by Katherine Sarikakis This article was written in response to the Greek government's shutdown, under the pretence of austerity, of its public broadcaster ERT in June 2013, and in light of the huge opposition to this attack on democracy. The drama in the ERT case is that the many domestic and international voices against its forced closure are met with the total absence … [Read more...]
Our Media, Not Theirs: report from the Media Reform rally, 17 June
This post is reproduced, with kind permission, from the website of the National Union of Journalists. It does not represent our views, but does offer a fair summary of the rally that night. As the explosive events in Turkey played out on news networks and Twitter around the world, and protesters were being attacked in Taksim Square by the police, the Turkish national news … [Read more...]