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McChesney co-founded the advocacy group Free Press and wrote nearly three dozen books on media, democracy and digital rights.

McChesney’s books and radio broadcasts denounced corporate domination of mass media.

The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media-reform movement that lives on.

The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media-reform movement that lives on.

The eminent media scholar and co-founder of Free Press was a brilliant scholar whose ideas and insights revealed how media structures and policies shape our broader politics. 

“Carr’s crusade against so-called DEI programs is a blatant attempt to legitimize discrimination,” said Free Press Co-CEO Craig Aaron.

Free Press called Carr’s merger threats over DEI policies a “new low.”

His budget would zero out funding for the nonprofit New Jersey Civic Information Consortium.

Carr’s crusade against so-called DEI programs is a blatant attempt to legitimize discrimination.

FCC Chairman Carr has attacked the media, threatening their businesses and attempting to bully them into more favorable coverage of Trump.