[NV Greens] Fwd: Media Democracy in Action: Vote on the Top Junk Food News Stories of the year.

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>http://www.projectcensored.org/nominate/vote_junk_abuse.html
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>Media activist are invited to Vote on the Junk Food News stories and 
>the News Abuse stories of the Year for the Censored 2006 yearbook 
>(Fall 05 Seven Stories Press). Feel Free to nominate other stories.
>Send your votes to: britann at gmail.com
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>College and High School  Instructors are welcome to have your 
>students participant in the vote. One E-mail return address for each 
>person voting is allowed.
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>Final vote Date: April 22, 2005
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>VOTE: Junk News & News Abuse
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>Please take part in voting on our top ten Junk Food News stories of 
>the year. Junk Food News refers to a news story that is heavily 
>covered by mainstream news but has little importance, value, or 
>empowering substance. Often focusing on celebrities, these stories 
>are constantly updated to keep ratings up and hook less discerning 
>viewers. An example would be the excessive coverage of Janet 
>Jackson's half-time nipple crusade. The concern here is that one of 
>our most precious public resources-the air waves-is being wasted on 
>mind numbing drama, while news stories of great importance are 
>deliberately neglected.
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>Please vote for your choice of top ten Junk Food News stories. 
>Select the stories you think have taken the most time and text to 
>provide the least amount of useful information. If any other stories 
>come to mind let us know. Thank you!
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>Review the list. Send your TOP10 JUNK FOOD NEWS and TOP10 NEWS ABUSE 
>votes to britann at gmail.com
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>Junk Food News list:
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>Catherine Zeta Jones being stalked
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>Christina Aguilera Engaged to Jordan Bratman
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>Mary-Kate Olson's anorexia rehab /Ashley Olson's cocaine scandal /Ashley Olson
>and Mary Kate Olson in college
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>Ashton and Demi
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>J-Lo wants a baby
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>Martha Stewart's prison journals
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>Kobe Bryant's trial/ Shaq's and Kobe's off court issues (which may or may not
>have lead to Shaq's move from the Lakers)
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>8.
>Jessica and Nick (Newlyweds)
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>Barry Bonds on steroids
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>10.
>Britney Spear's wedding to Kevin Federline
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>11.
>Paris Hilton in general (sex scandal, bitch drama, phone email getting
>hacked into, etc.)
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>12.
>Reality TV stars lives (Amarosa, Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter, Amber 
>and Rob etc.)
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>13.
>Ashley Simpson's SNL mishap
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>Lindsay Lohan and Wilmer Valderrama
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>15.
>Cheney wears a parka to a funeral
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>Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston breakup
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>Bush's daughters' wardrobes at the inauguration
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>NBA Pistons Pacers game where player fights man in stands
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>Nicky Hilton's married in Vegas/annulment
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>News Abuse refers to stories that have important substance but are 
>covered excessively on a wide range of mediums over an inordinate 
>length of time. While some reporting on these subjects is warranted, 
>the obsessive nature of the coverage eliminates or sidelines the 
>coverage of less flashy, but much more important issues that might 
>actually affect our lives. It is our purpose in this chapter to 
>point a finger at stories we think could have been covered more 
>briefly, allowing more time and space for stories of broader and 
>deeper significance. Please select your top ten picks. Thanks.
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>News Abuse choices:
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>Swift Boat
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>Dan Rather
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>Terror Alerts
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>Kerry Vietnam/Botox/flip flopping
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>George Bush's Thanksgiving Surprise for the troops
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>Peterson case/outcome
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>Teacher who has two children with "minor" student now out of jail.
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>8.
>Howard Dean Scream
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>Condoleeza Rice's personal life
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>10.
>Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse
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>11.
>Tsunami personal interest stories?(Tsunami Terror; A CNN Headline)
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>12.
>California weather; rains
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>Bill O'Reilly's sex scandals
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>14.
>Stories concerning Jesus, second coming, tribulation
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>15.
>Things involving Michael Moore. (Fahrenheit 911 & Fahrenhype 911)
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>16.
>Michael Jackson trial
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>17.	Shiavo tragedy
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>Review the list. Send your TOP10 JUNK FOOD NEWS and TOP10 NEWS ABUSE 
>votes to britann at gmail.com
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>--
>Peter Phillips Ph.D.
>Sociology Department/Project Censored
>Sonoma State University
>1801 East Cotati Ave.
>Rohnert Park, CA 94928
>707-664-2588
>http://www.projectcensored.org/


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Paul Etxeberri

"Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow"   ---Chateaubriand
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