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Broadcasting & Cable: Tegna Deal Critics Say FCC Needs More Data
"Congress and the Biden Administration extended billions of dollars in taxpayer money last year to ensure the survival of local journalism during the COVID-19 pandemic," the motion says, adding: "Contrast that with the proposed...
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Common Cause Requests More Information on Purchase of Tegna by Standard General and Apollo Global Management
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Reuters: U.S. groups urge social media companies to fight ‘Big Lie,” election disinformation
“Candidates are using the Big Lie as a platform plank to pre-emptively declare voter fraud in order to dispute the results of the 2022 election,” they wrote. “This is damaging American democracy by undermining faith in the integrity of our elections.”
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Daily Beast: This Dem May Hate Facebook, but Her Stock Portfolio Doesn’t
“Disclosure of Members’ financial holdings is a way for their constituents to evaluate potential conflicts of interest and hold their elected leaders accountable to the public interest. That’s what the transparency concerning Rep. Luria’s financial holdings in Facebook affords the public in this example,” Spaulding said. He added that proposed...
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More Than 120 Civil Rights & Democracy Groups Call on Social Media Giants to Take Significant Actions to Combat Election Disinformation Ahead of Midterm Elections
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Orange County Register (Op-Ed): End California’s Corridors of Corruption
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Racial Profiling, Police Abuse of Power Unacceptable in Georgia, Delaware, or Any State
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Politico: The town that will decide New York redistricting for the next decade
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Times Union/Tribune News Service: Push continues to restrict Cuomo from spending prior campaign money
"This is one instance, unfortunately among many, and it's time to deal with this gap of law," Common Cause NY Executive Director Susan Lerner said Tuesday at the Capitol.
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Broadcasting & Cable: Gigi Sohn Fans: Broadband Bandwagon Is Missing Key Driver
“[N]one of the White House’s initiatives around halting ongoing consolidation in the broadband sector, restoring a free and open internet, and ensuring marginalized communities have equitable access to communications services can be fully achieved if the FCC remains deadlocked,” he said in a statement following the event. “Congress must take action now...
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White House Broadband Affordability Event Signals Need for Vote on Gigi Sohn FCC Confirmation
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Bloomberg Government: New York’s Redistricting Master Holds Key to Congressional Power