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CBS Forces Local News Off The Air

Josh Stearns — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:11:00 -0800

When you think of morning "news" shows you usually think of The Today Show (NBC) or Good Morning America (ABC). CBS also has a morning show but it has flowndered in thrid place for a long time. The network recently hired a new producer and a new anchor to relaunch the morning show. However, this investment came with a hidden cost.

HBO's The Wire Takes on the Media

Wire Watchers — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:11:00 -0800

In the final season of HBO's series The Wire, the show is taking a hard look at the role of one city's media in shaping the heath of local communities. Each season The Wire has focused on some aspect of society in Baltimore, from eduation to the loss of blue-collar jobs to, of course, crime and the police.

Register Now! Claim Democracy Conference

Mary Alice Crim — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:27:00 -0700

If you live in the Washington D.C. area I’m hoping you’ll join us this November 9-11th for the 2007 Claim Democracy conference. The event marks the first time that campaign finance and election reform activists are joining ranks with media reformers to bring together these important movements.

Support of Affordable High Speed Internet for America and Internet Neutrality

ProgRock — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:24:00 -0700

Democrats,

On July 15th, 2007 the Executive Board of the California Democratic Party passed the following resolution in favor of Net Neutrality and affordable high speed Internet for America.

The adoption of this resolution was made possible by the unprecedented cooperation of both the Labor Caucus and the Progressive Caucus of the CDP. Working together over the months following the CDP convention in San Diego, representatives of both caucuses, led by Jim Gordon, chair of the Labor Caucus and Brad Parker, officer of the Progressive Caucus, were able to craft a resolution that addressed the concerns of both groups and Americans as a whole. Once again, after 100 years of organizing and political activism, Progressives and Union members have found common cause. Our hope is that this resolution will become a blueprint for legislation across the country that preserves Internet integrity with open, equal and impartial access and Net Neutrality. Further, that the build out of high speed Internet be undertaken as a public utility maintained by union members bringing affordable broadband Internet access to all Americans.

No issue of public governance is more critical at this time in our history than the immediate need for every level of government to pass and enforce legislation to embody the principles of this resolution. Therefore, we call upon every Democrat in America to send this resolution to every elected official across the nation and to insist that Net Neutrality and affordable high speed Internet become the law of the land.