Tuning Out the Left

Your TV might have 500 channels, but media consolidation has all but guaranteed that progressive, alternative channels like Free Speech TV are not among them -By MINDY FARABEE -Published on LA City Beat
Free Speech TV accepts neither corporate sponsors nor government funding. A rabidly independent national news and arts outlet, the network is one of the few places to watch the video component of Amy Goodman's popular radio show Democracy Now! – a sitting-in-the-studio affair that gives the radio experience a fuller context and encapsulates FSTV's progressive stance. But Goodman’s political Molotov cocktails are just one weapon in FSTV's eclectic guerilla approach. On any given day, viewers can tune into a smorgasbord of you-won't-see-this-anywhere-else fare, be it installments from its Monkeywrench Cinema series of experimental short films, a documentary in which lefty investigative journalist Greg Palast connects the dots between the White House and California’s recent energy crisis, or in-depth news analysis from a gay and lesbian perspective. Read More