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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.
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