Earlier this year, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Federal Communications Commission on policy that would have modernized media regulations and widened the path for a successful industry that revolves around innovation. The result of the ruling wrapped the future of American media in red tape, opting for more restrictive measures that place even more obstacles in front of organizations like struggling newspapers that are fighting for their very survival in this digital age. This is done by enforcing mandates on who is allowed entry into the ownership of media organizations. The FCC recently refiled the motion...
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Engaging others in the digital age is likely to mean sharing personal information through the internet with the rest of the world. Tens of millions of consumers share extraordinary amounts of information–family pictures on social media, financial data from online purchases, and everything in between. With data multiplying so rapidly, it is now critical to protect consumer privacy for all American. There has been some legislation proposed in Congress. Proposed policies include conditions like notifying users over how their information is being used, while prohibiting companies from enforcing penalties if the user requests their data not be used or sold. ...
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C.–Hispanic Leadership Fund President Mario H. Lopez issued the following statement in response to a recent announcement from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai regarding the agency’s plan to vote on updating outdated media ownership rules: “The Hispanic Leadership Fund supports modernizing regulations that were written for a vastly different media landscape and that distort the marketplace. One of the most egregious examples is of such rules involves prohibiting TV or radio stations from buying a local newspaper. Fixing these antiquated regulations—which have been in place during a precipitous decline in newspaper ownership—is a fearless step forward in making...
Read MoreThere have been a slew of news stories recently, led by ABC News, concerning what they have repeatedly called “pink slime” that blend with a variety of packaged beef products. The reports have been typically sensationalistic and have driven a public scare campaign that has led to a small number of loud voices forcing supermarkets to stop carrying products containing the beef, which in turn has caused a number of beef processing plants to close down, eliminating the jobs therein. To hear the reports, one would think that some dangerous, radioactive material has insidiously found its way into our food...
Read MoreRecently, NBC reporter Andrea Mitchell was responsible for the latest round of Leftist propaganda praising the health care system in Cuba. Her report even featured validation from a woman with a history or working for Castro propaganda outlets, who of course was not identified as such. It takes a special sort of ignorance for a news outlet to praise alleged “accomplishments” of a brutal and inhumane totalitarian regime, especially when one of the many deceptive hallmarks of such a regime is maintaining strict control over what information, location, and potential interviewees are available to international outlets like NBC. For a...
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