Resource Library
A collection of research reports, white papers, fcc filings, audio transcripts, activist tools, and much more.
Billionaire tyrant Rupert Murdoch urges you to stay away from the upcoming National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis, June 6 - 8. Seriously.
The Media Giraffe Project will be sponsoring a conference in Minneapolis in June to give local online news and community Web entrepreneurs and activists a chance to share advice about legal, organizational and advertising issues. And a House subcommittee held a hearing this week on the Internet Freedom Preservation Act.
The FCC just ruled that Fox's celebrity gossip show "TMZ" qualifies as a "bona fide newscast" --making it even easier for Big Media companies to replace real journalism with cheap junk news.
Ben Scott's testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on H.R. 5353, the Internet Freedom Preservation Act.
http://www.freepress.net/files/Scott_Testimony_FINAL_5-6-08.pdf
Free Press activist Michelle Potter made this video to spread the word about media consolidation and our campaign to Stop Big Media -- before the shot clock runs out.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin announced the agency will craft a new plan for a national public safety network. And the Senate Commerce Committee passed a legislative veto of the FCC’s new media ownership rules as Rupert Murdoch prepared to bid for a third New York newspaper.
Over 250,000 of you wrote Congress and the FCC to Stop Big Media -- and Congress has responded.
Networks like Fox News are still parading Pentagon Pundits on air -- without mentioning their role in the Defense Department's propaganda campaign. TELL YOUR SENATOR TO LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION NOW.
In its recent Report on Broadcast Localism and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission concluded that the record in the localism proceeding (MB Docket No. 04-233) revealed a substantial need for greater public understanding of broadcaster obligations, and of the procedures by which the Commission enforces those obligations.
The New York Times uncovers a Pentagon scheme to sell the occupation of Iraq to the American public. And Net Neutrality takes center stage at both Congress and the FCC.
