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    PRESS RELEASE
    Mira Yardemian
    Public Relations Director
    Haigazian University
    Rue Mexique - Kantari
    P.O. Box 11-1748
    Riad El-Solh 1107 2090
    Beirut - Lebanon


    David Barsamian lectures at Haigazian University:
    Breaking Media Monopoly

    "Information is central for a good functioning Democracy" said
    Mr. Barsamian, an American freethinking activist, founder and director of
    "Alternative Radio" that broadcast independent and award winning weekly
    series, based in Boulder, Colorado,
    During a lecture organized by the Heritage Club, on April the
    5th , 2005 at Haigazian University, David Barsamian introduced the audience
    with the mechanism by which the American Media functions. In fact, 5 big
    corporations dominate the US media, which are: AOL, NewsCorp, Disney, GE,
    and Viacom. These corporations have direct impact on media agencies, such
    as, Time Warner (CNN), Fox, ABC, NBC, and CBS.
    Barsamian noted that Information is central for a good
    functioning Democracy, and journalism itself needs a broad spectrum of
    information, therefore was the need of creating the "Alternative Radio", a
    medium to provide a counter narrative to the news broadcasted by these few
    news agencies.
    Barsamian named several independent news agencies in the
    States, which work with small budgets, yet try to present different points
    of view from different perspectives, like Indy Media, Community Radio, Free
    Speech TV, Democracy Now, South End Press, and Alternative Radio.
    Barsamian is a radio producer, journalist, author, and
    lecturer. He co-authored several books with Noam Chomsky, Eqbal Ahmad,
    Edward Said and others.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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