News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 115
EGYPT: Gag Tightens on Media Ahead of Elections
- Inter Press Service
Media watchdogs see the 'invisible hand' of the ruling party behind a string of firings and resignations that have removed some of Egypt's most prominent government critics from their soapboxes just weeks before parliamentary elections.
Risking Death to Report the Truth
- Inter Press Service
Alma Guillermoprieto was one of only two journalists to investigate rumours of the notorious massacre in El Mozote, El Salvador in December 1981. Because the slaughter of 1,000 unarmed civilians was perpetrated by the U.S.-backed Salvadorian Army, the Ronald Reagan administration attempted to discredit her work.
Chinese Art Appears With Health Warning
- Inter Press Service
China's rebel artist Ai Weiwei had intended a political message. And may be a truly memorable metaphor for the state of modern China and humanity as a whole. But the final outcome of his multimedia installation at the London's Tate Modern may have been rather unexpected, for what he got was a striking symbol of the 'Made in China' effect on the world.
BHUTAN: Slowly, Internet and Communication Let the World In
- Inter Press Service
An introduction in Bhutan these days is usually accompanied by 'I'm on Facebook!' Anjali Bista, 11, is no exception.
CUBA: The Environment Plays the Lead in Low-Budget Cinema
- Inter Press Service
Scientists and experts took on the challenge of sharing their environmental concerns with filmmakers at the Third Thematic Showcase of the Humberto Solás Low-Budget Film Festival in the Cuban capital.
CHINA: Revisiting History Is In, But With Much Caution
- Inter Press Service
The headlines of the day’s newspapers strike passersby as being strangely out of sync with today’s events: ‘China’s quick deployment in the war with India astonishes the world’. Or ‘Corruption dealt with the bullet by Mao Zedong’, and ‘The true reason why Stalin repeatedly postponed Mao Zedong’s visit to the USSR’.
Q&A: Cuba's Catholic Media Multiply, But Change Is Slow
- Inter Press Service
In the context of ongoing conciliation between the Cuban government and the Roman Catholic Church, the communications media of the latter are growing quickly on this Caribbean island where the press remains under strict state control.
Following a Paper Trail Out of Homelessness
- Inter Press Service
While questions of funding and accountability shadow the realisation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), some actors have taken matters into their own hands. On Wednesday, the Glasgow-based International Network for Street Papers (INSP) announced that it has helped 200,000 people to get off the streets and onto a path of opportunity.
SOUTH AMERICA: Student Exchanges to Foster Mercosur Identity
- Inter Press Service
An exchange programme was launched this week for university students in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, to foster a broader sense of belonging to South America's Mercosur bloc.
Homophobia-Free Churches in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
Alejandro González left the Catholic Church to join the gay-supportive Metropolitan Community Churches in Mexico, in search of a more open and tolerant place of worship.
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