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Clear Channel Eats My Childhood Commercial Station

I’m not normally one to tune into commercial radio, but I still find this morning’s news sad: The Boston Phoenix is selling radio station WFNX to (yeah, you guessed it) Clear Channel.

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Free Press Joins Other Groups in Opposing Senate Cybersecurity Legislation

This week, Free Press joined a wide-ranging array of groups in signing a letter opposing a cybersecurity bill under consideration in the Senate. 

Free Press to Sen. DeMint, Rep. Lamborn: Check Your Math

WASHINGTON -- According to press reports, Sen. Jim DeMint and Rep. Doug Lamborn are circulating letters in the Senate and House to drum up a new round of opposition to public media. The letters propose cutting all federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and its nearly 1,300 local stations, arguing that the $445 million CPB budget is an “enormous” cost to taxpayers.

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Who's Afraid of Rupert Murdoch?

The answer: the Federal Communications Commission and Congress.

While the media mogul was called before Parliament and hammered by regulators in the United Kingdom, few in the halls of U.S. power are willing to call News Corp. to account for the “culture of corruption” that has spread through its media empire.

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70,000 Petition Congress to Hold Hearings on News Corp. Corruption

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Free Press sent a letter to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller that praises the senator for requesting that British authorities share any information they have uncovered about violations of United States law during their investigation of News Corp. and its subsidiaries.

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Protect Our Right to Record

Police have arrested journalists and activists around the country for the “crime” of trying to document political protests in public spaces.

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Tell Your Senator: Stop the Cyberspying Bills

Stop the Cyberspying Bills in the Senate.

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A U.K. investigation concluded that Rupert Murdoch is “not fit to run an international company.” Tell Congress: Hold Murdoch to Account in the U.S.

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Learn how to inspect public and political files at your local TV station this summer.

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Tell PBS and NPR: Reject Political Ads

A U.S. appeals court recently struck down a ban on political ads on public broadcasting. Tell PBS and NPR to reject political ads!

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NCMR2013

Our next National Conference for Media Reform will be held in Denver on April 5–7, 2013.

Please mark your calendar; we can't wait to see you in Colorado!

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