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June 13, 2006

Taking Back the Media

by AltHippo @ 9:47 am. Filed under tba2006

Before events overtake me this morning, I want to mention a key point of yesterday’s panel, Taking Back the Media. The panel included Jay Harris (Publisher, Mother Jones), Alexandra Walker (Executive Editor, TomPaine.com), Robert Greenwald (Brave New Films), Jule Bergman Sender (The Cause), Tray Van Slyke (In These Times), Cenk Uygur (The Young Turks), and Roberto Lovato (New American Media).

I taped the panel and will turn excerpts into a podcast.

The key point, in my opinion was when an audience member described an idea he had for a grass roots vide project for his neighborhood in NJ. Robert Greenwald’s response was “Why are you asking us? Do it.”

The point being that progressives suffer from a condition common to the rest of humanity: passivity. It’s not that the conservative movement isn’t passive. They’re just marginally less passive than the progressive movement.

Do it. Greenwald makes it sound so simple. And, perhaps it’s simpler than we often make it out to be.

Greenwald also used the occassion of the conference to announce that he was releasing the organizing tools to enable indie filmmakers to market their stuff. You can get them here.

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2 Responses to “Taking Back the Media”

  1. eRobin Says:
    June 13th, 2006 at 7:23 pm

    I was all ready to be angry with Greenwald until I clicked that link. That looks very cool. Makes me wish I were a film maker.

    Have you seen Robert Newman’s History of Oil? It ends with Greenwald’s advice. I’ve been pimping it everywhere partly because it’s very funny and partly because I’m in love with him. That’s normal, right?

  2. AltHippo Says:
    June 13th, 2006 at 9:00 pm

    Actually, yes, I’ve seen it. But only because of the link from your site.

    As far as normality goes, it’s all in the eye of the beholder. You, eRobin, are spectacular.

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