Free Press, a left-leaning group that advocates media “diversity” and “quality journalism” has sent an open letter to President Obama begging him not to be bullied by Glenn Beck. The group, no fan of conservative talk on a good day, was apparently driven to such histrionics by anger over Beck’s role in whipping up opposition [...]
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Brian Jennings, the Paul Revere of the fight against government contol of talk radio, dropped Talk Frontier a note reinforcing our concern about the growing influence of the media “reform” group Free Press: “[Free Press is] not to be trusted. In the book (“Censorship: The Threat to Silence Talk Radio,” ) I transcribed a lengthy interview their Communications Director, [...]
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The Federal Communications Commission is studying the state of broadcast journalism with an eye towards possible policy changes to “improve” the quality of news content. Given the influence of the media “reform” group Free Press at the highest level of the Commission, the report could have a dramatic impact on talk radio. According to press [...]
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In yet another sign of the challenge commercial broadcasters now face in Washington, new FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has chosen a well-known media activist to serve as his press secretary. Jen Lewis comes to Genachowski’s staff from Free Press, an advocacy group that opposes “Big Media” and would like to see government “intervention” ($) to save newspapers and boost [...]
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