A Manifesto for Media Freedom

"Brian C. Anderson and Adam D. Thierer examine the crucial place of free political speech in our nation's history, from the feisty polemics of Revolutionary-era pamphlets to the explosion of new media in the twenty-first century. Today, freedom of political speech in America is facing sustained attacks unlike anything since the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798." "In clear, jargon-free prose, Anderson and Thierer debunk the principal arguments made in support of this counterrevolutionary effort, exposing the McCain-Feingold Act of 2002 and a growing movement to impose new "fairness" regulations on the Internet and talk radio as damaging to free speech - and democracy. A Manifesto for Media Freedom is both a wake-up call for all Americans who care about their most fundamental rights and a coherent strategy to guarantee an unfettered marketplace of ideas."--BOOK JACKET.

Adam D. Thierer is a senior fellow at the Progress Freedom Foundation (PFF) and director of PFF's Center for Digital Media Freedom.