded by, 'billions of TRANSCEIVERS!' (full story and 1 comments)
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 Skype, the uncrackable peer communicator posted by Chris Williams via Kismo, 2009-07-31 05:31:30
"For years now a steady stream of reports and whispers have emerged that despite their batteries of supercomputers, intelligence agencies are frustrated by Skype's anonymity and strong encryption. Its base in Estonia also means the firm is out of the reach of the US lawful intercept laws and UK export legislation, which forces any firm supplying encryption technology to show GCHQ the backdoor." (full story)
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 The POWER is/in the ART and in those that produce it! posted by quill, 2009-07-29 01:44:09
Underrated for too long, Aussie artist (actress) Toni ‘awesome’ Collette, recently accepted a challenging role for a TV series in the, bereft of talent, criminal USA. Collette plays four (five if you count Toni) characters emanating from ONE character suffering multiple personality disorder, a condition not unfamiliar to the paralysed, sedated masses! (full story)
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 The measure of a scurrilous Media Mogul posted by Kismo, 2009-07-11 00:30:03
Amid substantiated reports that Rupert Murdoch’s ‘journalists’ illegally accessed the voice mails and other private data of citizens in the UK, mandatory internet censorship in Australia proceeds undeterred; though it is NOW clear that the original excuse, ‘child porn,’ is a Trojan horse allowing a host of other sites, peer file sharing, and adult GAME sites, to be filtered! The real agenda -- stemming losses to Murdoch’s Entertainment and Media Empire -- should now be apparent to everyone. Murdoch’s SORDID CHARACTER is revealed by this latest scandal, notwithstanding his membership in the CFR and secretive Bilderberg group. Take note Oz, this is the man that dictates policy to Australian politicians! Take a good look at Murdoch’s servants, Rudd, Swan, Smith and Conroy, and then try to imagine these lackeys with spines – impossible! (full story)
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 Newsprint; ‘we’re going well,’ says Murdoch man, Hartigan posted by quill, 2009-07-02 01:32:04
This past week in Oz could easily be described as surreal. Based on a fraudulent email, the opposition leader, Malcolm Turnbull, launched an exceedingly amateurish, overconfident, FAILED attack on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Treasurer Wayne Swan -- your longing exceeds your ability, NOVICE! (full story and 1 comments)
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 Here's hoping Google gets hammered posted by James Kirby via sadh, 2009-05-31 01:21:48
It's a sad day when the battle for digital information is between two of the world's most obscene IT Companies, Microsoft and Google. Neither self-serving company has the interests of the public at heart, especially in China, and in the West if hidden information detailing Google's unsavoury relationship with NSA and other security agencies became known! Microsoft is no better having once supplied a 'backdoor' to its Operating System at the request of the NSA. Nevertheless, the stranglehold Google has on information is far worse than the author intimates -- any real democratic government would have legislated long ago forcing Google to relinquish its hold on information searches. Idiotic governments seem to be unaware of today's digital axioms: 'Whoever controls the flow of information rules the world', including governments! Let's hope the open source community gets a viable product out there soon -- then lobbying can begin in earnest! Ed. (full story)
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 Washington Disinformation continues to emanate from subservient Australia! posted by quill, 2009-05-28 23:59:43
A well constructed report on the LTTE defeat by the Sri Lankan military was aired on Radio Australia today, a 7 out of 10 effort! It is refreshing to see Australia NOT making news for xenophobia, racism and its shameless, servility to the United States – ‘for a change!’ Nevertheless, America is never far removed from its most servile colony. (full story)
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Cyber Warfare: Building Attack Tools for Mass Destruction posted by Tom Burghardt via Kismo, 2009-05-28 10:25:04
A quintessential hallmark of an authoritarian regime, particularly one that operates within highly-militarized, though nominally democratic states such as ours, is the maintenance of a system of internal control; a seamless panopticon where dissent is equated with criminality and the rule of law derided as a luxury ill-afforded "during a time of war." (full story and 2 comments)
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 Infantile Nation: Gang Bang vs ‘Professional’ Services posted by velvet, 2009-05-15 02:16:13
I have been waiting patiently for a commentator, journalist or academic to write a rebuttal to the prurient media frenzy surrounding a top grade Aussie footballer’s sexual misadventures, subsequent SCAPEGOATING and social crucifixion by the ‘dingo ate my baby,’ Oz mass media! However, not unexpectedly, NONE have been forthcoming – not surprising, as sensationalism replaced integrity in Oz journalism decades past! (full story)
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 There was movement at the station, the monopoly had got away! posted by finch, 2009-04-14 00:32:20
Is your favourite media outlet relentlessly pursuing KNOWN, SELF-CONFESSED, and other (proven) WAR CRIMINALS? NO! Then it’s not acting in the PUBLIC INTEREST! REAL journalism acts as society’s CONSCIENCE; it does not compromise in its pursuit of KNOWN war criminals until justice is served – has JUSTICE been served yet? (full story)
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 Murdoch orders Rudd to implement fibre optic to the HOME! posted by gan, 2009-04-08 11:42:55
After fumbling Rupert’s last dictate – mandatory internet censorship -- the Oz labour government is embarking on a broadband scheme which puts new meaning in the terms ‘overkill’ and ‘wild spending!’ A forty three (43) BILLION dollar nationwide project to install fibre optic to the home! That is a crazy amount of public money in view of the fact that government is the least qualified organisation to undertake such a project. (full story and 3 comments)
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 G20 -- Murdoch Press journos Suck and Slurp Harder posted by quill, 2009-04-03 19:09:55
A local Murdoch rag, The Australian, requires experienced editors it would seem; here’s a taste of the overkill that results from tightly managed, policy compliant, servile journalists – hold on to your stomachs! (full story and 1 comments)
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Jon Stewart becomes angry public's avenger posted by Howard Kurtz via reed, 2009-03-15 21:23:54
WASHINGTON — Jon Stewart has amassed a passionate following as a sharp-edged satirist who punctures the balloons of the powerful with a caustic candor that reporters cannot muster. As public furor over the economic meltdown rises, the Comedy Central star has turned not just his humor but his full-throated outrage against financial journalists who he says aided and abetted the likes of Bear Stearns, AIG and Citigroup, especially those who work for the nation's top business-news channel. (full story)
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