FOR RELEASE: March 21, 2025 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8030 Vienna, Va., March 21, 2025 – The Media Institute filed reply comments today with the Federal Communications Commission reaffirming the First Amendment right of broadcasters to employ editorial discretion in their reporting and editing operations. The comments came in response to a complaint [...]
Filed reply comments with the Federal Communications Commission reaffirming the First Amendment right of broadcasters to employ editorial discretion in their reporting and editing operations. The comments came in response to a complaint filed with the FCC alleging that CBS Broadcasting Inc. had engaged in “news distortion” in its editing of an interview with [...]
By Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 3-14-25 President Trump railed against the media on March 14, suggesting some of the actions of the press be deemed illegal and should be investigated. In a speech at the Department of Justice (DOJ), during which Trump railed against people and entities that he claims have targeted him, he said [...]
By Cameron Coats, RadioInk.com, 3-12-25 The FCC has opened a public comment period as part of a broad effort aimed at identifying and eliminating what it describes as unnecessary or outdated regulations within the communications industry. The initiative aligns with a series of executive orders issued by President Trump, directing administrative agencies to reassess [...]
By Sara Fischer, Axios.com, 3-6-25 CBS on March 6 filed two motions to dismiss an amended complaint to the lawsuit filed against it by President Trump before he took office last October. The original lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas, alleges CBS engaged in “voter interference” in its [...]
Legacy Includes Free Speech Week, Emphasis on Emerging Technologies FOR RELEASE: March 6, 2025 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8030 Vienna, Va., March 6, 2025 – Patrick D. Maines, who headed The Media Institute during an era of transformative changes in technology, corporate restructuring, and competition within the media world, and who remained true [...]
By Max Tani, Semafor.com, 3-6-25 Democrats are trying to rein in the Federal Communications Commission following a spate of regulatory actions against broadcasters that President Donald Trump doesn’t like. On March 4, Democratic Sens. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, Jacky Rosen of Nevada, and Ed Markey of Massachusetts announced they are introducing the [...]
By Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 2-22-25 The Associated Press claimed in a Feb. 21 lawsuit that the Trump administration broke the law by banning AP journalists from White House events after it refused to adopt President Donald Trump’s renaming of the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America.” Trump signed an executive order on [...]
By Andrew DeMillo, apnews.com, 2-19-25 A Mississippi judge ordered a newspaper to remove an editorial criticizing the mayor and city leaders after the officials sued, sparking complaints from press advocates that it violates the First Amendment. Chancery Judge Crystal Wise Martin issued the restraining order against the Clarksdale Press Register on Feb. 19 in connection [...]
By Jeremy Barr, washingtonpost.com, 2-13-25 NBCUniversal and its parent company, Comcast, were the latest media companies to receive word of an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission. In a letter sent to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts on Feb. 12, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr wrote that the FCC’s enforcement bureau will probe whether the company was [...]