Tag Archives: Pew Research Center

It’s not just a matter of fixing Wall Street

By Mark | April 26, 2010

With all the talk of banking reform in the news today, I thought that now might be a good time to remind folks about Lawrence Lessig’s attempts, through his organization, Fix Congress First, to rally support for the Fair Elections Now Act. As I suspect many of you know, regulating Wall Street, while critical, in […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Other, Politics | Also tagged call to action, campaign finance reform, campaign funding, Chamber of Commerce, corporate money, Fair Elections Now Act, Fix Congress First, get the money out of Washington, Lawrence Lessig, lobbying, money in politics, Scott Brown | 17 Comments

The state of journalism today

By Mark | March 16, 2010

The folks at the nonpartisan Pew Research Center just issued a new report entitled, State of the News Media 2010, and, as you might guess, based on the fact that I’m writing about it here, it doesn’t paint a very rosy picture… Here’s a clip: …The numbers for 2009 reveal just how urgent these questions […]