[Iowa-dx] To Whom It May Concern

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:40:03 -0500

Well, first of all, I think that we really do need the broadcast and
print mediums, but we need to take those realms away from
the corporate sphere and place it squarely back into the public
realm.  We can do that by:
1)  charging commercial entities for use of public distribution
means (sidewalks for news stands, air waves for broadcasts)
and channeling those revenues, less costs, into public news
and information programs
2)  create a "Channel 1" on all television sets, and use it only
and exclusively for LOCAL community information and public
interaction programming, and the first ten bands on radio
both for AM and FM bands
3)  require that the first twenty channels on any broadcast
television be devoted EXCLUSIVELY to public broadcasting,
and the same for radio both on the AM and FM bands
4)  protect public broadcasting entities from controls and
interferences by political and commercial interests, and to
guarantee funding for public broadcasting, requiring only
that all broadcasting must be truthful and content-verifiable
(i.e. no theistic or rhetoric programming) so as to uphold
the intent of education without indoctrination, knowledge
without fantasizing, and entertainment without influences
for mental dysfunction (i.e. modern cartoons for kids).

The print media, of course, is a harder nut to crack... they
do not use public printing presses, although they do rely
on news stands on public sidewalks and other public
property. But there still needs to be a pro-free speech ban
and strong, strict penalty on malicious character defamation
such as are found in obvious lies.  The fact that news and
political personalities can outright lie to the public and to
official agencies is attrocious.  It is not "free speech" when
anyone can harm another by propogating lies about the
other person, free speech means having the ability to tell
the truth.

And secondly, no, I do not think that the broadcast and
print media are properly serving the public.  Our country's
communication system is pure propaganda today.  Our
news is highly sensored and propagandistic to control how
we think about events, not to inform us of what is happening,
and National Propaganda Radio is really in that realm in a totally
bad way.  Rather than "news reporters" asking questions of
proffered statements and indications, they merely are human
tape recorders who ignore the obvious and withdraw from
the inquiry process.  We get what we get and nothing more.

Our so-called education system is the same way, it is purely
indoctrination for trade preparation, not for students'
intellectual development.  Our entire system is designed for
us to serve The Establishment as economic prostitutes, not
for us to be natizens of our Democratic society.  We are
being abused by our USAian system.  If you want to see
what "communism" is, come to our USA and we will gladly
demonstrate it for you!

Ronald Kinum  a.k.a. Libris Fidelis
Iowa City

>From: "tpfeiff@earthlink.net" <tpfeiff@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: tpfeiff@earthlink.net
>To: "IAGP Discussion" <iowa-dx@lists.gp-us.org>
>Subject: [Iowa-dx] To Whom It May Concern
>Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:22:05 -0500
>
>Holly & All,
>
>The following program was put together by yours truly, and
>may/may not have relevance to the next newsletter, but
>thought some on this list might try to make this event.
>
>Ted Pfeiff
>Scott County
>
>AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
>QUAD CITIES CHAPTER
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 2007
>
>Contact: Tom Benge, 332-5758
>Ted Pfeiff, 332-9203
>
>Who needs Broadcast and Print Media for complete and
>accurate information?  Are they biased and beholden to
>advertisers, shareholders and owners, therefore
>rendering their news coverage suspect? Isn’t the
>Internet a place to find the best reporting?
>
>Symposium on: “Are Local and National Media Serving
>Public Interests?”
>
>“The reporter is the recorder of government but he is
>also a participant.  He operates in a system in which
>power is divided. He as much as anyone…helps to shape
>the course of government. He is the indispensable
>broker and middleman among the subgovernments of
>Washington…  He can illumine policy and notably assist in
>giving it sharpness and clarity; just as easily, he can
>prematurely expose policy and, as with an undeveloped
>film, cause its destruction. At his worst, operating with
>arbitrary and faulty standards, he can be an agent of
>disorder and confusion. At his best, he can exert a
>creative influence on Washington politics.” Douglass Cater,
>as quoted by Timothy E. Cook in his book, GOVERNING
>THE NEWS.
>
>Where: Bettendorf Public Library, Bettendorf/Gilbert
>Rooms
>When: Thursday, September 20, 2007, 7:00-8-45 p.m.
>
>Who: Alan Sivell, St. Ambrose University. He was a
>reporter, host, producer and Assignment Editor for
>WQAD, and is currently teaching Journalism.
>
>Dr. Wendy Hilton-Morrow, Augustana College. She is
>an Assistant Professor, Department of Communications
>Studies. She was a TV reporter and anchor.
>
>Kenda Burrows, Dispatch/Argus. She is the Editorial
>Page Editor, and has covered local government and
>politics.
>
>John Beydler, Quad Cities Online, News Editor. He has
>received the ACLU’s James P. McGuire Award for
>Outstanding Achievement in Support of Civil Liberties.
>
>Moderator: Benjamin Franklin. He was a Diplomat,
>Scientist, Writer, Inventor, and Printer.
>
>The American Civil Liberties Union was founded in
>1920, and has a history of defending the first 10
>amendments to the U.S. Constitution, known universally
>as the Bill of Rights.
>
>The local Quad Cities Chapter covers civil liberties issues
>that may come from Rock Island County, Illinois, and
>Clinton and Scott Counties in Iowa.  Our website is:
>  http://home.earthlink.net/~tpfeiff/acluqcc

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