Public Media
A Tale of Two Cities and Public Media’s Future
The path to public media’s revival starts outside and runs through the states
Craig Aaron
Craig Aaron is the co-CEO of Free Press and Free Press Action and a guy with two first names.
Media
Media Consolidation Cage Match: The People vs. Paramount
The fix was in at Trump’s DoJ. But this fight isn’t over yet.
Tech
Brendan Carr Declares War on Poor People
The Lifeline program helps low-income families stay connected. So, of course, the Trump FCC hates it.
Media
Stephen Colbert vs. The Lying Weasels
It’s too late for the Late Show, but we can still stop the guys who killed it
Media
Media Consolidation Threatens to Lock Away Our Shared History
The Archival Producers Alliance is working to save our audiovisual heritage before it disappears
Free Speech
Even Disney Is Fed Up with the FCC’s Dirty Tricks
Brendan Carr’s shady moves against The View should be a major scandal
Free Speech
We’re Doing This Again? Are You Bleeping Kidding Me?
And Other Questions I Have After the Attack on the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner
Media
The States Step Up to Stop Nexstar’s TV Takeover
When the FCC won’t do its job or respect the law, it’s time to go to court
Media
Warmongers Come for the Media
Brendan Carr must go — and other lessons from our latest misadventures in media coercion
Future of Journalism
What Cicero Can Teach Us About Making Better Media Policy
And why we keep asking the wrong questions
News
Ed Markey Wants ICE Out of Your Face
The Massachusetts senator tells Pressing Issues: “Surveillance without limits becomes power without accountability. And power without accountability becomes tyranny.”
Media
Breaking Up with Billionaire-Owned Media
To save the media and our democracy, we need to do more than cancel subscriptions to The Washington Post