July 31, 2014
For Immediate Release
contact: Sue Wilson
sue@mediaactioncenter.net
Holding Local Broadasters
Accountable to the Public Interest -
Film and Workshop at
Occupy National Gathering 2014
Friday, August 1, Sacramento
area documentary filmmaker and activist Sue Wilson will screen her film
"Broadcast Blues" and will conduct a hands on workshop at the Occupy
National Gathering 2014 to teach people how to hold their local radio and TV
stations accountable to their public interest obligations. The workshop will
focus on the intersection of money, politics, and profits from political advertising on
radio and TV.
"Sacramento stations
made more than $600,000 from political ads just in the 2014 primary season, and
many of those ads are not even true" says Wilson. "Nationwide this
fall, TV stations are expected to rake in $3 billion - that's billion with a
'B.' We need to ensure all our local stations are providing us with
factual political information, and not just Madison Avenue hype."
The workshop will be held in
room 447 of the State Capitol from 10 AM to 12:30 PM. The public is
invited.