The Media Fix: The U.S. Government Has Betrayed the Internet: We Need to Take It Back

Jay Owen September 9, 2013Wealth of Networks

The Media Fix

Read these three things.

The U.S. Government Has Betrayed the Internet: We Need to Take It Back

Bruce Schneier, Guardian

Keeping the Net Neutral

Los Angeles Times

NSA Able to Foil Basic Safeguards of Privacy on Web

Nicole Perlroth, Jeff Larson and Scott Shane, New York Times

Want a little more?

NSA Spying Scandal

Government Attempts to Suppress NSA Reporting Haven’t Worked So Well

Jack Mirkinson, Huffington Post

Why We Published the Decryption Story

Stephen Engelberg and Richard Tofel, ProPublica

Reporters Committee, Media Organizations Argue NSA Metadata Collection Interferes with Rights

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Unlocking Private Communications

New York Times

Cable News and Beyond

CBS and Time Warner Win, Viewers Lose in Cable Dispute

David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times

CBS Returns, Triumphant, to Cable Box

Bill Carter, New York Times

Cable Customers Pay $5.54 a Month for ESPN Whether They Want It or Not

Rob Beschizza, Boing Boing

Journalism and Beyond

Sorry, Jeff Bezos, the News Bundle Isn’t Coming Back

Timothy B. Lee, Washington Post

Sasha Chavkin, Columbia Journalism Review

Then There Were None — Last Political Broadcaster

Randy Shandobil, San Francisco Chronicle

Campaign Journalism in the Age of Twitter

David Carr, New York Times

Feeding the Beast

Brendan Fitzgerald, Morning News

When Coverage Gets Ahead of the Facts

Brendan Nyhan, Columbia Journalism Review

In Other News

It Happened: Microsoft to Buy Nokia’s Devices Division

Tom Krazit, GigaOM

WBAI’s Death by Democracy

Tessa Stuart, Village Voice

With Privacy Battle Brewing, Facebook Won’t Update Policy Right Away

Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times

Take action!

Tell U.S. and U.K. leaders to end the intimidation of journalists and their families. These attacks on the press won’t stop unless the public raises its voice.

Take Action Now!

Attend an event.

Communications Safety Net: How Lifeline Connects Families and Communities

Sept. 12: Washington, D.C.

Is Our Democracy Endangered?

Sept. 18: Washington, D.C.

From Miss Representation to Mass Representation: Educating for Change

Sept. 28-29: North Dartmouth, Mass.

Is Our Democracy Endangered?

Sept. 30: Northampton, Mass.

Is Our Democracy Endangered?

Oct. 1: Boston, Mass.

Women, Money & Power Summit

Oct. 8-9: Washington, D.C.

ACM-NE Conference & Trade Show

Oct. 10-11: Sturbridge, Mass.

Online News Association Conference 2013

Oct. 17-19: Atlanta, Ga.

Connecting for Change: A Bioneers by the Bay Conference

Oct. 25-27: New Bedford, Mass.