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Comcast / NBC’s Big Diversity Problem
NBC and Comcast execs revealed their major diversity problems during a Feb. 25 House investigation on Comcast’s proposed takeover of NBC. Just another reason to oppose this merger. www.freepress.net/comcast
Read more →Jackson PUSHES Comcast For 10% Minority Basic Set-Aside
Jackson PUSHES Comcast For 10% Minority Basic Set-Aside
Rainbow Coalition Also Wants Comcast/NBCU To Spend 25% Of Ad Budgets On Minority-Owned Firms
John Eggerton — Multichannel News, 7/8/2010 1:17:09 PM
NCAAOM Files Petition with FCC to Block NBCU-Comcast Merger
NCAAOM Files Petition with FCC to Block NBCU-Comcast Merger, Read Filing
Read more →NCAAOM CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF COMCAST
The time has come for Comcast to understand that African Americans are no longer interested in living on the Comcast plantation. June 7, 2010, Los Angeles —The National Coalition of African American Owned Media (NCAAOM) further denounced Comcast for its non-existent carriage of 100% African American owned channels on its nationwide platforms (approximately 24 million [...]
Read more →Congressional panel examines how Comcast-NBC merger would affect diversity
June 7, 2010 | Brian Watt | KPCC A Congressional panel heard comments today in L.A. about the effect a proposed merger between Comcast and NBC Universal might have upon media diversity — on screen, among writers and producers, and in the board rooms. Los Angeles Congresswoman Maxine Waters serves on the U.S. House Judiciary and [...]
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Freepress- Why the Spying Scandal Is a Serious Racial Justice Issue June 19, 2013Why the Spying Scandal Is a Serious Racial Justice IssueImara JonesJune 19, 2013 Given the massive investment in national security after 9/11, recent news that the federal government is spying on hundreds of millions of people in the United States and around the world may not have come as a surprise. But an uncomfortable reality of the once-secret scheme is […]akroin
- Investigate the NSA June 18, 2013Investigate the NSAJosh LevyJune 18, 2013 Mass surveillance and democracy are like oil and water: They just don’t mix. Millions agree. And already close to 220,000 people have joined the movement at StopWatching.Us to urge Congress to investigate the National Security Agency’s spying programs. […]akroin
- Coalition of More Than 80 Organizations and Internet Companies Calls on Congress to End NSA Spying June 11, 2013Coalition of More Than 80 Organizations and Internet Companies Calls on Congress to End NSA SpyingJune 11, 2013 On Tuesday, the Free Press Action Fund and more than 80 organizations and Internet companies sent a letter demanding that Congress halt and investigate the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs. The signers include the American Civil Lib […]akroin
- Free Press Decries Spying Program June 6, 2013Free Press Decries Spying ProgramJune 6, 2013 WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has obtained a top secret court order requiring Verizon to turn over records of all calls the company’s customers make. The National Security Agency is collecting information on the numbers that Verizon customers call and on the duration of each call. […]akroin
- 62 Civil Liberties, Press Freedom and Public Interest Groups Demand Answers on Targeting of Journalists May 24, 201362 Civil Liberties, Press Freedom and Public Interest Groups Demand Answers on Targeting of JournalistsMay 24, 2013 WASHINGTON -- On Friday, Free Press and more than 60 civil liberties, digital rights, press freedom and public interest groups sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding a full, transparent account of the Justice Department’s targe […]jettinger