Stories by Cynthia Cotts
Here's a downer story for the media: despite the $929 million spent on them over the past five years, drug ads don't work.
Posted on May 22, 2002, Source: Village Voice
Since September 11, the media have been lost in the fog of war. Here are 10 questions to which journalists either cannot or will not deliver straight answers.
Posted on Feb 25, 2002, Source: Village Voice
CNN's Lindh interview may turn out to be a case study in how the government can put the squeeze on the media.
Posted on Feb 4, 2002, Source: Village Voice
Some in the media are joking that Enron is too complicated a scandal to catch on.
Posted on Jan 24, 2002, Source: Village Voice
Is it U.S. neglect or meddling that has allowed the drug trade in Afghanistan to flourish? Recent coverage is conflicting, and government officials are being elusive about our current role in the situation.
Posted on Oct 24, 2001, Source: Village Voice
From Michael Powell to Robert McChesney and the 1996 Telecommunications Act, here are some names and landmarks of the media industrial complex.
Posted on Sep 5, 2001, Source: Village Voice
Al Giordano, publisher of NarcoNews.com, is being sued for linking Citigroup's new Mexican affiliate, Banamex, and its chairman to drug running and money laundering.
Posted on Jul 3, 2001, Source: Village Voice
"Has The Advocate, the biweekly magazine for gays and lesbians, sold out? Critics say yes, pointing to budding indicators of a corporate mind-set. The most recent sign came last week, when The Advocate's parent company was taken over by Planet Out, an online gay community that has raised $19 million in financing to date."
Posted on Apr 1, 2000, Source: Village Voice
