I believe this to be a very interesting initiative. If we should start such a movement here in Canada, we may avoid the meltdown of our mainstream media (as happened in the US). Moreover such a movement may serve to keep any excess in the mainstream media in check.
Blogs, news sites team up to bring underreported news to those beyond the Web -
Two-week project hopes to raise visibility of underreported newsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - March 28, 2005
CONTACT: Muriel Kane murielkane@rawstory.comMarch 28 – Seeking to bypass government-pre-packaged news and the mainstream media’s lack of substantive reporting, a group of news sites and blogs have teamed up to asks citizens to print, copy, and leave news wherever they go from Mar. 27-Apr. 9–leaving the leaflets in doctors’/dentists’ offices, the DMV, subway walls, bulletin boards, community centers and anywhere else someone is likely to read them.
Raw Story’s Larisa Alexandrovna says that the idea of limiting this project to two weeks aims to create momentum.
"We are trying to have a massive, organized activity, which generally cannot be sustained for an extended period," Alexandrovna said. "That said, people can and should continue after the two week period, but this will certainly give them the impetus to do so. I have been doing this locally for a while now and I do see an impact."
Stumble It!
Milton