News

The fight for public media’s future is a fight for democracy and against authoritarianism.

On Wednesday, a coalition of media-justice groups and labor unions petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to deny the merger of Nexstar Media Inc. with TEGNA Inc.

The FCC is taking an ax to America’s broadband rules, even as some states are stepping up.

It’s clear that media mergers now pose a dire threat to U.S. press freedom.

The Trump administration has worked to undermine the First Amendment and suppress information that the president and his supporters don’t like.

Read the New York Times Op-Ed by Free Press’ Nora Benavidez, addressing President Trump’s year of relentless attacks against First Amendment freedoms. 

The Trump administration has backed policies that allow the industry to grow unfettered.

The action sharply escalated the Trump administration’s fight against European efforts to monitor content on major social-media platforms.

As a Free Press report notes, “The sheer volume of chilling attacks has helped ensure that even the most egregious assaults quickly fall out of the news cycle and public consciousness.”

Fonda and Free Press Co-CEO Jessica J. González spoke to The Washington Post about the Trump administration’s attacks on free expression.