Media Freedom Project
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The Media Freedom Project is a project of Americans for Tax Reform
, dedicated to free market, deregulatory media, technology and telecommunications policies.
The project stemmed from Americans for Tax Reform
efforts to uphold the Federal Communications Commission
's deregulation of media ownership rules in 2003. The organization opposes attempts to reverse the ruling, as well as opposing efforts to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine
, a rule that had been rescinded by the FCC in 1987. The organization was launched in March 2005 by conservative Grover Norquist. Its first press release opposed efforts to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21872/.
Current projects at the Media Freedom Project include efforts to repeal the 3% federal excise tax on telecommunications and to oppose greater regulation of cable television, including proposals in Congress to mandate "a la carte" cable pricing.
Americans for Tax Reform
Americans for Tax Reform is an advocacy group and taxpayer group whose stated goal is "a system in which taxes are simpler, flatter, more visible, and lower than they are today. The government's power to control one's life derives from its power to tax...
, dedicated to free market, deregulatory media, technology and telecommunications policies.
The project stemmed from Americans for Tax Reform
Americans for Tax Reform
Americans for Tax Reform is an advocacy group and taxpayer group whose stated goal is "a system in which taxes are simpler, flatter, more visible, and lower than they are today. The government's power to control one's life derives from its power to tax...
efforts to uphold the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
's deregulation of media ownership rules in 2003. The organization opposes attempts to reverse the ruling, as well as opposing efforts to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine
Fairness Doctrine
The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission , introduced in 1949, that required the holders of broadcast licenses to both present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was, in the Commission's view, honest, equitable...
, a rule that had been rescinded by the FCC in 1987. The organization was launched in March 2005 by conservative Grover Norquist. Its first press release opposed efforts to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine
Fairness Doctrine
The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission , introduced in 1949, that required the holders of broadcast licenses to both present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was, in the Commission's view, honest, equitable...
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21872/.
Current projects at the Media Freedom Project include efforts to repeal the 3% federal excise tax on telecommunications and to oppose greater regulation of cable television, including proposals in Congress to mandate "a la carte" cable pricing.