FCC Travels on Industry’s Dime FCC Travels on Industry’s Dime
With the June 2 vote by the Federal Communications Commission on a series of rule changes that would dramatically reshape the nation's media landscape rapidly approaching, it is a...
May 22, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
FCC: Public Be Damned FCC: Public Be Damned
John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney are founders of the media-reform network Free Press, one of the groups named in this article.
May 15, 2003 / Editorial / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
Homeland Security Tracks Democrats Homeland Security Tracks Democrats
The Department of Homeland Security's Air and Marine Interdiction Division (AMID) says its mission is to "Protect the Nation's borders and the American people from the smuggling o...
May 14, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
I Want My BBC I Want My BBC
LONDON - Frustrated by the failure of US-based broadcast networks to provide a realistic account of the political machinations that led to the Iraq war, millions of Americans tune...
May 8, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Blair Misses War Bounce Blair Misses War Bounce
GLASGOW -- The red shirts worn by activists with the Scottish Socialist Party featured the phrase "Axis of Evil," a reference to President Bush's identification of nations that we...
May 6, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Musicians Against Media Monopoly Musicians Against Media Monopoly
Don't go looking for the compact discs of country singer Toby Keith and jazz player Ellis Marsalis, Jr., in the same section of a music megastore. Don't expect to find a concert v...
May 4, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Secretary of Enron Exits Secretary of Enron Exits
Army Secretary Thomas White, the Enron executive who parlayed his skills at running private companies into bankruptcy into an important-sounding position in the Bush Administratio...
Apr 28, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Bigotry, Lies and the GOP Bigotry, Lies and the GOP
Rick Santorum is a bigot. And, like others bigots before him, he seeks to promote his views be claiming the American people face "threats" that do not exist. Santorum, the Penns...
Apr 24, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
The Boss Defends Dissenters The Boss Defends Dissenters
"America has entered one of its periods of historical madness," argues author John Le Carré, who suggests that the current drive by conservatives in Congress and their media alli...
Apr 23, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Topple the War Profiteers Topple the War Profiteers
In 1917, at the height of World War I, Wisconsin Sen. Robert M. La Follette caused quite a stir when he suggested that one of the best ways to support the US troops fighting in Eu...
Apr 20, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols