Check this out people - could we FINALLY be getting REAL NEWS????

[Minnesota Libra]

I just got this in an email. I followed the first link and had to share this. Could it be that people are finally waking up to the fact that our "news" is all filtered and that some people want to do something about that???? OMG, do I dare hope?????

Edited to add: follow the page all the way to the bottom and add your own comments.:toast: Let's kick these guys to the top.:headbang:

Making The Real News
http://www.iwtnews.com/node/2816#comment-2045

www.TheRealNews.com

In 1953, Edward R. Murrow, the icon of American broadcast journalism, made a forceful speech about the state of television at its infancy. The speech was depicted in the recent film Good Night and Good Luck by George Clooney. Speaking to a conference of network news executives, Murrow said:

“. . . surely we shall pay for using this most powerful instrument of communication to insulate the citizenry from the hard and demanding realities which must be faced if we are to survive. I mean the word survive literally. . . Here (television) you will find only fleeting and spasmodic reference to the fact that this nation is in mortal danger.”

Half a century later, the majority of television news programs around the world continue to offer only a “fleeting and spasmodic” depiction of the dangerous realities facing us and the possible solutions that could ensure our survival. We want to change this.

By creating an independent financial base we believe we can create the conditions for independent thinking and uncompromising journalism. The support and participation of thousands of members will make it possible.

To develop The Real News Daily, our world news program, we are planning a series of consultative meetings in 2007 called “reinventing the newsroom”. We will invite journalists, The Real News members and international content advisors to help us analyze many of the theoretical and practical issues facing the development and launch of our daily news program.

The following are some initial thoughts on how we would like to produce the show.

[alfredo]

1. Hell yes we need more truth tellers.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended!

:kick:

[SteppingRazor]

3. It looks interesting, but...

the site claims to have raised little more than $200k since its inception, and it's business plan calls for it having raised $6m by August 2007.

[Missy M]

4. That is why we all have to help them reach that goal.....

and contribute.

[peacetalksforall]

5. Unless we find 100 faults to this company - we need to kick and

support - especially by telling CPN Corporate Propaganda (and Entertainment News) Networks. We need to blast real news in their face. They need to feel some kind of pressure from we citizens.

(We always fins so many faults, valid or not.)

[longship]

6. This post needs wider exposure.

Recommended and :kick:ed.

[Minnesota Libra]

7. For the late afternoon crowd..........

:kick: