Free Press

Adelstein and Copps: Voices at the FCC for a Free and Open Internet

Timothy Karr | Posted 07.25.2008 | Media


Timothy Karr

It's unusual for federal bureaucrats to achieve rock star status, but two commissioners at the FCC have amassed an enthusiastic fan base among the emerging "Open Internet" movement.

Moyers vs. Murdoch: Journalism vs. Megalomania

Josh Silver | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media


Josh Silver

The O'Reilly ambush is typical cable news entertainment-posing-as- journalism whose purpose is to sell eyeballs to advertisers, not to inform citizens or better society.

Don't Take the Internet for Granted

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 06.09.2008 | Media


Alison Rose Levy

At the National Conference for Media Reform I shed a few tears for the lost honor of my profession -- and for the crumbling integrity of our democracy, knowing that as I wept, other fearless journalists fight on.

Minneapolis: Something's Happening Here

Craig Aaron | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media


Craig Aaron

This could be the first presidential election where the Internet is an issue. I don't mean using the Internet as a political tool ... I mean a bona fide election issue. There's a lot at stake.

Clinton and Obama Finally Slam Pentagon Propaganda; McCain Silent

Ari Melber | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

McCain's refusal to comment on the secret military analyst program is unsurprising, given his staunch support for every major aspect of the President's Iraq policy.

Same Old, Same Old ABC

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 04.22.2008 | Media


Alison Rose Levy

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been repeatedly censored by ABC and the very same media conglomerates that brought you last week's debate coverage.

Comcast: Worst. Company. Ever.

Craig Aaron | Posted 04.19.2008 | Business


Craig Aaron

I'll admit that we can't (yet) connect Comcast to child labor, environmental destruction or Dick Cheney. But I'm not alone in my seething rage for the nation's largest cable company.

On citizen journalists and the validity of accounts

Christine Escobar | Posted 04.14.2008 | Home


Christine Escobar

The value in the citizen journalist's account comes partly as a result of its being free. They are beholden to no one. They cover and opine and observe subjects but from their own perspective.

FCC Chairman's Slick PR Can't Disguise Big Media Giveaway

Josh Silver | Posted 11.13.2007 | Media


Josh Silver

The problem is that the few minority-owned stations directly in the cross-hairs of consolidation.

Put Down Your Shoe, Join the Fight Against Murdoch's Junk Media

Timothy Karr | Posted 10.17.2007 | Media


Timothy Karr

Right now, the FCC is considering sweeping changes to media ownership rules that would allow big media companies like Murdoch's News Corp. to get even bigger.


 

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