'Death Sentence for Local Media': Warnings as FCC Pushes Change to Benefit Right-Wing Media Giant

October 31, 2017

Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams

Free Press advocates say rule changes are "massive handout" to broadcaster Sinclair that would have far-reaching and negative impacts in communities nationwide.

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House Hearing on NPR Bias Brings Criticism from Republicans But Praise for Local Stations

“I think public media … could play a bigger role in supporting that kind of local coverage that really describes what’s happening in local [communities],” said Free Press Action Co-CEO Craig Aaron.
Joseph Torres & Collette Watson on Media for Social Justice

CounterSpin interviews the two Media 2070 co-founders about how to repair journalism's history of anti-Black harm.
CA Bill Would Tax Big Tech to Create Tax Credit for News Organizations

Free Press Action expressed tentative support for the bill but called for it to be amended to better support small publishers, ethnic media and community-rooted outlets.

House Hearing on NPR Bias Brings Criticism from Republicans But Praise for Local Stations

Joseph Torres & Collette Watson on Media for Social Justice

CA Bill Would Tax Big Tech to Create Tax Credit for News Organizations