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FCC Chairman Carr’s decision to reopen a baseless complaint against CBS for news distortion is just one of many ways he’s abusing his power to target press freedom.

McChesney warned decades ago that corporate consolidation of the press was putting too much power in the hands of wealthy interests, and was an early critic of Big Tech.

McChesney’s North Star was always a better society served by truly democratic media.

Robert McChesney understood very well that the media hugely affects how people came to view the world, and it matters hugely who controls it.

McChesney co-founded the advocacy group Free Press and wrote nearly three dozen books on media, democracy and digital rights.

McChesney’s books and radio broadcasts denounced corporate domination of mass media.

The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media-reform movement that lives on.

The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media-reform movement that lives on.

The eminent media scholar and co-founder of Free Press was a brilliant scholar whose ideas and insights revealed how media structures and policies shape our broader politics. 

“Carr’s crusade against so-called DEI programs is a blatant attempt to legitimize discrimination,” said Free Press Co-CEO Craig Aaron.