News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 97
ECUADOR: Bishop Fasts for Reconciliation in Jungle Province
- Inter Press Service
Catholic bishop emeritus Gonzalo López Marañón has been fasting since May 24 in a park in the Ecuadorian capital to call for peace and reconciliation in Sucumbíos, an Amazon province immersed in a conflict over the Vatican's decision to put the diocese in the hands of an ultra-conservative Catholic order.
Street Harassment, Not 'Compliments'
- Inter Press Service
Men say they are giving compliments, or even claim they are being poetic. But to many women, cheeky or lewd remarks from men on the street are a form of harassment which is offensive, insulting and even denigrating.
Female Journalists Break Silence on Sexual Violence
- Inter Press Service
On Feb. 11, while the world was celebrating former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's fall from power, CBS television correspondent Lara Logan was being 'mercilessly assaulted' by a group of well over 200 men in a dark corner of Tahrir Square.
Asylum-Seekers Find Refuge in a Street Paper
- Inter Press Service
The reasons why people become street paper vendors are many and diverse. Some are homeless; others suffer mental or physical health problems, struggle with addiction or face unemployment. And some people do it because the magazines offer them the refuge they so desperately need.
Governments and Powers-That-Be Fear the Internet
- Inter Press Service
The global reach of the internet, and its ability to transmit information in real time and mobilise populations, creates fear among governments and the powerful, says Frank La Rue, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression.
CULTURE-CUBA: The Coco Solo Social Club, Open to All
- Inter Press Service
The family history of writer Manuel Martínez rises up in large, black letters on the walls and ceilings of his house in a low-income neighbourhood of the Cuban capital. Photos and objects from times past complete this different kind of a book, which you can start reading from any point.
SRI LANKA: Plan to Host 2018 Commonwealth Games Opposed
- Inter Press Service
Sri Lanka plans to host the Commonwealth Games seven years from now and spend two billion dollars, in what politicians and economists slam as another extravagant adventure aimed at boosting President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
ELECTIONS-PERU: Partisan Media Distort Information
- Inter Press Service
Attacks, fear and disinformation are widespread in news coverage of Peru's election campaign, with the leading media outlets taking the side of rightwing Keiko Fujimori in her contest against Ollanta Humala for the presidency.
MEDIA-PAKISTAN: What Price Truth
- Inter Press Service
When journalist Umar Cheema, 35, first heard of the death of his colleague Syed Saleem Shahzad, considered an expert on Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, on May 31, he could not help but relive his day-long captivity with one of Pakistan’s intelligence agencies last year on Sept. 4.
Media War Blurs Picture in Syria
- Inter Press Service
Since pro-democracy protests began over two months ago, Syria has been engaged in a fierce media war - with journalists arrested and international press banned from entering the country. This has severely curtailed the flow of information out of the country.
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