I found a new website today, Republicans for Satan, thought you all might get a kick out of their take on the Temple 420 religious freedom controversy.

http://www.republicansforsatan.com/cannabis-church/

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Lets get rid of the "Talking heads"?

You describe a web access "News Video Fanzine" in basic terms. I say add the rest of the arts, music foremost, plenty of humor and good graphics to the mix!

Addressing the memory hole with some excellent topical issue video 'timeline' archives would bring non readers up to speed. Archiving is still in it's net "infancy".

What has really impressed me in recently is the adoption of interactivity to secure a fan base. Finally we get to talk with the producers!

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I was disturbed by the mix of news and commentary. This is a major flaw in the MSM. Let's not make the same mistakes.

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This project should definitely be pursued, although I have to say that possibly, it might not need to be quite so "produced." That's not the right word. I'm just saying that the time spent on hip-ifying the presentation could probably be better spent on other areas. Maybe I'm wrong, though... maybe younger people won't pay attention unless what they're looking at seems more like a television show than a news/analysis broadcast. No big deal, though. Either way, I was impressed by the content. Many people believe that racism has left the youth, and it's important for everyone to see the reality that is obscured by looking at it through rose-tinted glasses.

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Wolf Blitzer, Dr Gupta lying about Michael Moore CNN?

Sounds interesting. Sounds like they want to keep a lid on how news gets out by not beating 'em, but joining 'em. Then beating 'em by owning 'em.

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Love the blend of anchor person and videos. This is definitely the best way to make news appealing to younger crowds. Although, these stories are not widely reported in their entirety on major media outlets as you guys say, they are reported on Democracy Now and other like news sources. If every time I watch RADAR, I only hear about stories I have already learned about, then I have less motivation to watch RADAR.
Is it time well spent to report on stories that are already covered by established alternative news programs? What if you guys used this show to not report what is current, like Democracy now, but rather the back story needed for most people to even understand some of the current news? For instance, most people have no idea the difference between Sunni and Shi'ite, how corporate globalization has influenced the world over the past 50 years, what does "Free Markets" really mean, what is role of contractors in Iraq, why can't we see a viable third party in the upcoming Pres elections, what is the difference if any between the Democrats and the Republicans, how much of the US's clothing supply is made by wage slaves in other countries, what is the whole story behind the Pink Tide in South America, and other such topics.
Anyways, the show looks and sounds great. I'll surely check it out.

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Just so you know,
GNN was created by Stephen Marshall, Ian Inaba, Josh Shore, and Anthony Lappe back in 2000.
In 1997 before these guys joined up, Anthony lappe was recruited by head of USIA operations in Jerusalem. He worked for the United States Information agency training Palestinian journalists as a condition of US aid to the Palestinian Authority. Anthony Lappe refuses to give any details of his duties, refuses to give the name of his recruiters, and refuses to give the names of any of the journalists he trained (we are right now running an investigation into his activities in Ramallah)...
In 1997 Ian Inaba was working as a member of the board of directors of multi-billion dollar Checkpoint Technologies headed by Gil Shwed. If the name Checkpoint has you worried, you will not be relieved to know that Gil's only other job was in unit 8200 of the special intelligence branch of the Israeli Defence Forces.
Stephen Marshal was busy running Radio Free Nigeria, which was touting insurrection and revolution from across the boarder in Ghana. Marshall say he was hired by Tunde Okondudu of Oakland California to bring down the oppressive Nigerian Gov't. Marshall has stated he went because of the human rights crisis in Nigeria, but left shortly after the gov't was replaced by one willing to drop threats of nationalising oil (one month after marshall packed up because he felt human rights were in order in Nigeria, human rights watch tried to stop the new head of state from visiting the UK, sighting ongoing human rights problems including arrests without trial). It is interesting to note that Marshall's dad Jeff was or is on the board of the Aluma Corp, which built the worlds largest refinery in alberta recently.

these guys are stocking horses, they are not legit... a new website will be posted shortly revealing more of what our investigations have revealed (or been unable to reveal because of GNN's rove like recall of facts)...

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environmentalism? what? isn't your dad on the board of mega polluting corps, didn't you take startup funds from fastr food giant CARA FOODS, and didn't you launch an ad homenim attack on Al Gore and his environmental film, An Inconvenient Truth?
wouldn't you're trust fund (and father's wealth) be hurt by any move to reduce carbon emmissions?
Didn't you dad after heading a mega polluting steel mill (y'know acid rain n all), head a bogus water protection agency in Ontario that has been criticised for undermining water control that lead to death from dirty water in walkerton?
You're a dirty piece of business man. Old money super polluter trust fund posing as media revolutionary...

here's a link to the revised attack marshall launched against gore and his film right as the film was in limited release...
you've always had dreams of CNN

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if we're quiet,
he might go away....maybe

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and her discomfort with the mix of reporting and commentary. If a clear distinction is not made between the facts and the opinions, viewers will see both the reporting and its entire venue as biased. The reporter did reserve the editorial comments for the end of the piece, and a subtle visual transition was made as the background went black and the correspondent is shot center-frame, but I think it would be beneficial to Radar in general to editorialize from the perspectives of the individual reporters and not from Radar itself. Maybe some text showing the correspondent's name during the editorial, or perhaps some text indicating that the commentary is in fact an editorial, would help to draw this distinction. Viewers can then agree or disagree with the conclusions of the anchor without questioning the source of the news altogether.

If bias is apparent and all your journalism is viewed as opinion journalism, even if it is not, you will be viewed primarily by those who agree with you and marginalized by those who don't.

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in this chapter of GNN founder (and former USIA agent) Anthony Lappe's propagandistic comic look at the war and occupation of Iraq, we see the image of an iraqi boy killed by masked men, we see an occupying soldier risk his life to protect the berieved mother who blames the soldier for his death. turns out the kid was a suicide bomber and momma decides to kill em all. hmmmn... how many reported children suicide bombers in iraq? none?
how many porpagandistic comic books created in war by the USIA, state dept., CIA? lots

mr bah's family about the cia terror program in vietnam
Grenada comic under william casey's tutalage (you know CIA's casey ran lappe's USIA in the 1980's for regan)

and of course, FBI's comic about panthers...

funny GNN editor in chief would be more interested in producing propagandistic images of murderous iraqi mothers and children, than recalling what the hell he was doing in Ramallah 'training' journos (you would think a guy who left a cushy job in NY to go to ramallah, would remember a couple names when he decided to open his private 'guerilla' media empire only a couple years later...
cointelpro anyone?

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I liked the way a number of stories were woven together to develop a complete idea. I am watching TV less and less and I read newspapers only selectively on-line. Truthout, Alternet, The New Republic and a few other news organs are what I spend my time on. I intend to send this edition of Radar to my friends.
Keep them coming.

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Being on the leading edge of the baby boom I can't speak for young people but if you want to hear from an old dog (or bitch as the case may be since I am female) I say well done!

I get almost all my news on the internet (no TV, one magazine for special articles but the news is old by the time I get it and I just skim it). I really appreciated the detail on the Jena story. I had not seen all this detail reported and it is very interesting to have it.

I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing more from RADAR.

Anita in Seattle

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...but I imagine right-wingers would totally wanna punch that guy in his smug little face--cuz even I sorta wanna. He needs to tone down the snideness a sac hair.

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I haven't heard anything about the Jena 6 and I listen to quite a bit of news on the Radio and Daily Show, 60 minutes, some Lehrer report, Keith Olberman and Alternet. After 20+ years, I now listen with my nose held to NPR only because the progressive station was taken off to put on ESPN. Your achor is fabulous! My concern is the visual portion. Don't make the story into something of lessor importance than the visuals. Your potential for starting something important is only as good as your ability to refrain from the overuse of unrelated visuals. Your stories are powerful in themselves. Not too many jokes, it lessens our ability to remain humane. I have become increasingly disillusioned with the state of so-call hard news. I don't know where to get the truth anymore, maybe here. NPR - No more Public Responsibility or Neverending self-Promotional Radio, had a whole segment supportive of Lindsey Lohan's recent troubles. Don't get me started on their newfound brand of reporting and self-promotion much more infotainment in the morning news programs. Thanks for trying and I look forward to watching, spreading news about your existance and maybe, just maybe, finally getting off my ass and doing something.

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By all means, keep this excellent internet innovation going. It is most excellent and we need everything of quality to help the whole movement. I learned about this program from AlterNet also a quality source.

In solidarity,
Barry Garneau

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While clearly positioning the news on the liberal side, the excellent production, cross-referencing history and other current events provides unheard-of perspective in today's news-media landscape.

Bravo for Radar!!

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That's all it is folks. Don't rush into this "progressive" movement because it is controlled by the powers that be.

The key is to keep an open mind, read between the lines and really KNOW what is empirical truth or evidence and what isn't.

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infuriated with the current madness. I'm 68 years old. I will watch radar. Radar seems to speak truth to madness. I can't tell you about FOX news. I never look or listen. I promise you that you can get more out of Pravda. Tyranny can as well come from the right as from the left.

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