Wired Less: Disconnected in Urban America |
For many Americans living in urban areas, high-speed Internet access remains elusive....
To learn more about the urban digital divide, visit http://www.internetforeveryone.org/americaoffl...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:26:00 GMT |
Petition Drive for Media Reform |
What do a small-business owner and mother, a 61-year-old gay rights activist, an illustrator, and a retired Air Force officer have in common? They all want to stop media consolidation in their communi...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:09:00 GMT |
A Major Milestone in the Fight for Internet Rights |
It's official. The Federal Communications Commission published its order today lowering the hammer on Comcast for derailing Internet users' Web access and then pretending that the cable giant was doin...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:19:00 GMT |
Bipartisan FCC Majority Condemns Comcast’s Illegal Blocking |
WASHINGTON -- Today, the Federal Communications Commission published an enforcement order punishing Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, for blocking Internet users' access to legal online con...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:07:00 GMT |
International News Nowhere to Be Found |
When supermodel and "celeb du jour" Anna Nicole Smith died, every news network pounced. Not only did coverage of her death become the leading U.S. news story for days, it also eclipsed news coverage o...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:47:00 GMT |
The Great Firewall of China |
The Beijing Olympics are underway with the spotlight on China. Unfortunately, our TV announcers are so awed by the grandeur of the spectacle that they are overlooking the country's authoritarian regim...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:02:00 GMT |
The Promise of Municipal Broadband |
When Mayor John Street announced plans to make Philadelphia the nation's first major "wireless city" back in the fall of 2004, the press couldn't get enough. "Forget cheese steaks, cream cheese, and b...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:49:00 GMT |
Journalists Must Speak Up |
One of the highlights of the fourth annual UNITY: Journalists of Color convention last month in Chicago should have been the appearance of Sen. Barack Obama at perhaps the largest gathering of journal...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:01:00 GMT |
CNN Goes Local |
You know that age-old adage, "no news is good news." Well in the case of CNN, I will have to disagree. Instead I would say one journalist is better than no journalists, making the new adage, "One jour...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:26:00 GMT |
McDowell Worries About Censorship While Supporting It |
Federal Communications Commissioner Robert McDowell increasingly sounds like a man stranded on a desert island, willing to say anything to get a ride back to shore.
Yesterday, Commissioner McDowell st...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:24:00 GMT |
