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Timothy Karr

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As the Campaign Director for Free Press and SavetheInternet.com, Karr oversees campaigns on public broadcasting and noncommercial media, fake news and propaganda, journalism in crisis, and the future of the Internet. Before joining Free Press, Tim served as executive director of MediaChannel.org and vice president of the Globalvision News Network. He has also worked extensively as an editor, reporter and photojournalist for the Associated Press, Time Inc., New York Times and Australia Consolidated Press. Karr critiques, analyzes and reports on media and media policy in his popular blog, MediaCitizen.
 
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About Me:
As the Campaign Director for Free Press and SavetheInternet.com, Karr oversees campaigns on public broadcasting and noncommercial media, fake news and propaganda, journalism in crisis, and the future of the Internet. Before joining Free Press, Tim served as executive director of MediaChannel.org and vice president of the Globalvision News Network. He has also worked extensively as an editor, reporter and photojournalist for the Associated Press, Time Inc., New York Times and Australia Consolidated Press. Karr critiques, analyzes and reports on media and media policy in his popular blog, MediaCitizen.

Sen. Al Franken: We Have a Free Speech Problem

By: Friday August 20, 2010 3:00 pm

Sen. Al Franken (D.-Minn.) warned a packed house Thursday night in Minneapolis that the corporate takeover of our media, and the government’s failure to stop it, is one of the most important issues of our time.

Franken said our media system is at risk everywhere we turn — from our free speech online to the growing power of companies who own a massive number of media outlets.

Sen. Franken to the Netroots: Only You Can Stop the Corporate Takeover of Free Speech

By: Monday July 26, 2010 11:00 am

Over the weekend, Sen. Al Franken made the corporate takeover of our media, and the government’s acquiescence to these corporations, frighteningly clear. Our media system is at risk everywhere we turn — from our free speech online to the growing power of companies who own a massive number of media outlets.

The Big Industry Lie: Regulation = Job Loss

By: Wednesday July 21, 2010 9:45 am
(Promoted by somethingthedogsaid - Anytime we can push back on this myth is good! )

A new study about Internet regulation and job losses is part of a desperate strategy to spread fear and obscure the facts about Nat Neutrality, and pave the way for carrier control over online content.

Four Easy Steps to Telco Control of the Internet

By: Thursday July 1, 2010 12:50 pm

Media giants are spending a fortune to convince lawmakers and regulators to dismantle consumer protections on the Internet and give industry absolute power over the most important communications medium of our time.

Will Dirty Politics Kill the Internet?

By: Wednesday May 26, 2010 11:42 am

Big phone and cable companies are so determined to dismantle Net Neutrality that they’ve spent millions to flip Congress against you. Earlier this week, many in Congress delivered.

Comcast: Too Crappy to Fail?

By: Thursday May 20, 2010 1:00 pm

As Comcast shareholders convene an annual meeting to weigh the company’s proposed merger with NBC, customers have a chance to speak out about the crapiness that is Comcast.

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