Fight for a Free Press 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.
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Robert W. McChesney
Bush’s War on the Press 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...
Nov 17, 2005 / Editorial / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
Congress Tunes In Congress Tunes In
Chastened by voter response to their earlier errors, many legislators push reform.
May 5, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols, Robert W. McChesney, and Ben Scott
FCC: It Could Get Worse 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 Administratio...
Feb 3, 2005 / Editorial / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
Up in Flames Up in Flames
The public revolts against monopoly media.
Oct 30, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
Standing Up to the FCC 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 ...
Jun 5, 2003 / Editorial / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
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
Media Democracy’s Moment Media Democracy’s Moment
Suddenly, there are serious discussions about the danger of monopoly power.
Feb 6, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
A Stealth Attack on Freedom of the Press 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 ...
Feb 21, 2002 / Feature / Robert W. McChesney and Mark Crispin Miller
The Making of a Movement The Making of a Movement
Getting serious about media reform: at a standstill now, the media reform movement's time has come.
Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney