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2002. *"Making Media Democratic," Advertising Express (publication of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India), forthcoming.

2002. "Dark Trends in World Media," WACC Action (London), No. 245, July. http://www.wacc.org.uk/publications/action/245/mcchesney.html

2002. "Interview with Edward Herman," Chicago Media Watch Report, Fall, pp. 4-5.

2002. "La Lucha Continua: A Message to Campus Greens," The Catalyst: The Newsletter of the Campus Greens, Vol. 1, No. 2, Spring-Summer, p. 10.

2002. "Robert McChesney's 'Theses on Media Deregulation'," Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom website, July. http://www.cpbf.org.uk/

2002. John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney, "On the Verge in Vermont: Media Reform Movement Nears Critical Mass," Extra!, July-August, pp. 26-27. http://www.fair.org/extra/0207/vermont.html

2002. "That's Agribusiness," The Evergreen Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 2, spring, p. 6.

2002. "La Lucha Continua: Corrupt political system in need of reform," Madison Insurgent, June, p. 17. http://www.themadisoninsurgent.org/june/mcchesney.htm

2002. "Global Media, Journalism, and Neoliberal Democracy," Ekak Matra (India), summer, Vol. 3. No. 1. (Translated into Bengali.)

2002. "Corporate Owners Control Media," Response (magazine of the United Methodist Women). June, pp. 10-14.

2002. "It's a Wrap? Why Media Matters to Democracy." openDemocracy.net. 9 May. http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=5&DocID=1366

2002. John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney, "Turning the Tide: It's Time to Fight the Enronization of the Media," In These Times, 15 April, pp. 16-17. http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/26/10/feature3.shtml

2002. "'High Noon' Independent Media Summit," The Public I (Champaign-Urbana, Ill.), Vol. 2, No. 2 (March): p. 1. http://publici.ucimc.org/mar2002/32002_1.htm

2002. John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney, "Only One Source for News Hurts All," The Capital Times, 26 February. http://captimes.com/opinion/column/nichols/21196.php

2002. Robert W. McChesney & Mark Crispin Miller, "A Stealth Attack on Freedom of the Press," The Nation Online, 21 February. http://www.thenation.com/docPrint.mhtml?i=special&s=miller20020221

2002. "Why We Need In These Times," In These Times, 18 February, pp. 12-15. http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/26/06/feature1.shtml

2002. "Don Hazen Redux," PROMO listserve, 13 February.

2002. "In Defense of Media Criticism and Media Activism: A Reply to Don Hazen's Attack on FAIR," PROMO listserve (and several other e-lists), 8 February.

2002. "McChesney Defends FAIR," AlterNet.org, 5 February. http://www.alternet.org/letters_ed.html?BulletinID=9

2002. Robert W. McChesney & John Nichols, "The Making of a Movement," The Nation, 7 January, pp. 11-17. http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020107&s=mcchesney

2002. "Notes from the Editors," Monthly Review, Vol. 53, No. 8, January.

2001. "Entre el patriotismo y la libertad de informacion," La Jornada (Mexico City), 9 December.

2001. "Media Corporations Versus Democracy: A Response to Benjamin Compaine," OpenDemocracy.net, 14 November. http://www.opendemocracy.net/Forum/document_details.asp?CatID=5&DocID=835

2001. "The Stealth Attack on the Freedom of the Press," The Public I (Champaign-Urbana, Ill.), Vol. 1, No. 4, November, p. 1. http://publici.ucimc.org/nov2001/112001_1.htm

2001. "Notes from the Editors," Monthly Review, Vol. 53, No. 7, December. http://www.monthlyreview.org/nfte1201.htm

2001. "The Corruption of Empire, Part Nine Zillion," Madison Insurgent, December.

2001. "Media Too Influenced by Their Corporate owners," Unified Voices: A Publication of the Venice Area Democratic Club, Vol. 1, No. 7, October, pp. 1, 4.

2001. "Policing the Thinkable," OpenDemocracy.net, 25 October. http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=5&DocID=754

2001. "The News Media's Moment of Truth," The Public I (Champaign-Urbana, Ill.), Vol. 1, No. 3, October, pp. 4, 8. http://publici.ucimc.org/oct2001/102001_7.htm

2001. "Neoliberalism is Bogus," Madison Insurgent, October.

2001. "Breakthrough Books: Media Studies," Lingua Franca, November. http://www.linguafranca.com/print/0111/brkthrubooks.html

2001. "Robert W. McChesney: Media Too Influenced By Their Owners," The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.), 20 Sepetmber. http://www.captimes.com/opinion/column/guest/5777.php

2001. *"Farewell to Radio," Houston Radio Report, September, p. 3.

2001. "Global Media, Neoliberalism, and Imperialism," International Socialist Review, August-September. pp. 41-43.

2001. *"Homage to Catatonia," The Progressive Populist, 15 July, p. 17.

2001. *"Farewell Mythological Internet, Hello Capitalism," Madison Insurgent, June, p. 3.

2001. "Three Strikes and You're Out," Silicon Alley Reporter, issue 45, June, p. 26. http://commondreams.org/views01/0615-06.htm http://www.zmag.org/mcchescatatonia.htm

2001. "Kennard, the Public, and the FCC," The Nation, 14 May, pp. 17-20. http://radio.hampshire.edu/kennard.pdf

2001. "The Golden Age of Propaganda," Silicon Alley Reporter, issue 44, May, p. 26.

2001. *"Farewell to Radio," The Progressive Populist, 15 April, p. 16.

2001. "Is Corruption an Art or a Science?" Silicon Alley Reporter, issue 43, April, p. 21. http://commondreams.org/views01/0331-02.htm

2001. "Farewell to Radio." Silicon Alley Reporter, issue 42, March, p. 24. http://commondreams.org/views01/0307-04.htm

2001. "Pacifica -- A Way Out." The Nation, 12 February, pp. 5-6. http://thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20010212&s=mcchesney

2001. "Whatever Happened to Principled Conservatism?" Silicon Alley Reporter, issue 41, February, p. 48.

2001. "Media Giants have a Pal at the FCC." Newsday, 25 January, pp. A41, A44. http://www.newsday.com/coverage/current/editorial/thursday/nd926.htm

2001. *Robert W. McChesney & John Nichols, "Platform for Media Reform," MEDIAFile, Volume 20, No. 1, January / February. http://www.media-alliance.org/mediafile/20-1/mcchesney.html

2000. "Creating Rich Media, Poor Democracy." Kappa Tau Alpha Newsletter, Volume 18, No. 1, Fall, pp. 3-4.

2000. "U.S. wouldn't tolerate our election in Nicaragua." The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.), 16-17 December, 2000, p. 11A. http://commondreams.org/views/121700-104.htm

2000. "Mediemakten och harligheten." Ordfront Magasin (Sweden), December, pp. 61-63. (translated by Margareta Eklof.)

2000. "What's the Hurry with Computers in Schools?" Silicon Alley Reporter, issue 39, December, p. 54.

2000. "Control the News and You Control the Views." The Independent, 20 November. http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=41722

2000. "Gore should drop out, get on Nader bandwagon." The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.), 26 October, p. 13A. http://commondreams.org/views/102600-107.htm

2000. "Bush? Gore? It Doesn't Matter." Silicon Alley Reporter, issue 38, November, p. 62.

2000. "Ralph's Real Threat." In These Times, 16 October, pp. 20-21.

2000. "Nader is the Choice." Isthmus (Madison, Wis.), 1-7 September, pp. 10-11. http://www.ohiogreens.org/nader2000/whyvotenader.html ,
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2000. "Why I'm Voting for Ralph ... " In These Times, 21 August, pp. 10-12. http://www.tbwt.com/views/feat/feat3059.asp

2000. "Antitrust and the Media -- I." The Nation, 22 May, pp. 4-5. http://www.thenation.com/issue/000522/0522mcchesney.shtml

2000. *"The Costs of Commercialization." Quill, April, pp. 9-11.

2000. "UI Prof: Grad Unions benefit Higher Education," The Organizer, April-May, www.shout.net/~geo/News/The_Organizer/geo.organizer0005.html#McChesney

2000. *"The New Global Media." Internazionale (Italian).

2000. "Media Mergers: Bad News for Journalism." Newsday, 23 March, pp. A53-A54.

2000. *"The New Global Media." Folha De S. Paulo (from Brazil, in Portuguese).

2000. "The Titanic Sails Again: Why the Internet Won't Sink the Media Giants." Extra!, March-April, pp. 10-15. http://www.fair.org/extra/0003/aol-mcchesney.html

2000. "Minding the Media's Business," Orlando Weekly, 13-19 January, pp. 16-18.

2000. "AOL-Time Warner Deal is Bad News for Us." Op-ed distributed over Progressive Media Project, 12 January. Published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, San Diego Union Leader, and numerous other U.S. daily newspapers. http://www.progressive.org/mpdvrm00.htm

2000. "Is the AOL-Time Warner Merger Safe for Democracy?" Posted on "Sounding Board," www.prospect.org, 12 January.

1999. *"Educators and the Fight for Public Media." Rethinking Schools, Winter, pp. 20, 26.

1999. *"Rich Media, Poor Democracy." Chicago Media Watch Report, Winter, p, 11.

1999. "The New Global Media: It's a Small World of Big Conglomerates." The Nation, 29 November, pp. 11-15. http://www.thenation.com/issue/991129/1129mcchesney.shtml

1999. *"Corporate Attack Leaves Journalists' Autonomy in Shambles." The Capital Times, 23 November, p. 11A.

1999. "Stop the Presses: Big $$ in Charge." Newsday, 16 November, pp. A49, A52. (Distributed nationally over Times-Mirror syndication network.)

1999. "Rich Media, Poor Democracy." In These Times, 14 November, pp. 15-17.

1999. "Oligopoly: The Big Media Game Has Fewer and Fewer Players." The Progressive, November, pp. 1, 20-24. http://www.progressive.org/mcc1199.htm

1999. "From Pacifica to the Atlantic." The Nation, 11 October, p. 9. http://www.thenation.com/issue/991011/1011mcchesney.shtml

1999. Mark Crispin Miller & Robert W. McChesney, "Monopoly Game: Why America is sick of media mergers." The New Republic, 4 October, pp. 14-17. http://www.thenewrepublic.com/archive/1099/100499/miller100499.html

1999. *"Will the Internet Set Us Free?" The Texas Observer, 17 September, p. 28. http://www.texasobserver.org/september_17_99/thinking_democracy.html

1999. "Words in Honor of Herbert I. Schiller." C&CS News, Autumn, pp. 1, 4-5.

1999. *"Venstresida og media - i USA." (Norway) http://www.akp.no/rfane/Artiklar-99/2-99-06.htm

1999. John H. Nichols & Robert W. McChesney, "The Evjue Challenge: Speaking Truth to Media Power." Extra!, Vol. 12, No. 3 (May/June): pp. 24-25.

1999. "Whatever it used to be, UW-Madison is no longer a haven for free thinking and bold advocacy." Madison Magazine, January. pp. 15, 35.

1999. "Corporate Media Vs. Democracy." Posted on Ciberlegenda, the Electronic Magazine of the Communication Postgraduate Program, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, January.

1998. *"All Aboard! Making Media Democratic." American Visions magazine, December.

1998. "Remarks on Media Activism." Socialist Dialogue (Madison, Wisc.), December.

1998. "Media and Democracy." Chicago Media Watch Newsletter, December.

1998. "Blame the System." Mother Jones, December, pp. 12-13. http://www.motherjones.com/mother_jones/ND98/backtalk.html

1998. "Why the media love Bill and Monica: The stories are oh-so-easy ... and a tonic for the bottom line, too!" Isthmus (Madison, Wis.), 25 September, pp. 9-11.

1998. *"Making Media Democratic." Water magazine.

1998. *"Corporate Media Versus Democracy." CEM Monitor.

1998. Robert W. McChesney and Alan Cocker, "Strong public television service vital to our future," New Zealand Herald (Auckland), 1 June, p. A13.

1998. "Community and Public Radio," InteRadio.

1998. "Dan Schiller's Digital Capitalism," Lingua Franca, July/August, p. 17. http://www.linguafranca.com/Special/books.9807.html

1998. "The People's Communication Charter: A Response." Paper placed on PCC website, July.

1998. "The Movement for Media Reform." Community Media Review.

1998. *"The Global Media Giants." The Human Quest, Vol. 212, No. 2 (March-April): p. 10.

1997. "Conservative Foundations and the Assault on the Media and Universities." Chalkboard.

1997. "Springtime for Goebbels." Z Magazine, December, pp. 16-18. http://www.zmag.org/ZMag/articles/dec97Mcchesne.htm

1997. "Media Afterthought: The Chicago Media Watch Telecommunications Roundtable." Chicago Media Watch Newsletter, Fall, p. 8.

1997. "The Global Media Giants: The Nine Firms that Dominate the World." Extra!, November-December, Vol. 10, No. 6, pp. 11-18. http://www.fair.org/extra/9711/gmg.html

1997. *"Corporate Media Versus Democracy." Beyond TV.

1997. "The Digital TV Scandal: How a powerful lobby stole billions in public property." Public Interest News, Fall, pp. 8-9.

1997. Robert W. McChesney, Mark Crispin Miller & John Nichols, "Media and Democracy." The Nation, Vol. 265, No. 4, 3 November, pp. 6-7

1997. "Activism in the Academy: Academics, public intellectuals, and activism." QS News, Fall, pp. 6-7.

1997. Mark Crispin Miller & Robert W. McChesney, "Cut the Media Giants Down to Size." Newsday, 15 October, p. A41.

1997. "When Money Talks: Elections shouldn't be 'one dollar, one vote' contests." Isthmus (Madison), Vol. 22, No. 4, October 3-9, 1997, pp. 8, 11.

1997. "Campaign Finance Reform and Democracy." Op-ed written for the Progressive Media Project, distributed to U.S. daily newspapers through the Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, 26 September. (Appeared, for example, in Cedar Rapids Gazette, Stamford Sunday Advocate, and Greenwich Time.)

1997. *"The Market: Democracy's Doom." Food & Water, Summer, pp. 20-22.

1997. "Off the Spectrum: Some Ideas for Broadcasting Reform That Aren't on the Beltway's Agenda (Yet)." Extra!, July-August, pp. 15-16.

1997. "UW professor blasts Telecom Act." The Capital Times, 30 June, pp. 2A, 4A.

1997. "Broadcasting Corporations Benefit from Federal Handout." Op-ed sent out over the Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service for publication by U.S. daily newspapers, 21 May. (Published in numerous newspapers including the Arizona Daily Star. 27 May.)

1997. *"The Communications Ripoff." The Human Quest, July-August, p. 11..

1997. *"Digital Highway Robbery." Rage Magazine, 1 May.

1997. "The Digital TV Heist." In These Times, May 12-25, pp. 20-24.

1997. "Digital Highway Robbery." The Nation, Vol. 264, No. 15, 21 April, pp. 22-24. http://www.thenation.com/issue/970421/0421mcch.htm

1997. "UW prof warns of corporate grab of the Internet." The Capital Times, 24 March, p. 3A.

1997. "How to Make Digital Television Safe for Democracy." Newsday, Currents & Books section, 23 February, pp. G6, G15. Syndicated by Washington Post-Los Angeles Times news service.

1996. "Prof: TV treats kids shabbily, but Clinton plan no help," The Capital Times, 5 August, pp. 2A, 4A.

1996. Robert W. McChesney and Linda Gordon, "UW faculty, staff say the Reebok deal should be reversed." The Capital Times, July 1, 1996, p. 3C.

1996. "Declaration of Robert W. McChesney to the Federal Communications Commission In Support of Multiple-Channel Public Broadcasting." Statement written in support of Pittsburgh public television station WQEX in hearing before FCC, July. Paper distributed over CEMnet and Benton Foundation webpage, 3 July.

1996. "Philanthropy Must Answer the Market's Attack on Journalism." Paper distributed over CEMnet, 29 May.

1996. "Civic Journalism: Treating AIDS with a Bandaid." Paper distributed over CEMnet, 24 May.

1996. *"The 1996 Telecommunications Act: A Look at the Historical Background." Videazimut Clips, no. 10, April 1996, pp. 6-7.

1996. *"Telecommunications Act of 1996 Reveals Total Corruption of U.S. Politics." The New Citizen.

1996. "For the Sake of Sport, Let's Fire the Owners." Op-ed column for the Progressive Media Project for Distribution to U.S. daily newspapers.

1996. "Telecommunications Law: Corrupt, Disastrous." Op-ed column for the Progressive Media Project for national distribution by Knight-Ridder News Service to U.S. daily newspapers, February. [In, e.g., The Capital Times, 12 February, p. C1; New York Journal of Commerce, 16 February; Canadian Communications Network Letter]

1996. *"Democracy and Communication Technology." The Churchman's Human Quest, January-February, p. 9.

1995. "Here's a solution for what ails pro sports: Fire the owners." Op-ed column written for Progressive Media Project for national distribution by Scripps-Howard News Service to U.S. daily newspapers, October. [In, e.g., The Capital Times, 1 November, p. 13A.]

1995. "America, I Do Mind Dying: Public Broadcasting in Troubled Times." Current, Vol. 14, No. 14 (14 August): pp. 16-17, 19. http://www.current.org/why/why514m.html

1995. "Telecon: Corporate Robbery on the Information Superhighway." In These Times 19 (17) (10 July): pp. 1, 14-17. [Reprinted in Radio Resistor's Bulletin, Winter 1996, #13]

1995. "Public Broadcasting stops being 'public' when there's advertising." Wisconsin State Journal, 20 June, p. 9A. Op-ed column written for Progressive Media Project for national distribution by Knight-Ridder News Service to U.S. daily newspapers, June 1995. [In, e.g., Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 22 June, Roanoke Journal and World News]

1995. "On Dworkin, MacKinnon, and Anti-Pornography Feminism." Solidarity Discussion Bulletin, Vol. 8, No. 7 (July): pp. 7-8.

1995. "The Media, Politics and Ourselves: Interview with Noam Chomsky, Part 2." Against the Current, Vol. X, No. 2 (May-June): pp. 21-25. [Edited and reprinted in Lumpen, Vol. 4, No. 2 (1995): pp. 38-40.]

1995. "Mainstream media go for the hook, neglect real news." The Capital Times, 16 May, p. 9A. Op-ed column written for Progressive Media Project for syndication by Scripps-Howard News Service to U.S. daily newspapers, 1 May 1995. [In, e.g., Cleveland Plain Dealer, 13 May, New Britain Herald]

1995. "On Media, Politics and the Left, Part 1: An Interview with Noam Chomsky." Against the Current, Vol. X, No. 1 (March-April): pp. 27-32.

1995. "The Bell Curve Scam." Against the Current, Vol. IX, No, 6 (January-February): p. 6.

1994. "The Rocket in 1981: Balancing Things Left of Center." The Rocket, December 7-21,, pp. 12, 14.

1994. "AEJMC and the Quality of Communication Research." QS News, Spring, pp. 6, 8. (See also: Jean Folkerts, "JQ Editor Responds to McChesney Criticism." QS News, Summer 1994, pp. 1-2.)

1993. "Inside Info on the Selection Process." QS News, Spring/Summer.

1990. "McChesney on Advertising History." Clio Among the Media, Vol. 22, No. 3, l990.


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