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The Latest
Media Minutes: February 10, 2012
February 9.2012
Political wrangling is holding Super Wi-Fi spectrum hostage. The House has tacked on amendments to its payroll tax bill that spell big trouble for the FCC and spectrum use. And a new bill in the Illinois legislature would allow people to record on-duty police in public without permission.
Public Interest Groups to Congress: So-Called Reform Bills Would Compound Corporate Influence at the FCC
February 9.2012
WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, 45 public interest groups sent a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee opposing two bills that would severely limit the Federal Communications Commission’s ability to promote competition, innovation and access to communications services.
It's Up to Us to Protect the First Amendment
February 9.2012
What happens when a journalist is arrested? How do we account for the stories that don’t get told, or the issues that don’t get covered because the press was restricted or behind bars? How do we measure the intimidation journalists feel, and the chill that police intervention places on freedom of the press?
Obama Joins the Democracy Fire Sale
February 7.2012
President Obama succumbed late Monday to the dark logic of the Super PACs, instructing top West Wing staffers to help raise money for the so-called "independent" groups that have been successful in picking winners and losers thus far in 2012.
Free Press: FCC Must Address Barriers to Entry in Media Ownership
February 7.2012
WASHINGTON -- On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it will solicit ideas for new research on barriers to entry for small businesses and underrepresented groups to participate in the communications and media industries.
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The FCC is reviewing its media ownership rules and needs to hear from you. Tell the FCC we need rules that serve the public, not big broadcasters.
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