Global Oneness Project
Finding Our Shared Values Through Film
Welcome to the Global Oneness Project group on WiserEarth, where members can connect with others around the world and share stories, practices, resources and media that contribute to a shift in consciousness toward oneness. Many people have written to us and said, "Okay, I've watched the Global Oneness Project films. I'm inspired. What can I do to contribu ...learn more
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Created: Mar 20, 2008
Updated: Nov 18, 2009
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Reclaim the Media is a coalition of independent journalists, media activists and community organizers in the Pacific Northwest, promoting press freedom and community media access as prerequisites for a functioning democracy.
We believe that the centralized domination of the current media landscape by a handful of powerful business concerns fails to provide the diverse viewpoints, local accountability and easy access to high-quality information which are demanded by the public interest. Rather than checking the power of these institutions through vigorous regulation, federal policymakers instead seek their counsel and serve their interests, excluding and disserving the public.
We believe that it is essential to popularize and widen public debate concerning media ownership and private control of public broadcasting resources [including the Internet]:
· Because the broadcast airwaves and the Internet are owned commonly by the public;
· Because adherence to the highest journalistic principles is a public trust;
· Because the public interest is best served by the availability of a broadly diverse range of viewpoints, and
· Because that diversity is seriously threatened by consolidation of media ownership.
For the same reasons, we encourage noncommercial media, local media, and community involvement in media production and distribution. As essential tools for the sustenance of a democratic society, media must be accountable to the communities they serve, and must be open to public participation.
We believe that the centralized domination of the current media landscape by a handful of powerful business concerns fails to provide the diverse viewpoints, local accountability and easy access to high-quality information which are demanded by the public interest. Rather than checking the power of these institutions through vigorous regulation, federal policymakers instead seek their counsel and serve their interests, excluding and disserving the public.
We believe that it is essential to popularize and widen public debate concerning media ownership and private control of public broadcasting resources [including the Internet]:
· Because the broadcast airwaves and the Internet are owned commonly by the public;
· Because adherence to the highest journalistic principles is a public trust;
· Because the public interest is best served by the availability of a broadly diverse range of viewpoints, and
· Because that diversity is seriously threatened by consolidation of media ownership.
For the same reasons, we encourage noncommercial media, local media, and community involvement in media production and distribution. As essential tools for the sustenance of a democratic society, media must be accountable to the communities they serve, and must be open to public participation.
