Big Media, Little Media Big Media, Little Media
The nation's largest media corporations are now poised to gain dramatically greater control over what Americans watch, listen to and read. A February 19 decision by the US Court ...
Feb 28, 2002 / Editorial / The Editors
Two Cheers for Our Side Two Cheers for Our Side
One of the pitfalls of publishing a weekly journal of critical opinion at a moment when the political culture has drifted to the right is that there is so much of which to be cri...
Feb 28, 2002 / Editorial / The Editors
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
Big Media, Bad News Big Media, Bad News
Media consolidation is creeping in slowly while the public’s attention is elsewhere—is it too late to fight back?
Dec 20, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
The Wages of Synergy The Wages of Synergy
Synergy—it's all well and good. But media consolidation's dark side often raises its head.
Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Janine Jaquet
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
What’s Wrong With This Picture? What’s Wrong With This Picture?
The rise of the media cartel has been a long time coming. The cultural effects are not new in kind, but the problem has become considerably larger.
Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Mark Crispin Miller
Posting Ideas Posting Ideas
To keep the press free, Ben Franklin made sure that periodicals once got preferential treatment from the USPS. It's time to revisit that idea again.
Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Victor Navasky
Take This Media…Please! Take This Media…Please!
Cultural critics and producers sound off on Big Media.
Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Various Contributors
A Teflon Correspondent A Teflon Correspondent
John Stossel has high Q-ratings, so he doesn't have to worry about the rules.
Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Mark Dowie