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'''Free Press''' is a leftwing United States [[advocacy group]]. It gives the following [[mission statement]]: "We fight to save the free and open Internet, curb runaway [[media consolidation]], protect [[press freedom]], and ensure diverse voices are represented in our media."<ref>[http://www.freepress.net/about What We Do], Free Press (accessed July 9, 2016).</ref> The group is a major supporter of [[net neutrality]].<ref name="post">{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/27/AR2008032703618.html| title = Net Neutrality's Quiet Crusader: Free Press's Ben Scott Faces Down Titans, Regulators in Battle Over Internet Control| last = Kang| first = Cecilia| date = 28 March 2008| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]| accessdate = 24 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Boliek|first1=Brooks|title=Tom Wheeler tweaks net neutrality plan after Google push|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/fcc-chairman-tom-wheeler-net-neutrality-plan-google-115502.html|accessdate=2 March 2015|publisher=Politico|date=February 25, 2015}}</ref> |
'''Free Press''' is a leftwing United States [[advocacy group]]<ref name"MediaBiasFactCheck">[https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/free-press/], (accessed November 25, 2017).</ref>. It gives the following [[mission statement]]: "We fight to save the free and open Internet, curb runaway [[media consolidation]], protect [[press freedom]], and ensure diverse voices are represented in our media."<ref>[http://www.freepress.net/about What We Do], Free Press (accessed July 9, 2016).</ref> The group is a major supporter of [[net neutrality]].<ref name="post">{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/27/AR2008032703618.html| title = Net Neutrality's Quiet Crusader: Free Press's Ben Scott Faces Down Titans, Regulators in Battle Over Internet Control| last = Kang| first = Cecilia| date = 28 March 2008| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]| accessdate = 24 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Boliek|first1=Brooks|title=Tom Wheeler tweaks net neutrality plan after Google push|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/fcc-chairman-tom-wheeler-net-neutrality-plan-google-115502.html|accessdate=2 March 2015|publisher=Politico|date=February 25, 2015}}</ref> |
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==History, organization, and activities== |
==History, organization, and activities== |
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| Formation | 2003[1] |
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| Type | Advocacy |
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| Fields | Public policy |
Key people | Robert W. McChesney, John Nichols, Josh Silver Craig Aaron |
Employees | Approx. 25[2] |
| Website | www |
Free Press is a leftwing United States advocacy group[3]. It gives the following mission statement: "We fight to save the free and open Internet, curb runaway media consolidation, protect press freedom, and ensure diverse voices are represented in our media."[4] The group is a major supporter of net neutrality.[1][5]
History, organization, and activities
Free Press is a 501(c)(3) organization.[2] The Free Press Action Fund is a 501(c)(4) organization[6] and is the group's advocacy arm.[7]
Free Press was co-founded in 2003 by Robert W. McChesney, John Nichols, and Josh Silver.
Free Press leads the Save the Internet coalition.[8]
Free Press has offices in Washington, D.C., and Florence, Massachusetts, and a staff of 25.[2]
Leadership
The board of directors includes Craig Aaron, Michael Copps, Olga Davidson, Kim Gandy, Robert McChesney, John Nichols, Liza Pike, Ben Scott, and Josh Silver.[9]
In 2008, Tim Wu of Columbia Law School was elected chair of the Free Press board.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b Kang, Cecilia (28 March 2008). "Net Neutrality's Quiet Crusader: Free Press's Ben Scott Faces Down Titans, Regulators in Battle Over Internet Control". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ a b c Free Press, Guidestar (accessed June 9, 2016).
- ^ [1], (accessed November 25, 2017).
- ^ What We Do, Free Press (accessed July 9, 2016).
- ^ Boliek, Brooks (February 25, 2015). "Tom Wheeler tweaks net neutrality plan after Google push". Politico. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ Free Press Action Fund, Guidestar (accessed June 9, 2016).
- ^ a b Tim Wu Elected Board Chair at Free Press, Columbia Law School (April 2008).
- ^ Adi Robertson, Who's fighting to save the internet now?: Net neutrality supporters gear up to take on the FCC, The Verge]] (May 5, 2014).
- ^ "Board of Directors". Free Press.