In a newsletter dated April 10, Kelly McBride, National Public Radio’s public editor who is also chair of the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership at The Poynter Institute, wrote: “I was in New York City over the weekend.
One of the things to remember when comparing the 60's protests to now and media coverage, we had over 650 underground newspapers in almost every American city and college campus. The young protesters of that era had created their own media world as we did not trust the main stream media who were supporters of the war in Vietnam.We had the alternative Libration News Service, the AP of the underground media. The reach of the underground media was pretty massive. The Berkeley Barb at its height had over 100,000 readers for example. Maybe time to to back????
One of the things to remember when comparing the 60's protests to now and media coverage, we had over 650 underground newspapers in almost every American city and college campus. The young protesters of that era had created their own media world as we did not trust the main stream media who were supporters of the war in Vietnam.We had the alternative Libration News Service, the AP of the underground media. The reach of the underground media was pretty massive. The Berkeley Barb at its height had over 100,000 readers for example. Maybe time to to back????
Would be great to organize a similar alternative network via social media.
Yes, I agree. We need some young people who realize we need an alternative progressive media.