On the Line
On the Line Fox Watch The media corps of MoveOn.org has a new campaign—Fox Watch. Dozens of MoveOn.org's members monitor every single program on the Fox News Channel every day. The campaign...
...The goal of the work that we do is to advocate for journalistic integrity and not to affect the coverage in a certain direction or for a specific purpose," explains Noah T. Winer, media corps coordinator of MoveOn.org...
...It noted that a leaked memo from a producer of Special Report with Brit Hume indicates that Fox worked directly with a staffer for Senator Bill Frist to choreograph the launch of the Republican judicial protest so as to provide a live opening shot for Hume's November 12 newscast...
...Firdos Abdul-Munim at the protest in New York City...
...On the Line Fox Watch The media corps of MoveOn.org has a new campaign—Fox Watch...
...For more information, go to the website www.MoveOn.org...
...Register This New York City People protested on November 17, the one-year anniversary of the special registration program for men from mostly Arab and Muslim countries...
...A protester demonstrates in front of the immigration building in Miami (left...
...They are represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers union...
...Strike at Borders Bookstore Ann Arbor, Michigan Workers at the bookstore I chain's original shop went on strike November 8 in order to first contract...
...A protester is arrested by police (below right...
...For more information, contact www.Bordersunion.org or Borders Readers United at bordersreadersunited.org...
...Of the more than 400 Borders bookstores in the country, two are unionized...
...For more information, contact the New York Immigration Coalition at (212) 627-2227...
...A bicyclist carries a protest sign of George W. Bush (below left...
...Fox Watch tracked coverage of the GOP's all-night protest over blocked judicial nominees...
...FTAA Protests Miami, Florida Thousands of protesters gathered November 17-20 to demonstrate against the Free Trade Area of the Americas...
...According to the Chicago Tribune, the government ordered deportation proceedings for 13,740 and publicly charged no one with terrorism...
...Brit Hume and others on his staff need to ask themselves if their job is to cover the news or make the news by orchestrating PR coups for Bush Republicans...
...For more information, contact Public Citizen at www.citizen.org...
...The post-9/11 program registered more than 83,000 immigrants...
...The government ended the program in early December...
...The credibility of Fox's so-called commitment to 'fair and balanced' reporting has been completely shattered," said Eli Pariser, international campaigns director for MoveOn.org, in a press release...
...The campaign isn't just looking at whether or not members agree with Fox's coverage, but whether Fox is representing issues in a truthful, nonpartisan way...
Vol. 68 • January 2004 • No. 1
