On Thursday, the National Hispanic Media Coalition co-hosted a day of action in Washington, D.C., bringing a delegation of 13 racial justice and civil rights leaders from across the country to meet with state representatives and tell their personal stories about why an open Internet is critical for communities of color.
While Victor Pickard's America's Battle for Media Democracy focuses on the defining media policy debates of the 1940s, the key issues at stake — the corporate interest vs. the public interest chief among them — are very much at work today.
While we’re all celebrating FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s announcement that he plans to reclassify broadband providers to save Net Neutrality, some of Congress’ biggest recipients of cable cash are gearing up to get in the way.
"Super-predator." "Crack baby." "Welfare Queen."
It was 1987, and my 13-year-old interaction with mainstream news and entertainment media was a martial one.
On Tuesday, 30 members of Congress signed a letter put forward by Representatives Maxine Waters and Keith Ellison, urging the Federal Communications Commission to guarantee Net Neutrality by reclassifying broadband under Title II of the Communications Act.
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has confirmed that he will base new Net Neutrality rules on Title II of the Communications Act. He described those rules as "the strongest open Internet protections ever proposed by the FCC."
