Free Press: John Nichols

David Simon, Arianna Huffington and the Future of Journalism

Wed, 13 May 2009 06:07:29 -0700

Saving American Journalism

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:40:36 -0700

Robert McChesney on the Death and Life of Great American Newspapers

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:13:16 -0700

Corporate Media Man Gets It Right

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:58:37 -0700

William T. Evjue, the founder of this newspaper, was regularly attacked by conservatives -- "Tories" was his preferred term -- for speaking truth to power. Evjue delighted in detailing the attacks in order to illustrate the thinking of those who embraced special interests over democracy.

Conference Links Independent Media to Democracy

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:08:10 -0700

The National Conference for Media Reform came to Minneapolis June 6-8, attracting more than 3,500 participants from across the nation. The conference, hosted by the advocacy group Free Press, celebrated recent victories in the fight to oppose increasing corporate consolidation in media ownership while at the same time highlighting continuing threats to a free and independent media.

Who'll Unplug Big Media? Stay Tuned

Fri, 30 May 2008 08:36:18 -0700

On a Thursday in mid-May, the Senate did something that would have been unimaginable a decade ago. Led by Democrat Byron Dorgan, the senators--Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives--gave Rupert Murdoch and his fellow media moguls the sort of slap that masters of the universe don't expect from mere mortals on Capitol Hill.

Phil Donahue's War

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:29:47 -0700

During the week that George W. Bush-- with an assist from Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker--began demanding another $100 billion or so for his Iraq War, Phil Donahue began presenting the real face of the conflict.

FCC Votes for Monopoly, Congress Must Vote for Democracy

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:16:48 -0800

The Federal Communications Commission has, as expected, voted along party lines to approve the demand of Rupert Murdoch and other communications-industry moguls for a loosening of limits on media mono

A Political Fight Brews over FCC Rule Changes

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:10:45 -0800

No matter what the Federal Communications Commission does today with regard to media ownership — and it is likely to do the wrong thing — members of Congress are ready to push back.

Scott McClellan=John Dean?

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:50:28 -0800

Scott McClellan's admission that he unintentionally made false statements denying the involvement of Karl Rove and Scooter Libby in the Bush-Cheney administration's plot to discredit former Ambassador