Free Press: Bob McChesney

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.

Wild Resistance: Challenging Corporate Media

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:53:53 -0800

Independent media has a rich, long history.

Robert McChesney's 'Communication Revolution'

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:44:11 -0800

Robert McChesney is a leading media scholar, critic, activist, and the nation's most prominent researcher and writer on US media history, its policy and practice.

FCC Stirs Up Media Consolidation World

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:40:33 -0800

The Federal Communications Commission approved new rules that will unleash a flood of media consolidation across 20 biggest U.S.

Book Takes on Media, Telecom Industries

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:12:50 -0800

"Communication Revolution: Critical Junctures and the Future of Media" (The New Press, 320 pages. $24.95), by Robert W.

The Internet is Killing, Saving, Re-Killing and Re-Saving Journalism

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:15:03 -0800

At a forum I attended this weekend, everyone generally agreed that the internet is the most effective mass-communication tool in the history of mankind.

The Fast Lane and the Dirt Path: Corporate Media, Democracy and the FCC

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:26:01 -0800

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News Media Revolt: Canada Next?

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:22:37 -0700

Journalism faces a crisis around the world and unless it's fixed, society is in big trouble, American scholar and media activist Robert McChesney says.

Stopping the Press Barons

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:54:00 -0700

The US media system is at a critical juncture. What we as citizens do — or don't do — now will make all the difference.

A Critical Juncture for Media Reform

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:41:42 -0700

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