FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr offered insights on a wide range of issues that included the “new era of spectrum policy,” infrastructure buildout, who’s winning the global race for 5G, […]
President Joe Biden on Tuesday (Jan. 4) praised stakeholders – including FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel – for the agreement by AT&T and Verizon Communications to delay their rollout […]
Three former chiefs of the Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau – including two former top military officers – have expressed their strong endorsement […]
Republican congressional leaders have reached out to key Biden Administration agencies to make sure the billions of dollars in various broadband subsidy programs created by […]
Informed and thoughtful commentary on a variety of First Amendment and communications policy issues.
Fifteen Days in June: The Inside Story of the Pentagon Papers Case
By Stuart N. Brotman
Last month, Justice Charles D. Wood of the Westchester County Supreme Court issued a controversial order blocking The New York Times from publishing or seeking various […]
Invest in Better Digital Privacy Protection Along With Faster Broadband Speeds
By Stuart N. Brotman
Among the key provisions of the trillion-dollar Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (aka the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal) signed into law by President Joe Biden […]
The Censor’s Dilemma
By Guest Author Robert Corn-Revere, Esq.
Pity the plight of poor Anthony Comstock. The man H.L. Mencken described as “the Copernicus of a quite new art and science,” who literally […]
Keith Murphy of ViacomCBS Joins Media Institute Board
FOR RELEASE: December 17, 2021 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., December 17, 2021 – Keith R. Murphy, senior vice president for government relations and regulatory [...]
Robert Corn-Revere Traces Evolution of Censorship in America And the ‘Censor’s Dilemma’ Amid First Amendment Protections
‘The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder’ Offers Lessons for Today FOR RELEASE: November 4, 2021 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., [...]
Media Institute Congratulates Jessica Rosenworcel, Gigi Sohn on FCC Nominations
FOR RELEASE: October 26, 2021 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., October 26, 2021 – Media Institute President Richard T. Kaplar issued the following statement in [...]
The Institute participated with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and other media groups recently in the following friend-of-the-court briefs and letter.
Keith Murphy of ViacomCBS Joins Media Institute Board https://www.mediainstitute.org/2021/12/17/keith-murphy-of-viacomcbs-joins-media-institute-board/
From our blog, “Fifteen Days in June: The Inside Story of the Pentagon Papers Case” by @stuartnbrotman https://bit.ly/3DVmJo1
A big congratulations to @JRosenworcel, the first woman to permanently lead the @FCC!
Media Institute Celebrates 40th Anniversary
View this short video about the Institute – past, present, future.
2021 ‘FREE SPEECH AMERICA’ GALA
A VIRTUAL EVENT OCTOBER 20, 2021
The Institute’s “Free Speech America” Gala took place on October 20, 2021, in virtual format. We honored three distinguished awardees:
William E. Kennard
AT&T Board Chairman
American Horizon Award
Norah O’Donnell
“CBS Evening News” Anchor
Freedom of Speech Award
Senator Gordon Smith
President and CEO, NAB
Lifetime Achievement Award and Featured Speaker
A collection of timely articles and essays on current developments by members of The Media Institute’s First Amendment Advisory Council.