D
akazorora
semasayendisiti anopenga ane makadhibhokisi maTV mahombe pamisoro yavo, boka
yevaratidziri vakaungana kunze kweFederal Communications ichangoburwa
Komisheni (FCC) kunzwa kwevanhu muna Kukadzi 27. Kuzivisa izvozvo
โKukurukurirana ikodzero yevanhu,โ vakadaro varatidziri vacho
kuitira kuti veruzhinji vatore chikamu mugwaro idzva rine gakava
nharo.
FCC iri kufunga kubvisa mitemo inorambidza zvakafanana
kambani kubva pakuva nemapepanhau emazuva ese uye zviteshi zveTV zvakafanana
musika uye makambani ekutepfenyura ebhawa kubva pakuva nezviteshi zvakakwana
kuti isvike inopfuura chikamu che35 muzana chemhuri dzemuUS. Prometheus
Radio Project, iyo yakaunza nhumwa kubva kuPhiladelphia kuenda
dare, rakatsanangura nyaya dzinotungamira kune izvi zvingave
rollbacks se "kuongororwazve kwakadzama kwemitemo
kukanganisa varidzi venhepfenyuro munhoroondo yesangano iri.โ
Masangano edemocracy yeMedia kubva kumativi ese enyika, kusanganisira
kumusoro kweNew York, Maryland, Michigan, uye Chicago, vakaenda
Richmond, Virginia yekunzwa uye kuratidzira kwemangwanani.
Vakabatanidzwa nevaratidziri kubva kumasangano akati wandei emuno,
kusanganisira Yemahara Radio Richmond.
Pamberi pekunzwa kwaFebruary, FCC yakanga yawana zvinopfuura zviuru gumi nezvitatu
zvakataurwa neveruzhinji pamusoro pechisarudzo chiri kuuya,
ruzhinji rwaipikisa kusunungurwa kwevaridzi venhepfenyuro
mitemo. Varatidziri vakapfeka semasayendisiti anopenga vachipindura
FCC sachigaro Michael Powell's yapfuura chirevo izvo zvakawanda zve
zvakataurwa neveruzhinji maererano nesarudzo iri kuuya
kwakanyanyisa "kushushikana" uye "zvematongerwo enyika." Akati
aingofarira "zvesainzi" uye "empirical"
zvidzidzo.
Mukapepa kakatambidzwa mudariro, boka revanorwira nhau
Media Alliance yakapokana, "kubviswa kwekubatanidzwa kwepamutemo
mukunzwa zviri pamutemo zvakadaidzirwa naCommissioner Michael Copps
zvinoratidza kurambwa kuri pachena kwemaonero evanhu.โ
Achipokana nekunzwa kwakawanda, Powell akati, "... mudhijitari
zera, haudi 19th century whistle stop tour kuti unzwe
kubva kuAmerica."
Shivaani Selvaraj, mutungamiri anotungamira nePrometheus Radio akati,
"Ichi chichava chisarudzo chakakosha chinogona kuchinja zvakanyanya
mamiriro ezvenhau munyika muno. Tauya kuzoratidza
maCommissioner kuti veruzhinji vanoramba kusiiwa mune izvi
nharo. Hakusi kuti tinopesana nesainzi. Isu hatidaro
funga kuti FCC's gumi nembiri dzakapihwa zvidzidzo zvinotarisa chete
pamisika uye vatengi vanoumba sainzi. Commissioner Copps
akambotiyambira kuti havazive zvinogona kuitika
nokuda kwezviito zvavo. Iyo FCC inofanirwa kuwedzera nguva yavo yekutsvaga
uye kunzwa zvakawanda kubva kuruzhinji.โ
Vezvenhau vedemocracy vakabatanidza nyaya dzenhau kune dzakawanda dzakasiyana
nyaya dzezvematongerwo enyika. Vazhinji vakataura nezve basa rinoitwa nevezvenhau muUS
mutemo wekunze. Mumwe muratidziri akanga achangobva kuPalestine
kwaakaita senhoo yemunhu kudzivirira mhirizhonga yemauto eIsrael
pamusoro pePalestine. Akandiudza kuti, โIzvo chaizvo zvechiuto
Kugara kwePalestine chaiko hakuna kuburitswa nevezvenhau
tinoona munyika ino. Tinonzwa nezvemagandanga uye mutauro
yekutya kunosimudzirwa nehurumende. Hatidi
ona kuti upenyu hwezuva nezuva hwevaPalestine hwakaita seiโmamiriyoni matatu
MaPalestine ari kurarama akakombwa, asi isu tinotungamirwa kuti titende
zvakapesana: iyo Israeri (inotsigirwa nemabhiriyoni emadhora eUS)
iri pasi pekurwiswa nePalestine. Vagari vemuUS vane a
mutoro mukuru murutivi irworwo rwenyika nemhaka yokuti vakawanda
madhora emitero ari kuenda ikoko."
mukati
kunzwa, vatauri vakati wandei kubva kuruzhinji vakapokana kuti US
corporate media censorship yanyararidza avo vari kupokana Mutungamiriri
Bush's (iyo yakamirira) kuwedzera kwekupokana neIraq.
Vamiriri vaviri kubva kuAnti-War Vhidhiyo Fund vakataura nezvazvo
Comcast Corporation ichangoburwa kuvharika kwevhidhiyo yavakagadzira.
Yakagadzirirwa kuburitswa husiku hweBush's State of the Union Address,
kwaakanga achitaura nezvehondo, vhidhiyo yacho yaiva nebvunzurudzo
nevagari vemuUS vakanyanya kutaura kushora kwavo kune
war drive.
Munguva yakavhurika-mic chikamu mukati mekunzwa, Herb Avram, mupepeti
wePhiladelphia
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yakataura nezvazvo
kushaikwa kwekusiyana-siyana maererano nekuburitswa kwenhau
yehondo yeIraq.
Chikamu che "saenzi anopenga" anobva kuPhiladelphia,
Avram akataura nasachigaro weFCC achida kuona
โkwesayenziโ kushoropodza. "Imwe yezvakajeka empirical
mienzaniso yezvisungo zvemauto eUS kumuchina wenhau ichokwadi
kuti FCC sachigaro Michael Powell mwanakomana waColin Powell. Rini
Secretary of State akapa humbowo hwakasimba hwekuti
kutyisidzira kuri kuuya kubva kuIraq, vezvenhau vemakambani havana kupikisa
mashoko ake.โ
Avram paakatanga kutaura UN Inspector Hans Blix's
tsananguro yehungwaru hweUS paIraq se "marara,"
akachekwa kweminiti kare.
Hapana mutauri mumwe chete kubva kuruzhinji yakavhurika-mic musangano akataura tsigiro
kuitira kumwe kurerutswa kwemitemo inorambidza kubatanidzwa kwenhepfenyuro.
Ivo vakakumbanirwa navashomanene vavakuru vakuru 15 vakakokwa kuzotaura
neFCC yaipikisa sarudzo. Pakati pemaCommissioner mana
akagara nasachigaro weFCC Powell, Congressperson Michael Copps (mumwe
vevanhu vakuru vaisundidzira misangano yeruzhinji) ndivo vaive vakawanda
tsitsi. Pane imwe nguva akapomera mumwe wemapurisa anomiririra
Bear Stearns Corporation yekunzvenga mubvunzo wake wekuti kana
kwete kufamba kweFCC kwaizoisa nhepfenyuro mumaoko ega
vanhu vashoma. Paakazoita joke pamusoro pekubatanidza media,
akaombera maoko zvikuru kubva muchaunga.
The
Sarudzo yeFCC panyaya iyi ine gakava inoramba iripo
kuonekwa. Mamwe masangano edemocracy ezvenhau akaronga kumativi
kuti nyika ive nechokwadi chekuti vane zvimwe zvavanoita mukuita sarudzo.
Musi waKurume 7, Public Enemy rapper uye munyori Chuck D nevamwe
akaoneka padare risiri pamutemo muSeattle, Washington, imwe
yemaforamu akawanda akarongeka munharaunda akaitika
Nyika.
Muenzaniso wekuratidzira kwakawanda munyika yose kwakarongwa
mumakore mashoma apfuura chiitiko chaMarch 22, 2002. Pakutanga, Michael
Powell akati, โUsiku hwandakapikiswa, ndakamirira
kushanyirwa nengirozi yeruzhinji. Ndakamirira husiku hwese,
asi haana kuuya. Akaenderera mberi achiti, โNdichiri
ndakanga ndisina kumutswa kwamwari uye hapana akandipa zvido zvangu zvevanhu
bhora rekristaro." Mukupindura zvavaifunga kuti kwaiva kuzvitutumadza
uye manzwiro anopesana nedemocracy, vezvenhau vePhiladelphia
uye akapoteredza nyika akapfeka sengirozi uye akaburuka paFCC
mahofisi makuru muWashington, DC kuendesa yavo "yeruzhinji".
kufarira crystal ball." Vatauri vaisanganisira DeeDee Halleck
yePepa Tiger TV, Hondo Mhere yeRuzivo Rusununguko Front,
naReverend Billy. Ngirozi padzakaedza kupinda
kuvaka uye kukumbira musangano naPowell, vakadziviswa
nemapurisa.
Media watchdog Kururama uye Kururama muKurekodha (FAIR) yakanyorwa
kurerekera kwezvinobudisa nhau uye makuhwa emusungwa wezvematongerwo enyika akatongerwa rufu
Mumia Abu-Jamal mumakore. Imwe yemuenzaniso wakaipisisa weizvi
yaiva mushumo waSam Donaldson weโ20/20โ waMumia
case. Mukuongorora kwayo FAIR yakagumisa kuti purogiramu yaivimba nayo
zvose kuparadzirwa kwevachena supremacist stereotypes yeVatema
pamwe chete nokutaura zvisirizvo kwechokwadi. Makore mashoma apfuura,
kutepfenyura kwezvinyorwa zveredhiyo zvaAbu-Jamal paNational Public
Redhiyo "Zvinhu Zvose Zvinofungwa" yakabviswa pasi
kumanikidzwa kubva kumapurisa uye Senator Bob Dole.
Kensington Welfare Rights Union muPhiladelphia yakaronga
iyo Gumiguru 2002 "Bvisa iyo Media Blackout" musangano
iyo yainyatsobatanidza kurwisana nekupedza urombo mukati
US kunyaya yedemocracy yemedia. Cheri Honkala weKWRU
anotenda kuti "media media yakagadzira nekuziva
murombo anonyangarika uye haatauri nezvezvinonetsa zuva nezuva
yevarombo muUS" Honkala anotsanangura kuti KWRU "inotsigira
vezvenhau vakazvimirira muUS uye tinozvionawo sevatori venhau,
shandisa Indaneti, uye ona kukosha kwekunyora
zvese zvedu."
Norman Solomon, mutori wenhau wenguva refu achinyora nezveUS
media, inoona nyaya dzenhau sechikamu chemufananidzo mukuru. Iye
anopokana, "kana democracy ichazovapo mune izvi
nyika inoda kubvisa kusaenzana kwehupfumi kuri
kuita kuti demokrasi muzvinhu zvakawanda isagoneke.โ
Musi waKurume 22 vezvenhau vakaronga "feeder kufora"
kuratidzira kunze kweCNN isati yabatana nemazana ezviuru
yevamwe varatidziri vakanga vaungana zuva iroro muNew York City
kuratidza kupikisa kwavo kuwedzera kwehondo paIraq
iyo yakanga yatanga kutanga kwevhiki iroro. Varatidziri vekurwisa hondo ava vakaita nharo
iyo CNN nemamwe emakambani midhiya ekushambadzira 'ye
hondo paIraq yakabatsira hutongi hweBush nekutaura nhau dzavo
uye kusapa veruzhinji ruzivo rwekuita ruzivo
chisarudzo.
Imwe yakakurumbira Philadelphia media-activist boka rinoronga
kurwisa mauto eUS
AWOL
magazini (chirongwa che
Dare Repamusoro reVanorambwa Nehana Nehondo
Resisters League).
AWOL
inoshandisa imwe midhiya mune yavo
kuedza kupikisa kupinza vechidiki kwemauto eUS
yeruvara, vanoburitsa magazini uye kazhinji hip-hop CD. Kutaura
nokuti
AWOL
, Kevin Ramirez anopikisa kuti "nhepfenyuro ne
uye hombe yave funnel yeruzivo rwePentagon
uye Dhipatimendi reDziviriro kugadzira mvumo nekugadzira
mhepo yemvumo yevazhinji yenzira iyo Bush ari kuuraya
hondo yehugandanga uye hutsinye hweumambo muIraq. Zviri
zviri pachena kuti vezvenhau vari kuzvidavirira kumakambani
avo varidzi vayo, avo vanobatanidzwawo mumaindasitiri ezvombo
kugadzira. Ini ndinopokana nesarudzo yeFCC nekuti zvimwe
kubatanidzwa kwenhau kunotowedzera izvi. "
Nepo ikozvino inofamba neFCC yakananga kumutemo we
tichiwedzera kusimbisa nhepfenyuro mumaoko evashoma
makambani anotyisa, kurambana nazvo kwakagadzirawo
mamiriro ezvinhu etariro.
Hans
Bennett i anarchist uye akazvimirira photojournalist parizvino
kushanda nePhiladelphia
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uye
AWOL
magazini.