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NEW YORK — Industry, advocacy, academic and financial leaders will host a press conference tomorrow at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York City to announce InternetforEveryone.org — a groundbreaking initiative to make access to a fast, open and affordable Internet a basic right for all Americans.

Consumers are having their Web browsing intercepted and Web sites are having their computer code altered by NebuAd, a company that provides targeted advertising for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), according to a technical investigation by Free Press and Public Knowledge.

WASHINGTON — In legal memoranda filed with the Federal Communications Commission last night, Free Press presented definitive legal support for the federal agency’s authority to protect consumers’ right to an open Internet.

WASHINGTON — Today, the Federal Communications Commission reported to Congress that broadband is being deployed to “all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion.” The report’s conclusions stand in stark contrast to those of numerous recent studies that characterize the U.S. broadband market as a duopoly lacking meaningful competition.

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission published a “Report and Order” that makes sweeping changes to the way it collects data concerning the deployment and adoption of broadband technologies.

WASHINGTON — On Monday, Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) introduced S. 3099, a bill that prohibits the Defense Department from using government funds to spread propaganda.

On Monday, Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) introduced S. 3099, a bill that prohibits the Defense Department from using government funds to spread propaganda.

Thank you. And thank you Free Press for showing America what an Honest-to-God grassroots citizens’ conference looks like. You guys are democracy at its best!

MINNEAPOLIS — On Saturday, former CBS News anchor Dan Rather gave a blistering critique of corporate news at the National Conference for Media Reform hosted by Free Press — the national, nonpartisan media reform group.

Last night, Dan Rather validated all of our deepest concerns and worst fears about how corporate media has abandoned its sense of responsibility. To make a buck, they are transforming real journalism into infotainment.