Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2012 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/story/13189/don%27t_do_drug_ads/ 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. Wed, 22 May 2002 00:00:00 PDT Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice -65c5532392c79b258bc34ee22c9cadcb http://www.alternet.org/story/12481/war_riddles%3A_ten_questions_the_media_isn%27t_answering/ 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. Mon, 25 Feb 2002 00:00:00 PST Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice -705a254246ff6850de83ad6a8e461c0a http://www.alternet.org/story/12337/cnn_in_the_crossfire/ CNN's Lindh interview may turn out to be a case study in how the government can put the squeeze on the media. Mon, 04 Feb 2002 00:00:00 PST Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice -e2d8381557885b9b7f8cb36dc1fa35f0 http://www.alternet.org/story/12284/scandal_what_scandal/ Some in the media are joking that Enron is too complicated a scandal to catch on. Thu, 24 Jan 2002 00:00:00 PST Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice -505cceefe22f5a53a5f8d334e8222454 http://www.alternet.org/story/11793/opium_for_the_masses/ 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. Wed, 24 Oct 2001 00:00:00 PDT Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice -1f44ebfabbb703784f12a4e66632e720 http://www.alternet.org/story/11448/telecom_for_dummies/ From Michael Powell to Robert McChesney and the 1996 Telecommunications Act, here are some names and landmarks of the media industrial complex. Wed, 05 Sep 2001 00:00:00 PDT Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice -2c029952e202c0e560626a4c5980d64c http://www.alternet.org/story/11124/watch_what_you_say_about_banamex/ 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. Tue, 03 Jul 2001 00:00:00 PDT Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice -e3050c2fe9297974cbf4328fa4f98d42 http://www.alternet.org/story/142/is_%26quot%3Bthe_advocate%26quot%3B_getting_savvy_or_selling_out/ "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." Sat, 01 Apr 2000 00:00:00 PST Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice -a8baa56554f96369ab93e4f3bb068c22