Bill Berkowitz writes that the Center for Media and Democracy's
"sleuths of spin John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton have exposed how
corporate shills and government spokespersons manipulate the media
and undermine democracy for more than a decade," and are now
"setting about an ambitious - yet necessary - undertaking:
reinventing journalism." Berkowitz interviews Center founder Stauber
about recent media scandals involving PR, payola, and fake
journalists. They also discuss SourceWatch, "an information source
that is truly 'of, by and for the people,'" and other ways the
Center works to further media democracy.
SOURCE: Alternet, February 22, 2005
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