Livenews link: 07/26/12

[Occupy Public Network]

We had a great program today. Here is the link:

http://www.citizenglobal.com/occupy/together#!/media/2oqazf

Enjoy it,
Ananda

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*If you want to be part of the program read who we are and see if you can
be a part of us:*

1) The show-content is 58 minutes long. Segments’ length can vary depending
on the relevance of a particular piece of a particular issue on a
particular week.
2) The deadline to submit content is Monday at 11am Eastern Time.
3) There will be two gender-balanced anchors per show, and each of four
pairs of anchors will rotate.

Listed below are the program’s segments. Its model is based on that of
“Democracy Now”.

1- HOST INTRO (1-2 min.): Host introduces the stories of the
program.

2- REPORT BACK (20-30 min.): Several reports of nationwide events
will be given with in-depth explanation of the reasons for such events -
the contextualized video clips are coming from the cities where the events
take place.

3- INTERVIEW (8-20 min.): Interview of one or more persons to
discuss #OWS events, past, present, or future issues surrounding policies,
enactment of laws, political advocacy, police involvement, financial
institutions, etc. It may be conducted in studio, pre-recorded, or via
phone/Skype.

4- COMMUNITY SUPPORT (2-4 min.): Tells the story of someone who is
not directly involved with the movement, but who does things in support of
the movement. (For example, a deli owner donates food, or a farmer saves
heirloom seeds for future generations to plant them.) These are the people
who speak through action, and who support the movement wholeheartedly from
that perspective.

5- INTERNATIONAL NEWS (1-3 min.): A run down of news stories
documenting and analyzing the events of #OWS from around the globe.
Contextualized videos will be created and provided by locals in the country
and city of origin.

6- COMPARISON OF MSM COVERAGE WITH #OWS EVENTS: “WHAT REALLY
HAPPENED?” (2-4 min.): expose how MSM manipulates the presentation of
information to influence people’s opinions.

7- ANNOUNCEMENTS/UPCOMING EVENTS (2-5 min.): Nationwide “occupy”
cities can send us their upcoming events to be announced at the end of the
show.

8- OUTRO (30 sec.): Goodbye and thank you for watching.

The objective of the news program is to expose the government,
corporations, politicians and influential individuals that are responsible
for the current global economic and environmental crises, by giving a voice
to those who would otherwise not be heard. We offer the oppressed an
instrument of free speech.

As producers, we must be willing to discern MSM’s universal voice from our
own voice. Only in this way can the decision making process be completely
democratic. But, keeping in mind that democracy itself is not completely
free. A democracy is made possible by virtue of a specific structure. Its
structure is not to be threatened, but defended in its entirety.

This program represents the national presence of the #OWS movement.
Therefore, it must be just, promoting social diversity, and representative
of all in society in order to meet the demands of informing the public in
order to counter the subjective bias of mainstream media [MSM].

But, as time passes and the movement develops, the MSM’s portrayal of our
actions will continue to remain an opposing force, against which strategic
decisions are called for. This program is not only responsible for being in
communication with and supporting the 99%, but is also responsible for
exposing the power elite’s actions and the actions of those who operate
under their interest of unjust and undemocratic practices. This constitutes
the greatest challenge to our effort. We will have to share our own
analysis of events. Although, this requires the strength of a public
network that is willing to be open-minded and cognizant of the differences
we all are endowed with, which can be a greatest strength as well as a
greatest weakness.



Our goal as producers is to present each report with a comprehensive view
of our stated aims to be just and equitable. contextualized politically.
This means that in addition to providing a basic narrative that speaks only
to the literal visual content of a video clip, the many motivations why
such events are taking place must also be well stated*.* Take for example
the format of a “Democracy Now” program. What makes the reporting relevant
is a qualified approach to otherwise censored material by the MSM.