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Top Journalists Join #FreeAJStaff Campaign
In support of imprisoned Al Jazeera staff, big names in news ask their viewers to imagine a world without a free media.
From the article: “Some of the biggest names in news have rallied behind Al Jazeera’s campaign for the release of staff jailed in Egypt, asking their viewers in a video message to imagine a world without a free media.
The video, produced for the #FreeAJStaff campaign, features CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, ITN’s Mark Austin and Julie Etchingham, Channel 7 Australia’s Mark Ferguson, and Al Jazeera English’s Shiulie Ghosh.
“‘Imagine a world where reality is distorted, imagine being kept in the dark about major world events, and imagine being silenced when speaking out could save your life,” the journalists say.’”
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Why the Cowboys and Indians Photo is Not OK
Former University of Regina cheerleader speaks out on controversial photo shoot depicting cheerleaders dressed as cowboys and aboriginals.
From the article: “The images were quickly removed by the University of Regina cheer team, who offered a short apology offered via twitter, which read: “We apologize for the photos they have been removed from all of our social media.” And in another tweet: “Our last intention was to disrespect anyone.”
But, as the history and present-day situation in Canada shows us, apologies do not undo the damage that is done, nor is ‘intention’ behind our actions more important than our actions’ effects.
Within white-settler culture, racism is normalized and lived as a ‘natural’ part of politically correct, liberal ideology.”
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Weekly Roundup – March. 9, 2014 – March. 15, 2014
March 19th 2014 - Posted by Adam VanderZwan
Sunday, March 9, 2014 – Saturday, March 15, 2014
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Assange to SXSW: We’re All Being Watched
From the Ecuadorian embassy in London, with roughly a dozen police officers outside, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Saturday that everyone in the world will be just as effectively monitored soon — at least digitally.
From the article: “‘The ability to surveil everyone on the planet is almost there and, arguably, will be there in the next couple of years,’ said Assange, speaking via Skype to a large audience at the South by SouthwestInteractive festival here.
‘We’re all actually living in a world that we don’t understand,’ he said. Assange called it a ‘fictitious representation of the world,’ an illusion in which “the true nature of government power structures is obscured.
We’re walking around constantly in this fog.'”
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Weekly Roundup – March. 2, 2014 to March 8. 2014
March 12th 2014 - Posted by Adam VanderZwan
Sunday, March 2, 2014 – Saturday, March 8, 2014
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The Gender Gap in Screen Time
A recent study shows that the average screen-time for women in leading roles is still significantly less than the screen-time given to men.
From the article: “Whether by sight or sound, Ms. Bullock occupies 87 percent of “Gravity’s” running time, more than any other nominee this year and well above the average among her competitors for best actress. One disquieting finding from my research is that this year’s lead actors average 85 minutes on screen, but lead actresses average only 57 minutes. (When you add in supporting categories, all competing actors averaged 59 minutes, while all competing actresses averaged 42 minutes.) Last year’s results were even more imbalanced: nominated male stars averaged 100 minutes on screen to the lead actresses’ 49 minutes.”
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Weekly Roundup – Feb. 16, 2014 to March. 1, 2014
March 03rd 2014 - Posted by Adam VanderZwan
Sunday, February 16, 2014 – Saturday, March 1, 2014
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How Not to Report On Sex Trafficking
CNN reports on women’s trafficking in Cambodia, but garners negative feedback after simply reporting that these womens’ families are to blame, and for failing to report all the outside factors contributing to the current situation.
From the article: “This sets the tone for the piece. Instead of pitting mothers against their daughters, CNN could have analyzed the complexity of systemic violations against women and their rights with an entirely different narrative. While the piece was long and detailed, and it discussed several factors contributing to the trafficking of children, it did not address girls’ and women’s perceived worthlessness, their economic insecurity, their physically vulnerabilities, or their subjugation in a thoroughly globalized patriarchal system that cultivates racism, relies on women’s free labor, and exploits their sexuality for profit—all of which accrue to produce and sustain this vicious trade. Instead we get ‘Women Who Sold Their Daughters Into the Sex Trade.'”
Top Journalists Join #FreeAJStaff Campaign
Why the Cowboys and Indians Photo is Not OK