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Activist Times Inc. Issue 241
FOR PROMOTION ONLY
Ownership Preserved By ATI
Sale Is Uncool
"We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold
this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile."
--Texas Governor George "Rise-to-his-Level" Bush
Live from Elko, WI! Where they don't listen to a
lot of radio, but they sure buy a ton of light
bulbs. It's...
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issue241 Elections Loom.
Everything Must Go.
Watch Out 4 Running #'s http://flag.blackened.net/ati
http://www.mihra.org/2k/politics.htm
http://SpaceyIdeas.Com/cheshire/access.html
http://www.toilettipsandtales.com
http://www.northlandposter.com
http://www.howardmechanic.org/letter.html
http://go.to/realnames
http://www.sondra.net/al/vol4/45clash.htm
http://www.sonomacountyfreepress.org/hassna/hassindx.html
http://www.countryjoe.com/chicago.htm
http://cosmos.lod.com/~ati/ati174.html
http://www.subgenius.com/subg-digest/v0/0296.html
I'm prime anarchist and this is my rant for the
cool moon weekend of mid sept '00.
Brace yourself for this coming election. Bring the
trusty clothespin for your nose. Caste your boat fore
the least stinky one.
Read on, somewhere in this mess I put something about
the fire I just lived through. Hopefully my first and
onliest.
More important than the fire sale I think, is the
column inch stuff you're going to read in this zine. I
hope you enjoy everything in here. Somethings I've
written, some've been sent in and some's part of
regular saga type stuff. You'll see. Read up...
=prime=
oh, ps: this zine dedicated:
Captain Morgan hard liquor. Bringer of witty free
ads for George "I'm not dylsexic" Bush.
LETTUCE
oh oh!
you guys had a fire?
I hope everyone is ok...
Staci
to: ati@etext.org
re: Blue's or Clues [ie: mtv's choose your shoes campaign]
How many of these (see sub.)
do you think we can come up with?
Maybe an aTi contest of sorts?
Akira the Padawan
http://www.cnn.com/2000/LAW/09/08/toosmart.ap/index.html
new london cop not hired by new london for being too smart...
makes CNN.
LOL
Lazar
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"It always happens at night."
On the same day as the infamous "Shame Flame",
unkidnapped by those who would wished for an
extinguishment, arrived in Syd Aus, for the Opium
Olympiad. The news of Saddam Hussein having
lymph cancer arrived in the west..
That gives he who the CIA once called "but he was
our evil b'stard" around a year of further midEast
dictatoring?
Salaam and goodbye Saddam, (from those who
support Kurdish affairs and beyond) and may your
ald friend "Good time George" go with you?
Rr
OPEN LETTER TO OPEC SLAVES:
Hey you! Ya left yer pumps on the Labor Day
prices. It's Wednesday already. Get with the
program, ok?
anon.
C O R R E C T I O N | N O I T C E R R O C
CORRECTION: "It needs a link to that story in the
NYTimes. Hell, leave the damnit in. I'll email the
date of the paper when I get back on."
--Sisyphus.
[last week we ran Sisyphus' piece right away and this
quote crossed in the mail, so to speak. Here's the rest
of what you'll need to be able to call yourself a great
citizen:
FLASH! Sisyphus sent the url to us, but we've lost it.
scour this issue and the last one and see if you can't
find it on your own at http://www.nytimes.com . Meanwhile
we'll keep trying to find it.]
"During the most formidable years."
--Jesse Ventura interviewed by WPR's Juan Williams.
To Beat The Devil: Parenting In Modern America
by Patrick Moore. Special to ATI
Part 4-Homemade Media Literacy
In the 1990's a new term sprang up: Media Literacy.
What the heck is "Media Literacy", anyway?
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
A hundred years ago, newspapers were the main form of mass communication
in the US. But, for the most part, newspapers were locally owned, and
dealt with local issues. A newspaper in Columbia, MS didn't report on
news in Billings, MT unless that event had a significant impact on the
residents in Columbia. And, unless one traveled, very few copies left
the publication area.
Of course, radio began to mature in the 1920's. But many of those early
stations were disorganized, with no real sense of purpose or direction.
Many left the air permanently. Those that survived were very organized,
with a sense of purpose.
In 1926, the National Broadcasting Company was born, with flagship
station WEAF (purchased from AT&T) and 15 other stations. NBC carried
its programs to its stations via AT&T phone lines, with the network
paying the bill. Eventually, NBC (and later, CBS) built its own wire
network, independent of AT&T.
Two years later, NBC added another broadcast service-The Blue Network,
with the original network becoming the "Red" network. WJZ in New York
was the flagship station for the new network, and presented a different
program lineup than the Red network. In the 1930's, NBC added yet another
network, the "Pacific Coast Network" or "Orange". Unusually, the HQ for the
Orange network was in San Francisco (KPO was the flagship station), and the
programming consisted entirely of repeats of Red and Blue network programming
from the east, as NBC had not yet crossed the Rocky Mountains with its wire
network. Eventually, NBC crossed the Rockies, and the Orange network was
folded into the Red and Blue. When that happened, KPO gained a sister
station, KGO. (KPO was Red, KGO was Blue.)
But, perhaps, the reality of the effect of mass media could have at
any given moment occured on October 30, 1938.
A group of radio actors headed by Orson Welles, called "The Mercury
Theater On The Air", which was famous for adapting short stories to
radio plays on the CBS Network, decided on this night to adapt
H.G. Wells' classic "War Of The Worlds" as a radio play. The first
half of the story was told as a series of news bulletins and "live"
reports surrounding a martian invasion of earth.
The effect of the broadcast was such that despite being in that night's
radio lineup, (and a station break halfway between) some of those who
listened thought it was the real deal. After the broadcast, Orson
Welles stepped out of character to reassure listeners that it was
a play. "We annihiliated the world before your very ears and utterly
destroyed the CBS. I can assure you, both institutions are still open
for business.", Welles said. But, reassurances from Welles aside, many
groups petitioned the FCC to restrict the content of radio programs.
CBS assured its listeners that it would not allow its programs to use
fake news bulletins again.
In 1941, the FCC issued a study on chain broadcasting, and recommended
that "no license should be granted to any station affiliated with a
network organization maintaining more than one network". In the FCC's
opinion, NBC's two-network system was not in the public interest. To
avoid losing potential affiliates, NBC sold the Blue Network in 1943,
and became the American Broadcasting Company in 1945.
All the while, a new form of broadcasting was being perfected.
Television in the US was in its infancy when World War II broke
out (CBS even ran a special report on the bombing of Pearl Harbor
on its TV station, WCBW). The FCC curtailed TV broadcasting to 5
hours per week, and issued no new station permits. When the war
ended, TV stations sprung up in record numbers. Many new stations
were co-operated with well-established radio stations.
Radio soon began losing listeners to television. To compensate,
radio stations began looking for ways to attract new listeners.
In the mid-1950's, stations that began playing popular music on
a regular basis scored high ratings. Personality radio became big
business. In many cases, the announcer playing the records was
just as popular as the records being played. Bruce Morrow and
Robert W. Morgan are perfect examples of "personality" radio
announcers.
Another event that proved the power of television occured
one weekend in November 1963.
John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in
Dallas, TX. CBS Radio was the first major broadcast entity to
announce the death of the President, almost 20 minutes before
its TV service, as well as its competitors. From that time until
the following Tuesday, all the major networks stayed on the air
for "round the clock" coverage, which was unprecedented in TV.
It's been said that on that weekend, the US went into "collective
mourning", with TV as the guiding influence.
During this time, the FCC began drawing up ownership guidelines.
The FCC was concerned about the concentration of media into too
few hands, and decreed that a single entity could own no more
than five VHF TV stations (channels 2-13) and two UHF stations
(channels 14-83).
In the 1980's all this was about to change. The FCC relaxed its
ownership guidelines. Thru lobbying efforts, large broadcasting
companies that were previously restricted in owning stations were
soon gobbling them up. It is now common to see companies owning
hundreds of stations across the country. And frequently, this
same company owns most, if not all, the radio stations in a given
town. In efforts to cut costs, most of these company-owned stations
became, in effect, translators; rebroadcasting a single feed from
satellite to subscribing stations, with just enough local programming
to satisfy the FCC.
TV stations were affected also. Chances are, your local Fox station is
owned and operated by Fox itself. Beginning in 1994, Fox purchased New
World Television and Citicasters. More often than not, the bulk of the
stations purchased by Fox were in the VHF band. Even more important,
most of the stations were longtime CBS, NBC, or ABC affiliates (some
since the 1940's and 50's) that now were required to switch to Fox.
However, the other three began purchasing their affiliate stations too.
Now, you may ask, what does all this mean?
It means that most everything you see, hear or read is owned and
operated by a big media company. And, some have interlocking boards
of directors. When Fox took over WAGA television in Atlanta, which
had been a CBS affiliate since 1948, not many in the CBS hierarchy
worried about it. CBS has a deal with Fox to distribute home videos
of CBS TV programs. Certainly, some griped about it, but in the end,
CBS and Fox decided they needed each other.
And what is the motive of large media companies? To make profits.
For themselves. For shareholders. Remember, in this day and time,
profit is supreme. For a company that pitches products to children,
the LAST thing they want is responsible parenting.
For a child, unbridled TV watching is not a very good idea. Even
more so today. Companies spend billions of dollars to reach your
kids. And, it's mostly for products that will not enhance their
well-being.
But at the same time, TV is a reality. It's here to stay. The best
approach is to monitor your kids' TV habits. My son Matt is not
allowed to watch any TV whatsoever until his homework is completed.
If he turns the TV on before his work is done, he loses his TV
privileges for the rest of the day.
Talking with your kids about TV is a great idea too. What guidelines
do you have? What will you allow your kids to watch? And, what
happens if the child doesn't follow the guidelines?
If there IS something you won't allow, tell your child WHY.
Why do you not like it? If your child wants to see it anyway,
ask "Why do you want to see it? What do you expect to get out
of it?" In all likelihood, it won't be something your child
will like.
Hollywood DOES create a lot of movies you and your kids
won't like.
Videos are another area of discussion. Most folks own a VCR.
And, many have membership cards at movie rental stores.
When you go into a video store, do you look at the videos
your child gets? Some stores won't rent inappropriate videos
to teens if they're by themselves, but won't say anything if
a parent is in attendance.
So, the ball is in your court. It's up to you.
[Coming up in Part 5: Barbarians In The Classroom:
Corporations In Public Schools]
C'MON ALL A U BIG STRONG MEN,
UNCLE SAM'S A GON' PHUKKIN IT UP AGAIN.
I can't believe it's once again appropriate to reprint
my lyrics about the Honduras invasion that the US Gov't
is still trying to downplay. "How many more times???"
It's called No! and you can get the audio at mp3.com
or iuma.com
---
NO!
--- by Refuse-Nick
*Aint gonna send no money down
when there aint no money to spend
aint gonna station no troops down
there
to kill someone else's best friend.
Aint gonna fight no foreign wars
dont even know what we're fighting
for
aint gonna fight no wars no more
we shoulda learned that in the 60's
*Cant justify no homemade fight
or jammin our philosophys down their
throats
cant rationalize no secret wars
we shoulda learned that in the 60's
*why cant we spend our money on things
that dont have to do with bombs n guns
why cant we send our food down there
instead we gotta act like the 60's
*in our efforts to show the world
how democracy and freedom can work
we find ourselves bossin people around
n advocating military states of war
*we find ourselves tied economically
down
we oughta get our noses outa the fire
so we dont get our fat nostrils burnt
we never ever learned from the 60's.
[quick commentary. I mean c'mon. How many times
do I have to keep reprinting it???]
"I'd say the more republican rock-n-roll gets
the more I like punk - but I've been a punker
since long before the first republican rocker.
Wait, Elvis WAS working for Hoover and Nixon,
wasn't he?"
--MP3.com artist Marco Capelli
PoMeRiC: A Found Poem
by marco
Darling Nikki,
Here's those songs deaLING with rape,
incest, sexual violence and perversion
A socioLINGuistic study of oral tradition
HolLINGs, Trible, Gore, and Hawkins and
PMRC compiled a mailing list feeling that
the RIAA had sold out.
Hollings indicated that he would seek a way
to control the actual selLING of records.
Tipper Gore, and Jeff LING took the witness stand
because the task of controlling the masses is not
always an easy one.
Albert Gore, John Danforth, and Ernest Hollings
forgot about several prevaiLING themes.
SampLING disputes have produced an interesting
twist, "voluntary labeLING is not censorship,"
felony for selling another 2 Live Crew cassette,
and closure and structural coupLING.
With the Senate Hearing on Record Labeling
and self-restraint in the form of voluntary labeLING,
arrest for the selling of obscene records has the
"chilLING effect"
And of course after the Court of Appeals ruling
the legal ball got really rolLING. PMRC office
space in Arlington, RIAA for faiLING to comply,
court rulings on popular music actually selLING
the album, debate over the songs impact LINGer
on.
Meanwhile, maiLINGs to interested parties
like Jeff Ling, dealing with backmasking, and
the rating and labeling system.
And finally one thing having nothing to do with
the word "ling," but everything to do with
labelLING would have to be:
Senator Exon
Love Ya Like A Sis, Nikki!
Ling-Ling
HOLLYWOOD AND WHITEHOUSE MERGE
(PAWN) Californington - Friday, amid rumor and speculation
of a 5-way friendly buy-out of Ryder, Rollins, Hertz-Penske,
Secret Service LLC., and Bob's Private Bodyguard Company,
White House officials will announce Monday that there
will in fact be a merger but it will only involve the
executive branch of the US Gov't and the particular movie
companies that make up an LA cartel called "Hollywood."
Teen spokesman George Stopangawkatus reports that there
will be no downsizing and all business operations will
remain the same for the time being.
"The only two big differences," said the teen, "is that
everyone will get union scale and not only will the POTUS
be allowed to use cocaine, heroin and marijuana, but it
will become socially unacceptable not to.
Mick Jagger could not be reached for comment.
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/ending/
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I HAVEN'T
a poem
I woke up at the start of the 90's.
Have you ever eaten tarantula meat?
I haven't any bread; I haven't any meat.
I haven't any cheese.
I see a spider.
Have you ever eaten tarantula meat?
I haven't.
A MILWAUKEE POEM.
Cheesehead
$24.95 new.
3 @ $4 ea. -
Milwaukee Thrift Store
REBEL NATION
"Have you ever seen the end of the world?"
He said.
"No but I've been to Cranston, RI," she said.
"And Clinton, CT too.
He said it's a lot like a table full of
ladybugs all on their backs -- only some still
wiggling their legs. You turn a few over but
they all have just enough energy to get back
on their backs.
THE END.
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