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Resources for becoming a better media gadfly

Palestine Media Watch's mission is to make it as easy as possible for its members to engage and challenge the media on their coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. To this end, PMW has done the following:

(1) Provides easy access to columns written on the crisis. You can read the latest pro-Israeli columns by clicking on: http://www.pmwatch.org/pmw/db/columns/display_columns.asp?fid=3

(2) Provides essays, analyses, press releases, etc., that help you become familiar with sophisticated arguments and points of views on the crisis. Go to the Features section at: http://www.pmwatch.org/pmw/db/features/display_features.asp?fid=3

(3) Keeps you aware of the latest alerts and action calls. Go to: http://www.pmwatch.org/pmw/db/alerts/display_alerts.asp?fid=3

(4) Provides you with a reading packet that gives you all the amunition you could ever need to break the facile, lazy and easily refutable points and arguments regularly made by columnists and editorialists. Go to: http://www.pmwatch.org/pmw/primer/

(5) Provides you with a reference list to books that will help you build a deeper understanding of the crisis. Go to: http://www.pmwatch.org/pmw/books/

(6) Provides you with talking points that will enable you to quickly knock out pro-Occupation arguments. Go to: http://www.pmwatch.org/pmw/talkingpoints/index.html

(7) Provides you with letter-writing tips that will guide you as to how to articulate your arguments, the nuances you need to be aware of, the choice of words, etc. Please go to: http://www.pmwatch.org/pmw/talkingpoints/tips.html

(8) Provides you with actual samples of letters written and published by your fellow pmwatchers to give you a feel of the style to use, the tone to write in, etc. You can find these letters at: http://www.pmwatch.org/pmw/db/gadflies/display_gadflies.asp

(9) Provides you with an interface that allows you to quickly fire off a letter without needing to go around and dig for the email address of the destination. This interface is at: http://www.bluefingers.com/ohmhtml/pmwemail.html. Please make it part of your daily routine to dispatch one letter a day, even if it is one small paragraph.

(10) Helps you publish your columns by distributing them around the country to our contacts. Go to: http://www.pmwatch.org/pmw/actionalerts/pmwcolumns.html

Please make it part of your daily routine to dispatch one letter a day, even if it is one small paragraph. And whenever you send out a letter, please bcc it tot: pmw-letters@egroups.com.