Media Reform

Fairness Doctrine Demise Gives Rise to the Public Interest

Sue Wilson | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Public Interest Obligations, Fairness Doctrine, Media Reform, Fairness Doctrine Radio, Fairness Doctrine TV, Fairness Doctrine Talk Radio, Media News
Sue Wilson

In August, 2011, the final nail has been pounded into the coffin of the Fairness Doctrine.

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Big Loss for Big Media and the FCC: Court Rejects Media Consolidation Push

Timothy Karr | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Newspapers, Fcc, Media Consolidation, Radio, Media Reform, Public Interest, Free Press, Diversity in Media, Broadcast TV, Media News
Timothy Karr

It's not every day that you can celebrate a win for the public over big media. But on Thursday a federal appeals court threw out an attempt by the FCC and industry titans to gut media ownership limits.

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College Radio: You Will Be Assimilated

Tracy Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadcasting, Fcc, Npr, Media Justice, Community Radio, Public Radio, Radio, Media Reform, Media Alliance, Capitalism, Grassroots Media, Independent Music, Kusc, Kdfc, Kusf, College News
Tracy Rosenberg

College radio is part of the diverse package of community media voices around the country that keep the radio waves open to the public, training millions of young people in technology.

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Tunisia's Revolution Was Twitterized

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tunisia, Tunisia Protests, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunis, Twitter, Social Media, Youtube, North Africa, Middle East, Reform, Media Reform, Media Repression, Media, Al Jazeera, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Resignation, Egypt Protests, World News
Firas Al-Atraqchi

In what could be a sign of how social media is reshaping politics in the Middle East and North Africa, Tunisian protesters turned to Twitter to broadcast information on their popular revolt.

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Be Careful What You Wish For

Tracy Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Genachowski, Open Internet, Fcc, Comcast, Media Justice, Media Alliance, Media Reform, Net Neutrality, Media News
Tracy Rosenberg

Sometimes you might get it. For most of the past year, public interest groups worried about the future of the Internet have pushed for action on net...

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The Little Bill That Could

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Reform, Michael Savage, Glenn Beck, Congress, Progressive Victory, Rush Limbaugh, Lpfm, Local Community Radio Act, Media News
Timothy Karr

On Saturday, Congress passed legislation which opens up radio spectrum to independent radio stations. Anyone tracking the rise of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh understands the primary political significance of gaining access to spectrum.

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Broadband for the People: From the Net to the Roots

Tracy Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Literacy, Broadband, Media Justice, Mesh Networks. Universal Service Fund, Access, Internet, Digital, Media Reform, Web, Media Alliance, Communications, Tech Policy, Net Neutrality, Telecom, Lifeline, Media News
Tracy Rosenberg

As we grow increasingly dependent on the Internet, the question of how this essential network operates has never been more important.

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Towards A Just Communications System: Pacifica Radio and the Never-Ending Battle

Tracy Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kpfk, Pacifica, Media Justice, Wbai, Kpft, Community Radio, Interest, Radio, Media Reform, Wpfw, Alliance, Media, Communications, Public, Kpfa, Lpfm, Savekpfa, Independents for Community Radio, Icr, Save KPFA, Media News
Tracy Rosenberg

I often hear, as a Pacifica Foundation board member that terrestrial radio in general and Pacifica radio in particular, is irrelevant. I would make t...

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Tea Party "Movement" Biggest Mass Deception Since WMDs

Trish Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Reform, Iowa, Tea Party Movement, Newspapers, Corporate Media, Tea Party, Des Moines Register, Media News
Trish Nelson

Tea Party "Movement" Biggest Mass Deception Since WMDs by Trish Nelson Remember, back in April when we said on Blog for Iowa that the tea party movem...

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Progressives Crash Iowa City Tea Party

Trish Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iowa, Media Reform, Tax Day Tea Party, Progressives, Home News
Trish Nelson

Progressives Crash Iowa City Tea Party by Trish Nelson An actual tea party would probably have been more exciting. All in all, I'd have to consider ...

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Looking For Journalism In All The Wrong Places

Tracy Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Mobilizing Project, Media Justice, Media Alliance, Alternative Media, Media, Media Reform, Funding, Public Interest, Alliance, Communications, Independent Media, Mag-Net, Media News
Tracy Rosenberg

The news is full of the lack of news. Everywhere pundits, commentators, and academics mourn the death of the crusading journalism of the fourth estate...

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Health Care Reform Needs Media Reform

Rory O'Connor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Media Reform, Health Care Reform, Drugs, Obama Big Pharma, Politics News
Rory O'Connor

If you were hoping for a modicum of media reform, aimed at reducing health care costs and delivering better services in the Obama Administration's forthcoming health care reform bill, you can forget it.

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Media 'Reform' and the First Amendment

Patrick Maines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media-Reform, First Amendment, Cpb, Pbs, Leonard Downie, Columbia Journalism Review, Media News
Patrick Maines

The extent to which policymakers act on journalists' recommendations, may do damage to the commercial media, old and new, and inflict great violence on the First Amendment.

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Media Freedom Prerequists For Jordan

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Legislation, Jordan, Press and Publications Law, Middle East, King Abdullah II, Media, Media Reform, Public Service Broadcasting, Media News
Daoud Kuttab

Reforming and regulating Jordan's media appears to be one of the priorities of the administration of Samir Rifai.

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Huffpo Going Mainstream?

Trish Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Reform, Corporate Media, Media News
Trish Nelson

Why is Huffpo attacking the Obama administration with the same zeal with which they went after the Bush administration? It's not like they're the same...

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It's War. Media War

Sue Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Brock, Steny Hoyer, President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Town Halls, Media Reform, Broadcast Blues, Healthcare, Media News
Sue Wilson

Wake up, Democratic Leadership: We have been at war over facts for decades, and our democracy is suffering because of it. Only you can save us, and it's about time you get into the fight.

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Dan Rather Calls For Commission On Media Reform

Aspen Daily News | Andrew Travers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dan Rather Special Committee, Media Commission, Dan Rather Media Reform, Dan Rather, Dan Rather Media Commission, Media Reform, Dan Rather Aspen, Aspen, Denver News

Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather called on President Barack Obama to form a White House commission to help save the press Tuesday night in an impassi...

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The End of Peter B. Collins and the Need for Media Reform

Mark Crispin Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Reform, Peter B. Collins, Media News
Mark Crispin Miller

The economic crash is threatening to finish off those last few figures who have managed somehow to resist the oligopolistic tide that has by now all but submerged the US media.

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CNN's Wolf Blitzer Lapdogs While Senator Hatch Lies

Josh Silver | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Reform, Orin Hatch, Journalism, Cnn, Wolf Blitzer, Media News
Josh Silver

Without fearless, vigilant questioning, spin masters like Hatch will turn Bush's financial crisis into Obama's financial crisis in a few months rather than a few years.

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Mr. Obama, Make Media Reform a Priority

Josh Silver | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Reform, Media Coverage, Obama Transition, Media, Barack Obama, Obama Media, Media News
Josh Silver

Obama has already made the call to create a more vibrant, diverse and democratic media system and to deliver the benefits of the open Internet and new technology to all Americans.

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Ideas for Obama

Curtis Black | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Valerie Jarrett, Arne Duncan, Housing, Green Jobs, President Obama, Jobs, Transportation, Immigration Reform, Broadband, Foreclosure Crisis, Bailout, Rahm Emanuel, School Reform, Media Reform, Social Services, Sprawl, Health Care, Campaign Finance Reform, Community Organizers, Chicago News
Curtis Black

President-elect Barack Obama now faces tremendous challenges, and local advocates -- many of whom have worked with Obama over the years -- offer a range of ideas on how to move forward.

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The War Pundits: Sam Power, McJoan, Danner, Mitchell

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mcjoan, Greg Mitchell, Samantha Power, Ari Melber, Punditocracy, Netroots Nation, Pentagon Pundits, Pundits, War Coveevrage, Media Reform, Msm, Media, Iraq, Pentagon Propaganda, Mark Danner, War Pundits, Media News
Ari Melber

By relying too heavily on government sources from one party, most pre-Iraq war coverage misstated the threat and drastically underplayed opposition to the war among experts, political elites, and the general public.

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