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Media & Democracy 02.12.2018

Common Cause Welcomes Yosef Getachew as Director of Media & Democracy Program

Common Cause is pleased to announce that Yosef Getachew has joined Common Cause as the Director of the Media and Democracy Program. Getachew will work hand-in-glove with former FCC Commissioner & Common Cause Special Advisor Michael Copps and lead campaigns to engage the public and policy makers on key initiatives including promoting an open internet, fostering competition in the media marketplace, and ensuring broadband access for all Americans.

Media & Democracy 12.14.2017

FCC Vote to Scuttle Net Neutrality Ignores the Public and the Public Interest

Donald Trump's Chairman, Ajit Pai, has recklessly ignored the tens of millions of Americans who know that affordable access to the Open Internet is essential to life in the 21st century. Today's vote is a body blow for self-expression and self-governance. And the tainted process of ignoring tens of thousands of consumer net neutrality complaints makes the FCC action illegitimate.

Media & Democracy 12.13.2017

FCC Vote Tomorrow Will Weigh the Public Interest Against Corporate Interests

This may well be the last gasp of the open internet, as big telecom’s majority as the FCC decrees instead the Gate-keeper’s Internet—a shadowy world of monopoly, commercialism, and conspiracy in restraint of democracy that totally subverts the promise of what might have been.

Media & Democracy 11.21.2017

FCC Scuttling of Net Neutrality is Another Handout to Big Business at Expense of Consumers

The reckless wrecking ball strikes again. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s scorched-earth plan for net neutrality displays callous disregard for both process and substance. The Chairman’s plan to do away with net neutrality will be a disaster for consumers and yet another handout for big business.

Media & Democracy 07.12.2017

Net Neutrality Day of Action: Statement of Michael Copps former FCC Commissioner & Common Cause Special Advisor

The Trump Administration's fake net neutrality scheme is a ridiculous illustration of the price we pay for the outrageous influence of money in politics.

Media & Democracy 06.14.2017

FCC Nominee Jessica Rosenworcel Should be Confirmed with Dispatch

Few people have ever walked through the doors of the Federal Communications Commission with as much knowledge, experience, and good judgement as Jessica Rosenworcel. I know from personal experience that she is among the most capable ever to hold the title of Commissioner, and her return to the Commission could not come at a more propitious time. With the Open Internet, media localism, and diversity all under threat, the public interest has never needed a public interest servant of her caliber so acutely. I urge Congress to confirm her with dispatch.

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