Press Releases

Washington -- After learning that the Sinclair Broadcast Corporation has ordered its eight ABC affiliates to pull the Friday, April 30th episode of Nightline - which will air the names and photos of U.S. military personnel who have given their lives in Iraq - Free Press, a national media reform organization, has released a letter sent to David Smith, Chairman of the Sinclair Corporation.

Washington, DC – As top officials from the Federal Communications Commission prepared to meet with the nation’s broadcasters in Las Vegas, a coalition of media activists, grassroots groups and public interest groups urged the FCC to provide clearly defined public interest obligations for licensees of the publicly owned airwaves.

Washington, DC -- Free Press, a national nonpartisan public interest group focused on media reform, today called on citizens to make their voices heard on behalf of diversity and localism in broadcasting at a public hearing held by the Federal Communications Commission in Rapid City. The FCC announced this week that the hearing is set for May 26.

Washington, DC &#8212; As both House and Senate committees held hearings on indecency in broadcast programming, Free Press founder Robert McChesney said today that the public outcry over the controversial Super Bowl half-time show is fresh reason for Congress to consider the consequences of the Federal Communications Commission's decision last June to dramatically relax media ownership limits.<BR>

Washington – Free Press released a 'Citizen's Issue Brief' today illustrating how commercial television stations are routinely shirking broadcast obligations for children's education. The public interest group is

Washington, DC – The CBS network decided last week to prevent MoveOn.org from buying time during the Super Bowl to air an advertisement that criticizes the Bush administration’s run-up of the federal deficit.

Washington, DC – Free Press, a citizens group focused on media policy, criticized the FCC’s 3-2 vote today to approve NewsCorp’s takeover of the DirecTV satellite service.

Washington, DC - Free Press, a national nonpartisan public interest group focused on media reform, today called on citizens to make their voices heard on behalf of diversity and localism in broadcasting at a public hearing held by the Federal Communications Commission in San Antonio.

MIAMI, Nov.

Madison, WI - In the wake of widespread public concern about media concentration, more than 1,300 activists, lawmakers and leaders of consumer, civil rights and labor groups from around the country began meeting here today at the National Conference on Media Reform to discuss ways to promote communications policies that better represent the public interest.<BR><BR>The conference, held at the Unive