Robert W. McChesney

Robert McChesney is Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois. He hosts the program Media Matters on WILL-AM every Sunday afternoon from 1-2pm central time. He and John Nichols, The Nation's Washington correspondent, are the founders of Free Press, the media reform network, and the authors of Tragedy and Farce: How the American Media Sell Wars, Spin Elections, and Destroy Democracy (New Press) and The Death and Life of American Journalism (Nation Books). He has written sixteen books and his work has been translated into fifteen languages.

Fight for a Free Press Fight for a Free Press

The collapse of journalism and the rise of commercialism is sparking a reform movement that will fight to ensure the First Amendment endures in the digital age.

Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Robert W. McChesney

Bush’s War on the Press Bush’s War on the Press

Until the Bush Administration is held accountable by Congress for its propaganda, manipulation of the truth and assaults on journalism, freedom of the press will exist in name only...

Nov 17, 2005 / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney

Congress Tunes In Congress Tunes In

Chastened by voter response to their earlier errors, many legislators push reform.

May 5, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols, Robert W. McChesney, and Ben Scott

FCC: It Could Get Worse FCC: It Could Get Worse

On the long list of resignations of Cabinet members, agency heads and political appointees that has accompanied the launch of the second Bush term, no member of the Administratio...

Feb 3, 2005 / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney

Up in Flames Up in Flames

The public revolts against monopoly media.

Oct 30, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney

Standing Up to the FCC Standing Up to the FCC

Even as he condemned the 3-to-2 vote of the Federal Communications Commission to allow media conglomerates to dramatically increase their control over newspapers and radio and ...

Jun 5, 2003 / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney

FCC: Public Be Damned FCC: Public Be Damned

John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney are founders of the media-reform network Free Press, one of the groups named in this article.

May 15, 2003 / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney

Media Democracy’s Moment Media Democracy’s Moment

Suddenly, there are serious discussions about the danger of monopoly power.

Feb 6, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney

A Stealth Attack on Freedom of the Press A Stealth Attack on Freedom of the Press

The Federal Communications Commission is presently conducting an inquiry--a "rulemaking"--to determine whether to relax, or even to eliminate, the remaining few regulations that ...

Feb 21, 2002 / Feature / Robert W. McChesney and Mark Crispin Miller

The Making of a Movement The Making of a Movement

Getting serious about media reform: at a standstill now, the media reform movement's time has come.

Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney

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