Media strategies, was: Worldwide Protests Over Chiapas Massacre

[Stephen E Philion <philion@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Just a thought. In such situations, perhaps it would be a good idea to
make some 5-10,000 leaflets (these #s are picked out of nowhere) and
distribute them in front of the 'newspapers of record.' The leaflets
could compare the 'official story,' with the union's side of the story.
Demos outside the offices are sometimes effective, with the right
strategies...

Steve

On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, maxsaw wrote:

> > From:          James Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Funny thing. Yesterday, the traffic people on the radio said that a big
> > .  .  .
> > This seems further evidence of the LAT's rapid rightward run, as business
> > considerations dominate editorial policy to a much greater extent under the
> > new regime (which recently endorsed "privatization" of Social Security and
> > hired a Clarence Thomas Affirmative Action political cartoonist, a
> > rightwinger with a conveniently hispanic surname).
>
> When Justice for Janitors blocked some key
> bridges here in D.C. during rush hour, the
> Washington Post went ballistic.  My suspicion
> is that this had less to do with politics than
> with direct inconvenience to the staff.
> They wanted to be sure not to encourage
> such actions by covering them, so the
> actions were reported in minimalist
> terms with absolutely no clue as to what
> the reason for them was.
>
> The moral of the story is that bombings
> and assassination are o.k. with the Post,
> but for God's sake don't screw up commuting
> during rush hour.
>
> > Meanwhile, yours truly did a "public access" TV stint on globalization
> > messing up labor (with Harry & Joanne Bernstein plus David Johnson of the
> > United Electrical workers union; Harry's the retired labor columnist at the
> > LAT). It's not available unless you get Century Cable and I don't know when
> > it will be broadcast.
>
> Good for you.  We'll make a pundit out of you
> yet.  Next stop, Politically Incorrect.
>
> Cheers,
>
> MBS
>
>
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