Media Ethics
November 16, 201267 Comments
As a former long-time newsman and writer for the Los Angeles Times for 25 years, Allan Parachini served for eight years as the Public Information Officer for the Los Angeles Superior Court. He was there during the incredible persecution of Dr. Richard Fine, who served eighteen months in solitary coercive confinement. In this preview of [...]
Continue readingJanuary 16, 201115 Comments
L. A. LEGENDS, CIVIC LEADERS LEADING THE BATTLE TO RESTORE PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION Los Angeles, CA –The campaign to protect and restore Public Access Television studios and channels has begun in the heart of the media capitol of the world, in the City of Los Angeles. The Public Television Industry Corporation (“PTIC”) has launched [...]
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Los Angeles, CA Full Disclosure Network®presents a Video News Blog featuring video clips from in-depth interviews covering the L A Times endorsements of Judges who have received retroactive criminal immunity for crimes involving “theft” totaling approximately $300 million in illegal , double pension benefits. These benefits have been held to be illegal in the 2008 Sturgeon vs. [...]
Continue readingSeptember 12, 20105 Comments
Los Angeles, CA The loss of all the public access cable channels in Los Angeles shocked the entire community including many of the Hollywood personalities and industry professionals got their start on the public access television. Many of them have come together with local cable producers to restore what was lost following an ugly legislative [...]
Continue readingMay 14, 2009One Comment
Los Angeles, CA On Tuesday, May 5, 2009 the powerful Budget and Finance Committee took a serious look at a proposal to restore four of the fourteen public cable channels that were shut down by Time Warner Cable in January 2009. The proposal was put forth by a newly formed public benefit corporation formed specifically to [...]
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Los Angeles CA The Full Disclosure Network® presents a video news report (six minutes) covering public testimony at a City Council Committee meeting on Information & Technology Agency held on Tuesday, January 27, 2009. The video reveals public concerns and distrust as to how the City has been using multi-millions in cable and video franchise fees. Among those [...]
Continue readingDecember 20, 2008One Comment
Los Angeles CA Political powerhouse Stanley Sheinbaum, former Regent of the University of California (appointed by Gov. Gerry Brown) and former President of the Los Angeles Police Commission has jumped into the fight to save public access cable channels and studios in Los Angeles. Appearing in a Full Disclosure Network® Video News Blog (ten minutes) Mr. Sheinbaum describes why [...]
Continue readingDecember 17, 2008One Comment
Los Angeles, CA. The Full Disclosure Network® presents a five minute exclusive video report on the ABC Nightline segment videotaped Tuesday, December 16th covering the campaign to save the public access cable channels. The ABC segment will air nationwide on January 9, 2009 at 11:30 p.m. Host Leslie Dutton tells Nightline that the independent producers’ have begun a letter writing campaign to [...]
Continue readingDecember 4, 2008One Comment
Los Angeles, CA Faced with strong opposition from prominent and influential independent producers, the L. A City Council retreated from their plan to seize public cable channels and studios to consolidate the operations for government use. The fight to save public access cable operations gained momentum when the City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday December 3, [...]
Continue readingDecember 2, 2008No Comments
DAVID R. HERNANDEZ, PRES. L. A. PUBLIC ACCESS COALITION http://www.savepublicaccess.wordpress.com/ Los Angeles, CA Producers and community activists are mustering forces to rally support for saving the public cable channels and public access studios in Los Angeles, at a full City Council hearing to be held on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 10 a.m. in the [...]
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