Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with media www.salem-news.com 2013 Rumors are swirling that the Koch Brothers may be making moves to purchase the LA Times and that possibility has progressive activists concerned about the editorial future of the paper. Last week protests were held outside of the LA headquarters of Tribune’s largest shareholder, Oaktree Capital Management. http://salem-news.com/articles/may202013/la-times-koch.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may202013/la-times-koch.php Mon, 20 May 2013 09:06:00 PDT It’s one of those days where those of us who worry about handing too much authority to the federal government were proven right. Again. The Associated Press this afternoon reports that the U.S. Justice Department seized records for more than 20 telephone lines assigned to AP journalists during 2012. http://salem-news.com/articles/may192013/reporter-records-eb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may192013/reporter-records-eb.php Sun, 19 May 2013 12:47:00 PDT The dusty army checkpoint along the infamous A9 highway was the first sign I’d entered the “other” Sri Lanka. This is the one that required an additional copy of my passport, my purpose and an inspection of my things. http://salem-news.com/articles/may182013/journey-jaffna-mj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182013/journey-jaffna-mj.php Sat, 18 May 2013 20:12:00 PDT A newly constructed and visually stunning 44 foot long replica of the illegal Israeli Apartheid Wall will be unveiled at a protest outside the annual Oregon fund-raising dinner of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). It happens this Sunday, May 19, 2013. http://salem-news.com/articles/may182013/aipac-wall.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182013/aipac-wall.php Sat, 18 May 2013 19:56:00 PDT The Oregon Senate today passed a bipartisan bill designed to protect the privacy rights of employees and job applicants. House Bill 2654B, which passed on a 28-1 vote with one excused, prohibits a current or prospective employer from demanding access to a private social media page... http://salem-news.com/articles/may142013/oregon-social-media.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may142013/oregon-social-media.php Tue, 14 May 2013 23:47:00 PDT With 2,273 published online news articles, I think I may have the highest number of news reports by a single reporter in the U.S. or otherwise. I will be interested to know if anyone disagrees. The number, 2,273, is based upon the current archives of Salem-News.com. http://salem-news.com/articles/may072013/highest-number-articles-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may072013/highest-number-articles-tk.php Tue, 07 May 2013 00:39:00 PDT William Cook in his masterly way tells us not to give up even if "overwhelmed by darkness of the times". And he reminds us that "sixty-five years ago this May 14, the world body admitted to its membership the state of Israel even as that self-declared state was in the process of invading, destroying and leveling 418 towns and villages owned by the people of Palestine... http://salem-news.com/articles/may052013/truth-tellers-sl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may052013/truth-tellers-sl.php Sun, 05 May 2013 11:23:00 PDT Nine years ago, Jeffrey St. Clair drew a graphic if horrific picture of John Lilburne’s years as a Leveler in mid-17th century England, a strident voice demanding justice and the rights of the people against the ruling forces of King Charles and Cromwell. That was nine years ago. What has been accomplished by the voices of truth against the darkness that has covered America since that date? http://salem-news.com/articles/may022013/truth-tellers-bc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may022013/truth-tellers-bc.php Thu, 02 May 2013 19:50:00 PDT One of our actively involved Salem-News.com promoters on Facebook, Twitter and other social media, Wanda Duncan, suffered a tragedy this week. Her mother, Annie May Duncan, died from a heart attack that was sudden and unexpected. http://salem-news.com/articles/april272013/wandas-mom-tk-ab.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april272013/wandas-mom-tk-ab.php Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:48:00 PDT I am withdrawing from the battlefield of the war for the truth of history as it relates to the making and sustaining of the conflict in and over Palestine. More than three decades ago when I made my commitment to this war effort, in the full knowledge that it would make me persona non grata in the eyes of the mainstream... http://salem-news.com/articles/april252013/palestine-israel-ah.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april252013/palestine-israel-ah.php Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:38:00 PDT Last week, scanner traffic from the Boston Police Department, broadcast over the web and through apps, was publicly available to anyone. Listeners, gripped as the manhunt for the alleged Marathon bombers continued, relayed information they heard to Twitter or Reddit... http://salem-news.com/articles/april252013/scanner-traffic.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april252013/scanner-traffic.php Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:44:00 PDT Given the Sandy Hook school killings, the supermarket shootings near Tucson, the pleas for gun control legislation by the parents of victims, and the testimony by Gabrielle Giffords, you would think that reasonable gun control legislation would likely pass in the U.S. Senate. Regrettably, it is not to be. http://salem-news.com/articles/april212013/gun-legislation-rs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april212013/gun-legislation-rs.php Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:19:00 PDT In this edition of the show Faiza Ahmed reviews the film; Rebellion, directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Her guests are Dave Calhoun, film critic with Time Out Magazine, and Ken O'Keefe, activist and Salem-News.com writer. It was April 1988, Ouvea island, New Caledonia, when 30 French policemen were taken hostage by a group of Kanak separatists. http://salem-news.com/articles/april212013/rebellion-okeefe-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april212013/rebellion-okeefe-tk.php Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:35:00 PDT Proof of the Tamil's suffering made a showing in recent days in Australia. 66 ragged Sri Lankan Tamils, many of them women and children, sailed into Geraldton port undetected by border authorities. http://salem-news.com/articles/april202013/tamil-refugees-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april202013/tamil-refugees-tk.php Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:50:00 PDT As the U.S. Supreme Court heard historic oral arguments same-sex marriage last week, a debate outside the courtroom centered on a timeless question facing the top court in the land... Should the justices respond to public opinion or lag behind as society moves forward? http://salem-news.com/articles/april152013/ohio-court-cams.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april152013/ohio-court-cams.php Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:28:00 PDT News that the father of one of our team members was diagnosed with a serious illness this week, stirred the Salem-News.com family into action. Selamin Belica, father of Agron Belica, is a well-loved man, but we can never offer too much love, respect and support to one of our own in a time of need. http://salem-news.com/articles/april122013/selamin-belica-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april122013/selamin-belica-tk.php Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:45:00 PDT The US has warned that Sri Lanka could face a return to conflict unless it probes war crimes allegedly committed by its troops and addresses the grievances of its minority Tamil population. Ambassador Michele Sison said Monday night that “important steps in achieving real reconciliation” had not even begun since Colombo declared an end to decades of separatist war in May 2009. http://salem-news.com/articles/april112013/lanka-sison-warning.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april112013/lanka-sison-warning.php Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:13:00 PDT William Nicholas Gomes believes that the attempted assassination of Honduran journalist Fidelina Sandoval is directly related to her human rights work and in particular her work as a journalist. He is voicing seriously concern for the physical and psychological integrity of Fidelina Sandoval and her family. http://salem-news.com/articles/april112013/fidelina-sandoval-wg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april112013/fidelina-sandoval-wg.php Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:39:00 PDT The national media, as we all know, has a penchant for scandal, the more gruesome the better. Consider the case of Jodi Arias, the young woman on trial for murdering her boyfriend---allegedly inflicting 29 stab wounds, a slit throat and a shot to the head. She claims it was self-defense. http://salem-news.com/articles/april102013/abortion-doctor-ab.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april102013/abortion-doctor-ab.php Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:58:00 PDT A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced an activist to 10 months in jail after he tweeted from a courtroom where his father was being tried. Abdullah al-Hadidi's father is one of 94 people on trial for plotting the overthrow of the government. http://salem-news.com/articles/april102013/uae-twitter-wg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april102013/uae-twitter-wg.php Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:47:00 PDT Yes, my friends, there was "life before TV". My earliest memory of radio took place when I was about three. We were living in Brooklyn with Grandma and Grandpa Coyne while my dad was overseas in Italy. He was a soldier in WW II. My grandpa used to listen to the wartime news stooped over next to an old-fashioned boxed radio and I was a bit jealous. I was kept in my playpen and wanted out. http://salem-news.com/articles/april092013/lee-kmuz-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april092013/lee-kmuz-blc.php Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:29:00 PDT "Ladies and Gentlemen, our goal remains a negotiated and honourable end to this unfortunate conflict in Sri Lanka. "Our goal is to restore democracy and the rule of law to all the people of our country. 54% of SriLanka’s Tamil population now lives in areas other than the north and the east of the country, among the Sinhalese and other communities." http://salem-news.com/articles/april082013/rajapakse-words.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april082013/rajapakse-words.php Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:58:00 PDT Prior to the start of the Iraq War on March 19, 2003, New York Times journalist Chris Hedges occupied a lonely perch among major media journalists. He opposed the war. Today, Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize winner and now a columnist for the website Truthdig, continues to write with the passion of a man set free from corporate control. http://salem-news.com/articles/april062013/hedges-war-media-jw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april062013/hedges-war-media-jw.php Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:33:00 PDT There are an estimated 1.4 million sex slaves in the world today; most of them are women, there are men and many thousands of children. They do not voluntarily enter prostitution, but have been forced under the threat of violence to have sex with men who pay their 'owners'. http://salem-news.com/articles/april022013/sex-slaves.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april022013/sex-slaves.php Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:58:00 PDT From the steps of the Vatican to Catholic churches in Vancouver, New York and London, ITCCS groups commenced church occupations and the issuing of liens against Vatican property this week. it is part of a Global Reclamation Campaign to enforce a Common Law Court sentence against heads of church and state, including the new Pope, Francis 1 - Jorge Bergoglio, and Queen Elisabeth Windsor. http://salem-news.com/articles/april012013/itccs-queen.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april012013/itccs-queen.php Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:41:00 PDT Millions are seeing the new Google scent search option, and grossing out over all kinds of unexpected surprises. But hey, whoever thought we could search by odor? It is the latest brainchild of the company that delivers billions of pages of information and knowledge all over the world each day. http://salem-news.com/articles/april012013/google-smell-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april012013/google-smell-tk.php Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:15:00 PDT The Murder of a journalist in Somalia prompted human rights activists to conduct an investigation that nearly cost them their lives. As Yusuf Osman Mohamed and Hawa Omar Ahmed were conducting a fact finding mission in Towfiiq village, located in the Yaqshiid district of Mogadishu, they were confronted by four unidentified individuals carrying guns. http://salem-news.com/articles/march282013/gomes.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march282013/gomes.php Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:34:00 PDT It is time to stop being Israel's Bitch! I renounced my US citizenship and the United States of Hypocrisy refused to acknowledge my right, our right, to self-determination. http://salem-news.com/articles/march272013/iran-media-ko.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march272013/iran-media-ko.php Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:09:00 PDT A special screening of a documentary highlighting the battles in recovering from drug addiction will highlight a 40th anniversary celebration of Chemeketa Community College’s Human Services program. “Finding Normal” will be shown at 6 p.m. Friday, April 5th, in the auditorium (Building 6) at the college’s main campus in Salem. http://salem-news.com/articles/march252013/chemeketa-documentary.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march252013/chemeketa-documentary.php Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:26:00 PDT The drones have roused the hive; and Junior Republican Senator Rand Paul has the bees swarming. Excuse the analogy. Until Paul decided to filibuster the Senate on the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director, both the polity and the mainstream media were paying little attention to the U.S. government's use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), better known as drones. http://salem-news.com/articles/march192013/drone-killings-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march192013/drone-killings-pb.php Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:34:00 PDT