Hispanic / Latino Anti-Defamation Coalition SF

ACTION ALERT!!!: LET'S COUNTER-PROTEST the Racist Anti-Immigration Protests Nation-Wide Nov.14th

2009-11-11T15:47:00.000-08:00

- In California alone there are 10 events scheduled! Including San Francisco (Location: Fisherman's Wharf Pier 39 Times: 11 AM - 2 PM), San Diego (Location: 50 Tuna Lane 'Tuna Harbor Park across from the USS Midway' Times: 11am - 1pm,); and to add more insult this racist groups scheduled an event in Sacramento's CESAR CHAVEZ PARK!!! (Location: 10th & J Street 'Downtown Sacramento Cesar Chavez

The NY Times' pointless pursuit of right-wing "buzz" stories

2009-10-05T21:03:00.000-07:00

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Where Did ‘We’ Go?

2009-09-30T10:38:00.000-07:00

Media Matters: Move over, Drudge, there's a new sheriff in town

2009-09-26T14:00:00.000-07:00

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Whoops: Anti-ACORN Bill Ropes In Defense Contractors and Others Charged With Fraud

2009-09-23T02:20:00.000-07:00

This one is for the ages, this is so rich, I'm laughing at the thoughts of how the Repugnicans, Beck, Savage, Limbaugh, Ins-Hannity, et al, will look backpedaling on this one, it will be some show and the good part of it is that admission is free - Poetic Justice, LOL.However, there is a wrinkle to it:Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Barney Frank (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Congressional

Please sign on to our new anti hate speech campaign.

2009-09-21T14:31:00.000-07:00

Right-Wing Hatemongering Fueled by Christianity?

2009-09-21T02:58:00.000-07:00

Racism in America Doesn't Stop with Glenn Beck and His Fans -- It's in Our Health Care Debate Too

2009-09-19T14:46:00.000-07:00

Media Matters' weekly wrap-up on misinformation and irresponsibility in the Media.

2009-09-19T11:46:00.000-07:00

What Beck, Dobbs and Limbaugh Are Really Afraid Of

2009-09-18T11:41:00.000-07:00

FROM: The Huffington Post Timothy Karr Campaign Director, Free Press and SaveTheInternet.com Posted: September 16, 2009 10:47 AM Can you smell the fear? Switch on cable news or tune in to talk radio and it comes wafting

'Save Talk Radio!' Really? Republicans amass an army to retain corporate control of the public airwaves...

2009-09-16T15:27:00.000-07:00

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Michael Savage Has to Apologize to Brave New Films

2009-09-11T11:22:00.000-07:00

FROM AlterNet Posted by Tana Ganeva, AlterNet at 5:59 PM on September 10, 2009.The shock jock is not well known for expressing remorse. Shock jock Michael Savage, who is not prone to public shows of remorse, has been forced to apologize to progressive video production company Brave New Films after a take-down notice his syndicator sent to YouTube in 2008 resulted in the removal of all BNF's

Michael Savage’s flagship station drops him.

2009-09-10T16:50:00.000-07:00

Finally San Francisco gets the respect it deserves from Clear Channel Communications and it's local affiliate, KNEW 910AM, by taking off-the-air, the mos vitriolic and bitter Shock Jock of them all, Michael Savage, who has for years stained with his mere presence this most beautiful and accepting City.A thank you letter to KNEW 910AM would be in order but.... check out the guys who are replacing

Media: Angry right-wingers are important; angry libs are annoying

2009-08-26T00:54:00.000-07:00

FROM: MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICABy: Eri BoehlerAugust 25, 2009 8:21 am ETI guess Howard Dean was just ahead of his time. When the liberal anti-war candidate ran for the White House in 2003 and 2004, the Beltway press was uniformly clear that Dean had an "anger" issue. When Dean launched his campaign and gave voice to the hundreds of thousands of activists who had marched and protested against

PROGRESSIVES ON THE MOVE: NATIONWIDE MARCHES FOR PUBLIC OPTION ON SEPT. 13

2009-08-23T16:19:00.000-07:00

Please, let us not take it upon ourselves to choose for others whether or not to take individual action in their best interests as shareholders of this commonwealth; hence, let's give others the opportunity to choose for themselves to mobilize and take action, or not, on this vital issue to ourselves, to our families, to our fellow citizens and to the Economic Health of this Republic as a

Sue Wilson: Radio Speech Is Not Free Speech

2009-08-19T15:47:00.000-07:00

FROM:BloggedBy By Sue Wilson on 8/18/2009 2:00PMSue Wilson is the Emmy Winning Director of the media reform documentary "Broadcast Blues."On August 11, 2009, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in a unanimous vote became the first elected body in the United States to stand up to Hate Radio. Their resolution urges "the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct a comprehensive

It's War. Media War

2009-08-12T17:40:00.000-07:00

From the Huffington Post, By: Sue Wilson Emmy winning Director of Broadcast Blues Posted: August 10, 2009 08:49 PM Hundreds of protesters are turning Democratic Town Hall meetings into combat zones in a battle

NHMC Applauds San Francisco Supervisors for Taking a Stand Against Hate Speech in Media

2009-08-11T19:11:00.000-07:00

By Unanimous vote, San Francisco Supervisors take stand against Hate Media The Hispanic / Latino Anti-Defamation Coalition SF joins the National Hispanic Media Coalition in applauding the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for standing up to Hate Media, by unanimously approving a resolution urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct a comprehensive investigation on hate

PRESS CONFERENCE: "Presenting SF Supervisors' Resolution urging the FCC and NTIA for inquire on Hate Speech in Media"

2009-08-10T14:05:00.000-07:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:August 10, 2009 San Francisco Board of Supervisors resolution urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct a comprehensive investigation on hate speech in the media The San Francisco Board of Supervisors and community groups are holding a press conference on Tuesday, August 11th, at 12 noon at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, in San

Rules for (Dealing with) Radicals

2009-08-10T13:55:00.000-07:00

FROM: "CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS" SOURCE: AP/Al Grillo Hundreds of tea party tax protesters gather outside of the Federal building in Anchorage, Alaska on April 15, 2009. Websites such as Stormfront.org regularly encourage others to come out to tea party activities. By Henry Fernandez | August 7, 2009 Progressives around the

3rd Annual Anti-Hate Speech SF Rally -- Community Groups Ask the FCC to Open Docket on Hate Speech

2009-08-07T21:56:00.000-07:00

WHAT: Rally / DemonstratonWHEN: Saturday August 15, 2009 - 2:00 pmWHERE: Clear Channel Radio 340 Townsend Street, San Francisco, California (4th St. @ Townsend )Call for a Halt to Hate Speech in the MediaCommunity Groups Ask the FCC to Open Docket on Hate Speech and NTIA to Update 1993 report "The Role of Telecommunications in Hate Crimes".Alarmed at the documented increase in the amount of

Right-Wing Turncoat Gives the Inside Scoop on Why Conservatives Are Rampaging Town Halls

2009-08-07T04:23:00.000-07:00

FROM: By Frank Schaeffer, AlterNet. Posted August 7, 2009. The GOP is willing to disrupt the health care debate if they can't win it. Yesterday in Tampa, a mob of Glenn Beck supporters nearly caused a riot. Editor's note: Stephen C. Webster writes for Raw Story the latest example of extreme

SF Board of Supervisors' Resolution urging the FCC and NTIA for inquire on Hate Speech in Media

2009-08-05T00:51:00.000-07:00

The Hispanic / Latino Anti-Defamation Coalition SF, gratefully lauds the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for their Action on behalf of the actual and the potential victims of hate speech and hate crimes. On the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Regularly Scheduled Board Meeting of August 4, 2009, a Resolution was introduced to be placed on the August 11, 2009 Regularly Scheduled

The Anti-Immigration Movement

2009-08-04T10:15:00.000-07:00

From: The Southern Poverty Law Center The immigration debate in the United States has been marked by racist propaganda, bogus statistics about immigrants and wild conspiracy theories — all of which combine to dehumanize Latino immigrants and falsely portray them as disease-carrying, job-stealing criminals invading our country. This xenophobic rhetoric — echoes of the scapegoating of

Finally the Feds Crack Down on Right-Wing Terrorists

2009-08-03T01:18:00.000-07:00

FROM: By James Ridgeway, Mother Jones Online. Posted August 3, 2009. Government agents arrest a white separatist accused of a bombing. What took them so long? When the Department of Homeland Security warned in April that the financial crisis and Barack Obama's election were inflaming right-wing extremists, many conservatives