Trouble in Big-Media Land
Media consolidation didn’t work.
For all of their lobbying efforts to consolidate 95% of our media experiences to a handful of companies, now look where we are. If it ended there–just with the failure of these companies that have been hell bent, for decades, on silencing smaller players–the situation would be merely abhorrent. [...]
Georgetown/UCLA/NHMC Sound Death Knell for Hate Broadcasting
Back in November, I wrote a post on hate speech in broadcasting and discussed some of the known examples of hate speech being broadcast on The O’Reilly Factor, on Fox News Network, and Clear Channel’s Savage Nation, which is syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks. Today, The National Hispanic Media Coalition held a press conference, along [...]
5 Reasons Why the Media Reform Effort is the Civil Rights Movement of Our Time
The original civil rights movement was initially greeted by the establishment with not very much interest at all. ”Separate but equal” was considered the status quo and many wondered why those who wanted to outlaw segregation couldn’t find anything better to do with their time. There are distinct parallels between that movement and the movement [...]
Widespread Enthusiasm For Presumptive FCC Chair
The Washington Post reported this morning on the widepread enthusiasm for the likely nominee for the Chairmanship of the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski. Genachowski was a Supreme Court Clerk, aid to Senator Chuck Schumer, Senior Counsel at the FCC under former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt, raised $500,000 for the Obama campaign, and he used [...]
What to Consider If You Are Thinking About Going to Law School
The New York Times suggested grad school last week as a viable way to improve your skills during a recession. Here are a few ideas on what you should think about in considering whether to go to law school.
Why work hard for good grades, when you could go to Harvard, Stanford, Yale, or NYU and [...]
