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Fear-Mongering and the 'Fox Effect'

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Michelle Bachmann, Glenn Beck, Free Press, Fascism, Socialism, Fox News Channel, Hannity, Marxism, Media News
Timothy Karr

Last week, conservative factions within the RNC circulated an e-mail urging party leadership to brand as a "socialist" anyone who advocates even moderate changes to the government's role in society.

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Roxana Saberi's Boyfriend Sends A Love Letter Plea To Iran

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: Roxana Saberi Love Letter, Roxana Saberi Iran, Iran, Roxana Saberi, Iran Us Journalist, Roxana Saberi Bahman Ghobadi, Foreign Affairs, Free Press, Bahman Ghobadi, World News

The partner of jailed US-Iranian reporter Roxana Saberi has written an emotional love letter in an attempt to have her freed....

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Malaysia Bans Opposition Newspapers As Clampdown Looms

Telegraph | Thomas Bell, South East Asia Correspondent | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: Najib Razak, Suara Keadilan, Harakah, Malaysia Censorship, Malaysia Free Press, Malaysia, Foreign Affairs, Free Press, Asia, Malaysia Prime Minister, Pas, World News

Two newspapers linked to Malaysia's leading opposition parties have been banned for three months - days before the country appoints a new prime minist...

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Everyone Gets a Bonus from Obama's Net Neutrality Plan

Timothy Karr | Posted 04.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Net Neutrality, Free Press, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Braodband Stimulus, Open Internet, Internet, Telcos, Media News
Timothy Karr

Your money cannot be used by powerful companies like AT&T and Comcast to implement plans to "manage," filter or re-route you whenever you traverse the Web.

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Melanie Kirkpatrick, WSJ Editor, Faces Contempt Charges In Singapore

The Straits Times | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

Read More: Wall Street Journal Singapore, Singapore, Melanie Kirkpatrick, Melanie Kirkpatrick Singapore, Asia, Free Press, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal Contempt, World News

THE Government is taking a senior editor of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) to court, accusing her of being in contempt of court in three articles publi...

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The Future Begins Thru You

Timothy Karr | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Free Press, SavetheInternet.Com, Kutiman, Twitter, Facebook. FCC, Congress, Net Neutrality, Youtibe, Media News
Timothy Karr

Every now and then comes something that is a perfect expression of what the Internet is about. ThruYOU has taken the Web by storm, garnering more than a million YouTube views in the seven days since its release.

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The Demise of Investigative Journalism

Russell Wild and Margaret Engel | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Newspapers, Free Press, Investigative Journalism, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Journalism, Newspaper Industry, Media News
Russell Wild and Margaret Engel

What does it mean to lose the voices of those who hold our institutions accountable? We hope that media companies will recognize the value of professional watchdogs in the journalism community.

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Celine Dion is Stalking You

Timothy Karr | Posted 03.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Congress, Free Press, Limbaugh, Radio, Big Media, Lpfm, Indepenendent Radio, Local Community Radio Act, Media News
Timothy Karr

The Local Community Radio Act would unleash the potential of new music for millions of listeners across the country. The bill tasks Washington with licensing thousands of Low Power FM radio stations (known in radio geekdom as LPFM).

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Change or Cha-ching?

Timothy Karr | Posted 02.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Sock Puppets, Free Press, House, Obama, Broadband, Congress, Stimulus, Net Neutrality, Digital Divide, Shills, Business News
Timothy Karr

Change has come to America. Well, sort of. On "K" Street - home to Washington's most powerful corporate lobbyists - it's business as usual.

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Minerva, South Korean Blogger, Charged With Spreading False Info

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — Prosecutors charged a popular South Korean blogger on Thursday with spreading false information that they alleged damaged t...

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Obama's Democracy Stimulus

Timothy Karr | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media

Read More: InternetforEveryone.Org, Broadband, Obama, Free Press, Net Neutrality, Economic Stimulus Package, Media News
Timothy Karr

Building better broadband is not a bailout. It's a buildout for better democracy.

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Keep the Sock Puppets Out of Your Stimulus

Craig Aaron | Posted 02.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Sock Puppets, Broadband, Free Press, Economic Stimulus Package, Technology, Net Neutrality, Media News
Craig Aaron

Sock puppets, for those unfamiliar with the creatures commonly found inside the Beltway, are mouthpieces who rent out their academic or political credentials to argue pro-industry positions.

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The Right Broadband Stimulus Package

Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 01.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Stimulus, Broadband, Free Press, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus, Economy, Business News
Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D.

Any broadband stimulus program that seeks to spur investment and jobs in 2009 needs to include tax incentives to companies deploying broadband. Tax incentives are ready on day one.

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No Ifs, Ands or Butts, the New FCC Must Focus on Neutrality

Timothy Karr | Posted 01.03.2009 | Media

Read More: SavetheInternet.Com, Obama Administration, Fcc, Free Press, Net Neutrality, Media News
Timothy Karr

When it comes to the current FCC's obsession with the occasional flash of indecency, it's time to turn the other cheek and get to more important work ahead.

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The NAB vs. Reality

Timothy Karr | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media

Read More: White Spaces, Fcc, Free Press, Nab, Lobbyists, Internet for Everyone, Television, Media, Media News
Timothy Karr

One of Washington's most powerful corporate lobbies is at it again, raising a dust cloud of lies in a last-ditch effort to stop new technology that could better the lives of millions.

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Debates Still No Place for Average Joes

Timothy Karr | Posted 11.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Joe the Plumber, Free Press, Bob Schieffer, Debates, McCain. Obama, Media News
Timothy Karr

As the lights dimmed on the fourth and final debate of the 2008 season, one thing has become clear: These types of debates are vestiges of a bygone TV era.

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AT&T Promises Not To Spy on You... Sort of

Timothy Karr | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media

Read More: AT&T, Free Press, Fisa, Internet Freedom, Privacy, Net Neutrality, Verizon, Media News
Timothy Karr

DPI allows companies like AT&T, Verizon and Time Warner to pry open user's trunks, erect new tolls and sell off or bar privileged access based on what they find inside.

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Citizens Panel Mixed on 'Town Hall' Format, Wanted Brokaw to Do More to Challenge the Spin

Timothy Karr | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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Timothy Karr

McCain's supporters seemed happy with the ground rules. Obama's supporters seemed happy with the results. But many were troubled by the debate organizers' claim of true public participation in Tuesday's forum.

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The Chicken Little Lobby Comes to New York

Timothy Karr | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media

Read More: White Spaces, Free Press, Internet for Everyone, Nab, Net Neutrality, Lobbyists, Public Airwaves, Media News
Timothy Karr

An unusual skirmish over the future of the Internet is being waged this week at New York City Hall, where city council members are weighing whether vacant television airwaves should be opened to the Internet.

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Is Palin Afraid to Talk to the Press?

Caroline Presno | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Clinton, Free Press, Tom Brokaw, Media Bias, Katie Couric, Republicans, Chris Matthews, Sarah Palin, Wolf Blitzer, Campbell Brown, Politics News
Caroline Presno

For a group that wraps itself in patriotism, the extreme Right is certainly being unpatriotic about one of the cornerstones of democracy--the free press.

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Pistol Packin' Mama: The Republicans' New Campaign Song

Jessica Catto | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: McCain Sarah Palin, Media, Free Press, Republican Convention, Mccain, Palin, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Jessica Catto

When we choose a leader, we look for several things: trust, level-headedness, courage, decency, intelligence, economic smarts, and a certain comfort l...

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St. Paul Mayor and Media Mum on Journalism Crackdown

Timothy Karr | Posted 10.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Police Brutality, Free Press, Republican Convention, Police, RNC 08, Media News
Timothy Karr

St. Paul's Mayor Coleman should take a stand on behalf of a free press, rein in aggressive and violent tactics by law enforcement, stop targeting journalists and immediately drop all charges against them.

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Time to Honor Our Fallen Heroes

Sen. Frank Lautenberg | Posted 08.09.2008 | Home

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Sen. Frank Lautenberg

We have had a long tradition of coming together as a nation to memorialize our fallen heroes--the men and women whose lives were lost on the battlefie...

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Minneapolis: Something's Happening Here

Craig Aaron | Posted 06.13.2008 | 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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On citizen journalists and the validity of accounts

Christine Escobar | Posted 04.22.2008 | 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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