Robert W. McChesney

Robert McChesney is Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois. He hosts the program Media Matters on WILL-AM every Sunday afternoon from 1-2pm central time. He and John Nichols, The Nation‘s Washington correspondent, are the founders of Free Press, the media reform network, and the authors of Tragedy and Farce: How the American Media Sell Wars, Spin Elections, and Destroy Democracy (New Press) and The Death and Life of American Journalism (Nation Books). He has written sixteen books and his work has been translated into fifteen languages.

Internet and New MediaJune 15, 2006

Fight for a Free Press

The collapse of journalism and the rise of commercialism is sparking a reform movement that will fight to ensure the First Amendment endures in the digital age.

Robert W. McChesney
Journalists and JournalismNovember 17, 2005

Bush’s War on the Press

Until the Bush Administration is held accountable by Congress for its propaganda, manipulation of the truth and assaults on journalism, freedom of the press will exist in name only.

John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
CongressMay 5, 2005

Congress Tunes In

Chastened by voter response to their earlier errors, many legislators push reform.

John Nichols , Robert W. McChesney and Ben Scott
MediaFebruary 3, 2005

FCC: It Could Get Worse

On the long list of resignations of Cabinet members, agency heads and political appointees that has accompanied the launch of the second Bush term, no member of the Administration’s team left und

John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
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MediaOctober 30, 2003

Up in Flames

The public revolts against monopoly media.

John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
ActivismJune 5, 2003

Standing Up to the FCC

Even as he condemned the 3-to-2 vote of the Federal Communications Commission to allow media conglomerates to dramatically increase their control over newspapers and radio and television statio

John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
MediaMay 15, 2003

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.

John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
MediaFebruary 6, 2003

Media Democracy’s Moment

Suddenly, there are serious discussions about the danger of monopoly power.

John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
MediaFebruary 21, 2002

A Stealth Attack on Freedom of the Press

The Federal Communications Commission is presently conducting an inquiry–a “rulemaking”–to determine whether to relax, or even to eliminate, the remaining few regulations that limit how many me

Robert W. McChesney and Mark Crispin Miller
MediaDecember 20, 2001

The Making of a Movement

Getting serious about media reform: at a standstill now, the media reform movement's time has come.

John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney

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Robert W. McChesney

Internet and New MediaJune 15, 2006

The collapse of journalism and the rise of commercialism is sparking a reform movement that will fight to ensure the First Amendment endures in the digital age.

Journalists and JournalismNovember 17, 2005

Until the Bush Administration is held accountable by Congress for its propaganda, manipulation of the truth and assaults on journalism, freedom of the press will exist in name only.

CongressMay 5, 2005

Chastened by voter response to their earlier errors, many legislators push reform.

MediaFebruary 3, 2005

On the long list of resignations of Cabinet members, agency heads and political appointees that has accompanied the launch of the second Bush term, no member of the Administration’s team left und

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

MediaOctober 30, 2003

The public revolts against monopoly media.

ActivismJune 5, 2003

Even as he condemned the 3-to-2 vote of the Federal Communications Commission to allow media conglomerates to dramatically increase their control over newspapers and radio and television statio

MediaMay 15, 2003

John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney are founders of the media-reform network Free Press, one of the groups named in this article.

MediaFebruary 6, 2003

Suddenly, there are serious discussions about the danger of monopoly power.

MediaFebruary 21, 2002

The Federal Communications Commission is presently conducting an inquiry–a “rulemaking”–to determine whether to relax, or even to eliminate, the remaining few regulations that limit how many me

MediaDecember 20, 2001

Getting serious about media reform: at a standstill now, the media reform movement's time has come.