The Dissenter
FCC Gives Sinclair Broadcast Group A Gift By Eliminating Key Media Ownership Rule
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) eliminated a rule that has existed for four decades, which prohibited corporations from owning newspapers and broadcast stations in the same market. The move will pave the way for further media consolidation and directly benefit companies like Sinclair Broadcast Group. Craig Aaron, the president of
Chicago’s Attack On The Homeless: After Tent City Evictions, People Are In Hiding
As temperatures drop, Chicago officials remain committed to ensuring homeless people are unable to erect “Tent Cities” in the Uptown area.
Protest Song Of The Week: ‘What We’re Up Against’ By Worriers
Lauren Denitzio has long been a master of lived-in, personal-political songwriting. With Worriers, Denitzio creates melodic punk songs that weave stories and lessons out of hard-fought feminist wisdom. The stories are sometimes told through wordy, double-time sweet-sung verse, sometimes with a gruff deadpan that sounds weary but never cynical. Worriers
CIA Narrative On WikiLeaks Dominates Coverage Of Trump Jr. Correspondence
The US media response to a report on correspondence between WikiLeaks and Donald Trump Jr. wholly adopted the CIA’s narrative.