Alex Jones, the king of bogus news and propaganda has been found guilty, harming people. Here’s the story from AP:
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/alex-jones-loses-lawsuit-over-165849080-172133111.html
Events
Current Activites of FCM and in the past
Local News in Danger Documentary
A documentary will air on KCPT PBS on Monday 11/15/21 9:00 PM CST on Independent Lens. FCM will screen it for those who want to see it. If interested, email savethemedia@cs.com for an invite.
The documentary is called “Storm Lake, A Newspaper, A Family, a Community”.
https://stormlakemovie.com/
Art Cullen discusses his documentary on endangered local newspapers in Storm Lake, Iowa
New Name, Same Old?
The universal “news” source, Facebook, changed its name to “Meta” Unfortunately, I once meta name and it didn’t work out so well.
Lucille Ball, years ago, talked about how a magic potion “meeta” could solve all your problems. While she proceeded to get drunk sampling it, the PR image was damaged. Will FB (I mean “Meta”) suffer the same fate, and do you need to be under the influence to appreciate it and ignore all your image problems?
In Bid to Head off GOP Takeover at FCC, Biden Nominates First Female Chair
From the Washington Post – Fending off a Republican takeover of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/26/fcc-chair-rosenworcel-sohn/
HBM Fundraiser a success
Last Saturday, Friends of Community Media held a bingo fundraiser at the entertainment / restaurant – Hamburger Mary’s – and it went well. 60-70 people attended and hundreds of dollars was raised. Richard Thompson organized the event, following in the footsteps of what put KKFI community radio on the air (BINGO) in Kansas City.
The fundraiser was to help launch a local journalism project, tentatively titled The Kansas City Investigators. This is a nonprofit journalism project, which will be staffed mainly by volunteers, along with a paid editor-in-chief and three paid interns. The goal is to promote ethical and transparent government.