From bghauk@watdragon.waterloo.edu Sun Jun 9 18:51:26 1991 Date: Thu, 9 May 91 13:25:46 EDT From: "Brian G. Hauk" To: harelb@cabot.dartmouth.edu Subject: **HAREL** Re: Progressive Student Publications People, 5/8/91 ***May 17 (mine)letter below**** Hi Harel, yesterday you posted to activ-l an article which included: >bghauk@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Brian G. Hauk), > In Waterloo. Coalition Against War in the Gulf (CAWG); > interested in preparing intros to electronic world > for activists (I CAN HELP HERE (I'm screaming so I > can find it myself later; not for others)) I'd like to add something to this. Another of my interests is in collecting and distributing alternative media reports, such as those available from the Activists Mailing List. I'm specifically interested in mass media disinformation and bias and would like to collect for redistribution any electronic reports which might make the public begin to critically analyze mass media reporting (and realize that the future of the world depends on their involvement in social reform; those not part of the solution are part of the problem.) The following is a flyer i've distributed (on paper only because i wasn't organized enough to handle mega-requests for articles) at a few anti-war conferences such as the NNCAW one in Chicago. Until a few weeks ago, it was from "Coalition Against War in the Gulf" and not WPIRG, a group i've recently joined. If you have any comments for changes and/or suggestions as how to distribute it, please let me know. I plan to mail it to some alternative (non-electronically published) publications. Maybe it should also be advertised in ACTIV-L because many of its (1000+) article "Subject:" lines have been edited to more accurately reflect article content, and as a result, its subject index might be a useful edition to the activists treasure chest. What do you think? The flyer: Waterloo Public Interest Research Group Media Watch Database Now Available! =========================================================================== The Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG) is collecting and distributing articles relating to the mass media, and topics not covered by them. They are from the computer newsgroups and mailing lists of a global network of thousands of computers called Usenet, accessible from most university UNIX accounts. Among the reports collected (mainly from the ACTIVISTS computer mailing list) for distribution are the following: A Look Behind The News - Larry Bensky, Pacifica Radio Anti-War & Media Actions, 1/31/91 CINAW (Campus Information Network Against War) Newsletters Contacting Organizations Electronically Corporate Profiles: ABC, CBS, NBC, NYT, Washington Post Ex-CIA Agent Philip Agee's Speech, "Producing the Proper Crisis" Ex-CIA Agent John Stockwell's Speech on the Gulf War FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting) Media Resources List FAIR's Report on MacNeil/Lehrer: "All the Usual Suspects", May/90 FAIR: Survey Shows One-Sided TV News Sources Gulf War: A Study Of The Media, Public Opinion & Public Knowledge George Lakoff on "Metaphor and War" Glossary of Selected Gulf War Terms by George Cheney How Becoming More Computer Literate Changed My Activist Life How Capitol Hill Controls the Press How TV Sold Bush's War in the Gulf Inverted Media & The War, Norman Solomon, FAIR, 2/6/91 Ideas on Media Activism, 1/30/91 Ithaca Media Watch: "We Lie To You by Not Telling You Things" Kenneth Burke Quote: From A RHETORIC OF MOTIVES, 1/20/91 LEAFLET: Protest of Pro-War Media Bias Media Activism for Peace -- An Interview with Jeff Cohen Media Distortion - Shoddy and Inaccurate Reporting, and Cheerleading Media Linguicide & Class Wars, Normon Solomon, FAIR, 3/11/91 Media Propaganda: Marines Wait for Possible Ground Attack Observations About the Mass Media PEACENET BROCHURE: Electronic Communications for Peace and Social Justice The Media Goes to War: HOW TELEVISION SOLD THE PANAMA INVASION War is Not a Video Game What does George Mean by "Not another Vietnam?" And MANY others. Although many people have access to computer resources required to gather these reports, few have the time to find them among thousands of lesser value. We would like to make them available to everyone, including those without Usenet access. To receive our subject index, and an article or group of articles, please send electronic mail having the subject line, `INFO REQUEST' followed by a description of what you'd like to WPIRG's email address, given below. Alternatively, send your request to our regular or inter-campus mail address, stating floppy disk size (3 1/2" or 5 1/4") and capacity (low or high density). Please also include with any floppy disk request your return address and a $4 cheque (covering postage, floppy mailer and disk cost) made payable to WPIRG. We regret not being able to send printed reports due to the high cost of paper and postage and that only IBM format disks are available because of limited staff. Please contact us at either of the following addresses: email: bghauk@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca (Brian Hauk) phone: (519) 884-9020 (please leave a message for me) regular or inter-campus mail: Waterloo Public Interest Research Group University of Waterloo, GSC Room 123 Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA N2L 3G1 ---------- end of flyer Most importantly, i think that we should ease people into using computers A.S.A.P. because it will be then that they will be exposed to non-mainstream opinion. Harel, when you have the time, please contact me about preparing intros to electronic world for activists. Brian Hauk (bghauk@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca) ****************************************************************** To: bghauk@watdragon.waterloo.edu In-reply-to: "Brian G. Hauk"'s message of Thu, 9 May 91 13:25:46 EDT <9105091725.AA03346@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Subject: **HAREL** Re: Progressive Student Publications People, 5/8/91 --text follows this line-- Brian, I'm still swamped; some ideas: (1)I'll try to get to and reply within a week; hopefully our new newsgropu will be set up by then. (2)If you'd like to prepare an official intro. or info-sheet for your group (based on what you sent to me; or tell me if that verbatim is ok), I can put that on our archiver, and perhaps include it as a periodic (1/1-2 months) post for the newsgrop (3)in the meantime if you'd like to talk to folks, I'd recommend Robert J. Hinde at Chicago (rjh1@midway.uchicago.edu) and Frank Bertoldi (bertoldi@astro.princeton.edu) at Princeton. Both are active, and active with ideas, and I've exchanged email and ideas with them recently. Best, Harel ******************************************************************