{"id":196,"date":"2012-08-29T20:34:55","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T20:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/usa\/?p=196"},"modified":"2018-12-22T13:13:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T13:13:40","slug":"real-news-the-real-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/real-news-the-real-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Real News The Real Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In June, 200 media professionals, producers, activists and academics packed into a Bathurst Street studio for a party celebrating the launch of a new English-language global news and documentary network, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therealnews.com\/web\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Real News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If building an international news network from scratch doesn\u2019t sound mind-boggling-ly ambitious to you, consider this: <em>Real News<\/em> CEO <a href=\"http:\/\/jfilm.org\/paulbio\/index2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Jay<\/a> is promising to accomplish this feat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therealnews.com\/web\/index.php?thisdataswitch=0&amp;thisid=297&amp;thisview=item\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">without corporate, government or advertising dollars<\/a>. This makes <em>The Real News<\/em> the world\u2019s first totally non-profit, viewer supported independent news and documentary network\u2014and thusfar, <em>The Real News<\/em> has found success even without the benefit a cash cow to milk.<\/p>\n<p>Though still in their early days, the network\u2019s rational and grounded on air persona is a rare breath of fresh air in a media landscape increasingly clogged with hyper-sensationalized drivel, rebroadcast <em>ad nauseum<\/em>, by big media. In fact, providing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therealnews.com\/web\/index.php?thisdataswitch=0&amp;thisid=551&amp;thisview=item\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insightful analysis<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therealnews.com\/web\/index.php?thisdataswitch=0&amp;thisid=200&amp;thisview=item\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in-depth interviews<\/a> has quickly become a <em>Real News<\/em> hallmark, with the team producing four to six such pieces for distribution online each week.<\/p>\n<p>And the team is growing\u2014quickly. The fledgling network already has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therealnews.com\/web\/index.php?thisepisode=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 30 journalists<\/a> stationed throughout the world, and counts the likes of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertmcchesney.com\/biography.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert McChesney<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/staff.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Goodman<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetout.com\/news\/history\/archive\/gorevidal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gore Vidal<\/a> as avid supporters.<\/p>\n<p>It is perhaps unsurprising, then, that <em>The Real News<\/em> is seeking a few extra hands to help out at its Toronto-based studio. On November 6, they will be hosting a volunteer recruitment and social night at the studio\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ys4gox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suite 200, 720 Bathurst Street<\/a>\u2014starting at 6:30 p.m. where Paul Jay will answer questions about the network, and Senior News Analyst <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aijaz_Ahmad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aijaz Ahmad<\/a> will discuss current developments in Iran. Prizes and food are on offer, as are tours of the studio. RSVPs are welcomed at <a href=\"mailto:Geraldine@therealnews.com\">geraldine@therealnews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2007\/11\/and_thats_newst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June, 200 media professionals, producers, activists and academics packed into a Bathurst Street studio for a party celebrating the launch of a new English-language global news and documentary network, The Real News. If building an international news network from scratch doesn\u2019t sound mind-boggling-ly ambitious to you, consider this: Real News CEO Paul Jay is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51,33],"tags":[157],"class_list":{"0":"post-196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-society","8":"category-usa","9":"tag-featured"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}