Analysis of Foreign Press
Dan Hallin Unmasks Jacobo Zabludovsky
Who are the real heirs of the legacy of Emiliano Zapata? If you believe Mexico's most reknowned journalist, Jacobo Zabludovsky, it is the Mexican establishment! Jacobo just happens to work for Televisa, which is the largest media conglomerate in Mexico, and is also an unabashed supporter of the PRI government. In this video, Paper Tiger takes apart Jacobo and the Televisa media empire and their coverage of the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas. Dan Hallin teaches communications at UCSD. More info...
1995 TRT: 28 minutes #258
Carlos Fernando Chamorro Reads Barricada
Carlos Fernando Chamorro gives a critical reading of Barricada. Chamorro is editor of Barricada. More info...
1991 TRT: 28 minutes #212
Keyan Tomaselli on Media & Resistance in South Africa
In this live show, Keyan Tomaselli gives a detailed overview of the South African mediascape in 1990. He compares the Afrikaans commercial press (pro-government, pro-apartheid, and pro-capitalism) with the English commercial press (anti-apartheid but NOT anti-capitalist) and the alternative/progressive press (anti-apartheid and anti-capitalist). He examines some of the impacts of the mainstream media on race relations and the cultural landscape after apartheid and highlights the community-based, democratically produced Grassroots newspaper in Capetown. More info...
1990 TRT: 28 minutes #220
Martin Lucas Watches "NO" Video: The Chilean Presidential Plebiscite on TV
Lucas covered the Chilean presidential plebiscite for European TV. More info...
1989 TRT: 28 minutes #164
Fred Landis Digests "Selecciones"
Fred Landis gives a critical analysis of "Selecciones."... More info...
1988 TRT: 28 minutes #139
Simon Watney Says No to Section 28
Simon Watney takes on the Iron Lady and The UK Press on homophobia and the AIDS pandemic. More info...
1988 TRT: 28 minutes #153
Kelly Anderson, Neil Lazarus and Catherine Saalfield Read "The Weekly Mail"
Analysis of an anti-apartheid South African newspaper with anti-censorship strategies and a non-racial social democratic vision. More info...
1987 TRT: 28 minutes #150
Far From America: Why Taiwan Loves Reagan
Paper Tiger's coverage of the 1984 American Presidential elections from Taiwan. Includes an interesting cross-section of the Taiwanese media storm around election night and talks with David Hess, President of the American Institute in Taiwan, among others. Never one to miss an opportunity, the United States government capitalized on the tense relationship between China and Taiwan during the Reagan era. The majority of Taiwan's military purchases during the early 80's were coming from the United States, as well as an array of consumer goods and lifestyles. More info...
1986 TRT: 28 minutes #83
Joel Kovel Reads "El Tayacan": The Newspaper of the Popular Church in Nicaragua
Joel Kovel reads the newspaper of the Popular Church in Nicaragua. Kovel is an American politician, academic, writer and eco-socialist with a background in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. More info...
1986 TRT: 28 minutes #101
Josefina de Zayas and Isabel Larguia Read the Cuban Press
A Paper Tiger production made during the inauguration of Cuba's international Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV) during the 1986 Havana Film Festival, one of the best and most reputed film schools in the world. This episode includes footage of the school's opening ceremony, which explains its focus on third world cinema. This show is of great historical value for those interested in third world social movements. Josefina de Zayas and Isabel Larguia also give us an inside look at Cuban's state run press. More info...
1986 TRT: 28 minutes #116