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Verizon Promises Not to Cherry Pick Philadelphia

Stevie Converse — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:17:11 -0800

More D.C. Cuts for ABC News

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:49:57 -0700

McClatchy D.C. Bureau (Somehow) Avoids Layoffs and Buyouts

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:22:50 -0700

Retreating from the Capital

Stevie Converse — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:14:33 -0700

The 'Frill' Is Gone: Papers Forced to Cut D.C. Bureaus

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:43:53 -0700

Hip Hop Stands Up for Media Reform

yolandafp — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:40:00 -0800

Last week Davey D, the Bay Area deejay and journalist, released his Hip Hop Awards for 2007, including the best and worst moments in hip hop for the past year. At number four on his best Hip Hop moments from 2007 DaveyD discusses the community's involvement in the fight for a better media. He points out the important presence of hip hop artists at two of the FCC hearings this fall.

Congressman Reichert's Testimony at Seattle FCC Hearing

Josh Stearns — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:06:00 -0800

Congressman
Dave Reichert (WA-08) submitted the opening remarks for the Federal
Communications Commission hearing on Media Ownership in Seattle Washington on November 9th. Below is a copy of his remarks:

Click here to
watch

Want to see what BIG MEDIA take over is like??

cATSENd — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:40:00 -0800

I hope people will read this a take a view of the future

if these LARGE GREEDY MEDIA people take over.

I don't know how many people have either watched or

heard about the TV Show Max Headroom ,but if you want to

see what is to come try to get hold of these shows.

For Big Media, No News is Good News

Timothy Karr — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:11:00 -0800

In case there was any doubt that media conglomerates are thumbing their noses at the public interest, the CW recently rolled out a series of bubbly ads in Washington, D.C. trumpeting the fact that they offer no news to local viewers.

Seattle: Ground Zero for Media Reform

Timothy Karr — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:48:00 -0800

On Friday night, Seattle was ground zero for the media reform movement. Seattle's "Town Hall" overflowed with a crowd of more than 1,000. Most every person in attendance took a vocal stand against any rule change that would allow large media corporations to gobble up more local outlets.

Mr. Chairman, Is the Deal Already Done?

jtorres — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:20:00 -0800

As Kevin Martin, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, brings his charade of a public hearing to Seattle this Friday, there are two questions that he should be forced this answer.

The first is if he thinks media consolidation is harmful to minority ownership?

Seattle Hearing Is a Charade

jsilver — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:02:00 -0700

On late Friday afternoon, Chairman Kevin Martin announced the last
so-called public hearing on media ownership for just one week from
today — next Friday in Seattle.

Teaching Media Analysis

farrarsj — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:12:00 -0700

As a teacher for high school media analysis, I work every day to help my students see how necessary it is for them to understand the role of the FCC and how their own action is necessary. Getting these young people to see beyond their narrow field of vision is a challenge.

Sen. Kerry is on the Right Track

ljw54 — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:13:00 -0700

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.