Free Press Policy Counsel Chris Riley talks about the new paper he wrote with Robb Topolski of the New America Foundation, Hidden Harms of Application Bias. Riley discusses how prioritization can undermine the overall health of the Internet.

A new paper shows how prioritizing Internet traffic works against Internet users and undermines the overall health of the Internet. Lou Dobbs resigns as CNN anchor. And two broadband stimulus windows become one, leaving applicants with only one more chance to apply for funding.

Free Press debunks old myths about Net Neutrality. And the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy released a groundbreaking report on the future of media.

The future of an open Internet got a whole lot brighter this week. On Monday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski delivered a landmark speech in which he called for new rules to protect Net Neutrality, the long-standing principle that bars Internet service providers from blocking or slowing any lawful content on the Web.

Summer 2009 has been the season of Astroturf. And the best way to combat it is to expose these phony grassroots organizations at every turn. August is typically quiet in Washington, D.C., but statistics have been loud and clear in illustrating the impact of government media policy on communities across America.

The Internet Freedom Preservation Act, just introduced in Congress, will prevent Internet Service Providers from controlling access to online content, services and applications. And the Transmission Project is on a mission of its own: to amplify the power of public media and community technology.

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) told FCC nominees Mignon Clyburn and Meredith Attwell Baker that the FCC was broken, and he expects them to fix it. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) asked Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor about the Internet and the First Amendment. And the mainstream media's racist and sexist coverage of Sotomayor's nomination is making Mary Alice Crim of Free Press angry.

Media Minutes looks at five of the top stories of 2008: The FCC proceedings concerning Net Neutrality, the 700 MHz spectrum auction and white spaces; Pentagon propaganda; journalists’ arrests at the RNC; and grassroots media organizing for PEG and LPFM.

The FCC proposed new rules protecting Net Neutrality. But during the run-up to the vote, AT&T's chief lobbyist sent a letter to company employees asking them to weigh in against an open Internet. And a new bill in Congress could help beleaguered community TV stations across the country.

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has determined that Comcast violated the agency’s principles of open access on the Internet. And the cost of text messaging is rising again, despite the fact there have been no further costs to necessitate a price hike.