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AGENDA21 Donating Member (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-18-06 05:58 PM
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Anybody have good links for boycotting media?
U.S and U.K media in particular...and how do findout a complete list of advertisers....?

Thanks in advance.
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-18-06 06:00 PM
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1. I boycott the media by getting rid of cable.
just sayin'... :-)
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-18-06 06:00 PM
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2. Here's an easier way...
Throw away your remote.

Then you're television.

Don't buy a newspaper.

Then, you won't give money to the media companies, and you won't be exposed to the advertisers. Or at least, if you are, you'll at least know you aren't patronizing them based upon their support for the media, because you'll be ignoring it.

Help any?
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AGENDA21 Donating Member (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-18-06 06:29 PM
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4. Wonder how many people on DU have done that...?
I do agree thats one way of dealing with it.
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SeaBob Donating Member (447 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-18-06 07:03 PM
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7. Boycott
Ignorance is bliss, is that it?
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-18-06 07:59 PM
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8. I sure don't think so
I only suggested how it could be done. I don't follow it!

Even the lies the media currently tells us are tip-offs to dig for deeper truths. Ignoring all corporate news media would be a fools errand, imho, because they won't be stopping one single thing they're doing...you just will no longer know about it. I like to know what the enemy is doing!
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medeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-18-06 06:03 PM
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3. go to DU activist headquarters
and click on resource thread (think it's first thread) good luck!
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AGENDA21 Donating Member (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-18-06 06:36 PM
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6. WOW!!!
A great resource for all U.S media.

but didnt find any info regarding advertisers.
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gizmo1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-18-06 06:33 PM
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5. we need to get the media back to
being the government oversight it once was.I have E-mailed several anchors trying to shame them into action and some are coming around,Lou Dobbs we have Keith Olberman,if we can turn a few more we can get things done,but we need massive numbers of people to do it.
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-18-06 08:40 PM
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9. What do you expect, when the men who sit on the boards of
directors of major defense contractors also sit on the boards of our media giants?
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gizmo1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-19-06 09:38 AM
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10. I expect them to do what's right.
They have an obligation to protect the public against political corruption.We need a couple of Muckrakers someone needs to stand up and be the hero of the people.
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