A Manifesto for Media Freedom

by Anderson, Brian C.

• ISBN13: 9781594032288
• ISBN10: 1594032289
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-01
• Publisher: Encounter Books

Summary

"Brian C. Anderson and Adam D. Thierer examine the crucial place of free political speech in our nation's history, from the feisty polemics of Revolutionary-era pamphlets to the explosion of new media in the twenty-first century. Today, freedom of political speech in America is facing sustained attacks unlike anything since the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798." "In clear, jargon-free prose, Anderson and Thierer debunk the principal arguments made in support of this counterrevolutionary effort, exposing the McCain-Feingold Act of 2002 and a growing movement to impose new "fairness" regulations on the Internet and talk radio as damaging to free speech - and democracy. A Manifesto for Media Freedom is both a wake-up call for all Americans who care about their most fundamental rights and a coherent strategy to guarantee an unfettered marketplace of ideas."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Adam D. Thierer is a senior fellow at the Progress Freedom Foundation (PFF) and director of PFF's Center for Digital Media Freedom.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
The Media Cornucopia and Its Critics	p. 1
The Unfairness Doctrine	p. 24
Network Socialism	p. 44
Neophobia	p. 58
Campaign-Finance Reform's War on Political Speech	p. 83
Conclusion	p. 104
Notes	p. 109
Index	p. 121
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