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PODCAST: MAD Appears on Digital Politics With Karen Jagoda

Amjambo Africa! multi-lingual non-profit news outlet, earns Media and Democracy Project's Local Journalism Bright Spot Award

The Media and Democracy Project signs on to America's Voice’s letter to Univision CEOs calling for higher journalistic standards

Media and Democracy Project's Allies File an FCC Comment Calling Out Fox Misrepresentations

Nov. 28, 2023: Media and Democracy Project's Allies File an FCC Comment Calling Out Fox Misrepresentations

July 7, Nick Vadala of the Philadelphia Inquirer reported on MAD’s petition

July 31, 2023: Media Execs support MAD petition

Aug. 2, 2023: Fox filed with FCC in opposition to MAD petition

Aug 9, 2023: Washington Post’s Paul Farhi reported on petition

Aug 9, 2023: David Folkenflik reported on object of the petition on NPR

Aug. 20, 2023: Former GOP FCC Chairman, Al Sikes filed in support of the MAD petition

Aug. 22, 2023: MAD filed rebuttal to FOX’s reply

Aug. 22, 2023: Media Execs Ervin S. Duggan and William Kristol FCC filing rebutted arguments in Fox’s Aug. 2nd reply

AUG 24, 2023: Report on petition by Matthew Keys of The Desk

AUG 25, 2023: Report on petition by Shelby Brown of Cord Cutters News

Aug. 28, 2023: Op Ed by Robert Kuttner in American Progress

Aug. 29, 2023: Fox files response to claims about rule violations

AUG 29, 2023: Harold Feld, Public Knowledge wrote an extensive analysis of petition

Aug. 30, 2023: Karl Bode comments on what the petition could accomplish

Aug. 31, 2023: Project Censored wrote in support of MAD petition

SEPT 7, 2023: Senate Confirms Anna Gomez as FCC Commissioner

Sep. 11, 2023: Media scholar, Steve Macek, interviewed about the importance of petition

Sep. 15, 2023: Pension Funds and others sued FOX, cite MAD petition in their filings

Oct. 9, 2023: Former FCC Commissioner Duggan and conservative analyst Kristol file in support of petition

OCT 17, 2023: MAD meets with FCC Media Bureau

Oct. 30, 2023: FOX reiterates arguments, requests matter be dismissed

Nov. 2, 2023: Preston Padden interviewed on petition on INFOCUS podcast

AUG 24, 2023:Report on petition by John Brodkin of Ars Technica

Aug. 23, 2023: FCC granted MAD's request to open process to public comments

Oct. 19, 2023: Maria Curi of Axios reports on MAD meeting with FCC

Oct. 20, 2023: MAD filed to rebut Fox arguments opposing document request

Public Comments: Aug. 23 - Nov. 1, 2023

NOV 3, 2023: Preston Padden on Radio and TV Business podcast

Sep. 11, 2023: MAD filed with FCC with further evidence WTXF violated rules

Sep. 7, 2023: Glenn Daigon published an analysis of the petition in The Progressive

Sep. 7, 2023: Fox filed notice of meeting with the FCC Media Bureau

Aug. 16, 2023: Best of BPR Interview with Preston Padden and Bill Kristol

Nov. 16, 2023: Anna Nicolaou wrote in the Financial Times on why the MAD petition matters

Timeline of MAD's Petition to the FCC to Deny Fox Local TV Broadcast Licenses

July 6, 2023: Dan Ladden Hall of The Daily Beast reported on the MAD filing

July 3, 2023: Former Fox Exec files in support of petition

July 3, 2023: MAD petitions to deny Fox license

July 10, 2023: Toledo Blade Fox, law vs power

July 11, 2023: Karl Bode, TechDirt on petition

July 13, 2023: Media Action Center filed with FCC in support of petition

July 18, 2023: MAD asked FCC to open process to public comments

July 19, 2023: Fox opposed opening process

Oct. 9, 2023: MAD asks the FCC to compel Fox to produce Dominion documents and others

OCT 16, 2023: Fox filed with FCC opposing disclosure for documents

Aug. 22, 2023: Founding President of Fox Broadcasting, Jamie Kellner filed urging the FCC to hold a hearing

April 3, 2023 Fox files for license renewal

Buffalo's Fire, Native news non-profit outlet, earns Media and Democracy Project's Local Journalism Bright Spot

MAD Hero Award Given To Wausau Pilot & Review, Daily Tar Heel Named Bright Spot

A Medium Length Summary Of Harold Feld’s 'Insanely Long Field Guide To The Fox29 Philadelphia License Renewal Challenge'

MAD Gives Bright Spot and Hero Awards to Marion County Record

The Mainstream Media Is Biased To The Right, And The Right Is Now Extreme

Introducing the Media and Democracy Project Substack