Free Press

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

Timothy Karr | Posted 07.25.2008 | Media

Read More: SavetheInternet.Com, Kevin Martin, Internet Policy, Free Press, Comcast, Fcc, Net Neutrality, Matt Stoller, Media News
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.

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Moyers vs. Murdoch: Journalism vs. Megalomania

Josh Silver | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Free Press, Media Consolidation, FCC Media Consolidation, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Media, Bill O'Reilly, Media Bias, Media News
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.

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Don't Take the Internet for Granted

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 06.09.2008 | Media

Read More: National Conference for Media Reform, Arianna Huffington, Free Press, Dan Rather, Naomi Klein, Bill Moyers, Media News
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.

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Minneapolis: Something's Happening Here

Craig Aaron | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Lawrence Lessig, National Conference for Media Reform, Craig Newmark, Free Press, Arianna Huffington, Net Neutrality, Minneapolis, Tim Wu, ncmr2008, Media News
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.

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Clinton and Obama Finally Slam Pentagon Propaganda; McCain Silent

Ari Melber | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Nation, Mccain, Clinton, Pentagon Pundits, War, Obama, Free Press, Media, Iraq, War Coverage, Media Bias, War Pundits, Politics News
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.

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Same Old, Same Old ABC

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 04.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Abc, Debate, Watchdog Press, ABC News, Deregulation, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Obama, Free Press, Charles Gibson, Clinto, Media News
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.

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Comcast: Worst. Company. Ever.

Craig Aaron | Posted 04.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Kevin Martin, Fcc, Mona Shaw, Comcast, Bittorrent, Free Press, Net Neutrality, Business News
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.

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On citizen journalists and the validity of accounts

Christine Escobar | Posted 04.14.2008 | Home

Read More: San Francisco Fundraiser Remarks, Mayhill Fowler, The Huffington Post, Citizen Journalists, Off the Bus, SF Remarks, Free Press, Momocrats, Barack Obama, Campaign 2008, Modern English, Home News
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.

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

Josh Silver | Posted 11.13.2007 | Media

Read More: Fcc, Kevin Martin's New York Times Op-Ed, Media, Media Ownership, Federal Communications Commission, Free Press, FCC Chairman, Kevin Martin, Media News
Josh Silver

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

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

Timothy Karr | Posted 10.17.2007 | Media

Read More: Fcc, Free Press, Media Consolidation, Media Ownership, Fox Business Network, Whack-a-Murdoch, Media News
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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