Future of Journalism
What Cicero Can Teach Us About Making Better Media Policy
And why we keep asking the wrong questions
Craig Aaron
Craig Aaron is the co-CEO of Free Press and Free Press Action and a guy with two first names.
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
Free Speech
Pressing Issues Interviews FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez
‘The First Amendment doesn’t disappear just because the government is unhappy with how it is being covered.’
Media
Nexstar’s Big Payback
The nation’s biggest local-TV broadcaster has passed Trump’s loyalty test and is ready to cash in
Media
Liar, Liar, World on Fire
People don’t trust the media because they won’t tell them who’s lying
Media
Pressing Issues Holiday Gift Guide
We’ve (almost) made it to the end of 2025. And we couldn’t have done it without a little help from our friends and favorite writers.
Media
Stop the Merger Madness
Rule No. 1 when big deals get announced: Don’t believe the hype
Media
Media Mergers and the New McCarthyism
Jane Fonda, Anna Gomez, John Oliver and the growing backlash against censorship and consolidation
Media
Good Night and WTF?
Under the new rules of corporate journalism, editing is only a crime when it makes Trump look bad
Media
Uh Oh, the FCC Chairman Is Podcasting Again
To Brendan Carr, the ‘public interest standard’ means whatever helps King Trump
Media
Face to Face with the Censorship Czar
I went to the FCC, and all I brought was this fabulous T-shirt