FCC Fights First Amendment and ‘Democracy Itself’
Allowing allegedly local broadcast firms to acquire even more stations will put control over news in still fewer, more corporate hands.
‘The White House Is Shaking Down Media Owners to Get Them to Follow the Trump Agenda’:
CounterSpin interview with Tim Karr on media capitulation
“Unfortunately, the companies that have the freedom to report on it aren’t willing to take up their constitutional right, and speak truth to power.”
Matthew Cunningham-Cook on Criminalizing Witness, Tim Karr on Media Compliance
Witness testimony is how we can resist official testimony about people “resisting arrest.” And you can tell how much it matters by the efforts to shut it down.
‘The FCC Is Trying to Roll Back Protections Won Over the Past 60 Years’:
CounterSpin interview with Joseph Torres on FCC and structural racism
“We have not reconciled the history of… how government regulation was just reinforcing the racial apartheid that exists in our country.”
Joseph Torres on the FCC and Structural Racism
The White House’s assaults on the press corps are part of, and not ancillary to, their direct assaults on Black and brown people.
‘This Is an All-Out War on the First Amendment’:
CounterSpin interview with Jessica González on Trump's FCC
“They are directing the reporters to be careful, because they fear government retribution for their speech.”
Paul Offit on RFK Jr. and Measles, Jessica González on Trump’s FCC
Kennedy’s unorthodox ideas may get us all killed while media whistle.
FCC’s Knives Are Out for First Amendment
FCC chair Brendan Carr’s is waging war on news media as part of the Trump administration’s quest to destroy freedom of the press.
FCC Restores Its Responsibility to Oversee Corporate Control of Internet
Net neutrality is the ability to monitor and regulate hugely powerful companies’ control over an essential element of public life.
ACTION ALERT: Trump Rules Remain at FCC as Democrats Cave to Big Cable, Fox News
Astonishingly, two years into the Biden administration, a two-to-two deadlock means Trump still more or less runs the FCC.
‘Gigi Sohn Has Faced Relentless Smear Campaigns, Some Funded by the Telecom Industry’
“Senate Democrats…have been pretty slow to stand up and speak out and condemn these attacks for what they are.”
Evan Greer on the Fight for the FCC
What could be happening if Biden’s long-languishing nomination of public interest advocate Gigi Sohn were put through?
Renomination of Gigi Sohn Gives Public Another Chance to Be Heard
The re-nomination of Gigi Sohn to the FCC, and the record-breaking delay on her vote, have been met with virtual radio silence in news media.
The Senate Can Improve Lives by Confirming Sohn to FCC
Deep-pocketed companies fight tooth and nail to keep Gigi Sohn, a public interest advocate, from advocating for the public interest.
ACTION ALERT: Urge MSNBC to Cover Biden FCC Pick Blocked by Big Media
Tell MSNBC to cover the obstruction of consumer advocate Gigi Sohn’s nomination to the FCC.
ACTION ALERT: Big Media Want Gigi Sohn Kept Off FCC Board
Tell your senators to push for the confirmation of Gigi Sohn to the FCC board.
‘The Digital Divide Is a Choice, and It Can Be Ended’
“There has to be a public-sector version of access in lots of parts of this country, particularly rural markets, simply because you cannot build this infrastructure with purely a for-profit mindset.”
‘Independent, Culturally Relevant, Trusted Local Sources Are the Way’
“It’s just absolutely evident, if you go around the country, that we’ve seen the impact of consolidation, as it’s already progressed, on squashing diverse voices and really lifting up primarily conservative ones.”
Basav Sen on Biden Climate Policy, Hannah Sassaman on Prometheus v. FCC
The disasters of climate disruption have next to no relationship to what corporate media say is “feasible” to address them.
‘The Chairmanship of Ajit Pai Has Been a Disaster’
“He’s failed in his job to make sure that the people come first, and not these companies.”
