Art Brodsky, Public Knowledge. September 21, 2009. It looks like the battle for net neutrality is finally gaining some momentum. This will be the biggest telecom fight in more than a decade.
Megan Tady, AlterNet. July 20, 2009. "I want an Internet that gives everyone an opportunity to create their own content, and go wherever they choose on the Web."
Jan Frel, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. January 23, 2009. Obama picks outspoken Bush critic and public-interest advocate Michael Copps to run the Federal Communications Commission.
mcjoan, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. January 13, 2009. The news is out that Obama intends to nominate his technology adviser, Julius Genachowski to head the FCC.
Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report. August 28, 2008. The FCC hopes the public won't notice its generous gift to corporate broadcasters: thousands of new channels on publicly owned spectrum.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. August 8, 2008. Another day, another alarmist report by the PTC decrying immorality on television.
Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. June 26, 2008. Carlin gave voice to dissident perspectives that have been almost entirely blocked from mainstream media.
Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. June 20, 2008. The notion that the days of right-wing dominance of the airwaves may well be numbered is rapidly becoming a reality.
Josh Silver, Huffington Post. May 16, 2008. Thursday's Senate vote is good news for everyone who is fed up with a media system, that, in the words of Jon Stewart, is "hurting America."
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. March 10, 2008. Why did "60 Minutes'" expose of how Karl Rove destroyed Don Siegelman's career not appear in its entirety on local Alabama stations?
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. March 1, 2008. In 2000, Bush sharply criticized McCain for his unethical behavior. Now, Bush is blaming newspapers for highlighting McCain's lapses to the public.
Cliff Schecter, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. December 27, 2007. If this doesn't make you want to fight the consolidation of our media in the hands of a few ultra-wealthy elites, I don't know what will.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. December 16, 2007. The FCC is poised to relax the rules barring publishing conglomerates from buying up local papers and television station this month.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. November 19, 2007. The FCC chairman gets chewed out by American citizens for trying to push through lifting the ban on local media market consolidation.
Michelle Chen, In These Times. August 30, 2007. The chances that Congress will allow the expansion of low power FM broadcast radio stations to exist in big radio markets offers a huge opportunity for citizens to communicate outside of the corporate airwaves.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. May 30, 2007. Matt Stoller: John Edwards becomes the first candidate to weigh in on what should happen when a huge slice of the public airwaves goes up for auction.
