"The Real News" Junkies Get a Fix

[EV_Ares]

Withdrawal symptoms are brutal, especially when they last for decades. And we've been enduring withdrawal from journalism on the evening news for a long, long time.

There's a network bursting onto the scene that promises to present real journalism untainted by corporate or governmental money. It's staffed with "unbought and unbossed" journalists from around the world -- Pakistan, Brazil, Canada, India, as well as the United States. Had it been around it would have reported that Colin Powell was making things up before a war broke out.

Independent World Television Network!

In January, I wrote a five-part interview with Paul Jay, the founder of Independent World Television network and its flagship daily news show, The Real News. After speaking with Paul Jay, I was convinced that this network knew what it was doing. This month, I've finally had the satisfaction of seeing an explosion of people who are suddenly finding out for the first time what The Real News is all about. And I do mean explosion. I've watched the The Real News group on Facebook grow by literally hundreds of members from one day to the next -- and it's still going. I've seen the number of viewings of their video "The Promise" on YouTube go from 1590 yesterday to 2560 today -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-xZFRohIu0

Last week, I interviewed Paul again. He had already given us all so much to chew on in the first interview that I didn't need to ask him about the whys and wherefores of the network. Instead, I wanted to focus on what's going on now and what we can expect for the rest of the year.

(entire article @ the link below)

http://www.epluribusmedia.org/columns/2007/20070726_real_news_junkies.html