Author: joe

Columbus city council and its wealthy supporters have restricted freedom of speech to the point where their views monopolize the local mass media, and alternative views are shut out. One way to help correct this horrible and un-American situation is to modernize council’s structure to include district representatives who are closer to the people and not controlled by the wealthy. This article was first published by The Columbus Free Press.

Juan Williams’ 2011 book Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate contains information supportive of the importance of public-access television. This article was originally published by The Columbus Free Press.

Despite having millions of dollars of surplus funds, Columbus city officials are refusing to restore public-access TV, which they say has become unnecessary because people can communicate by the Internet. But their own acts show they don’t really believe the argument they are making. This article was first published by The Columbus Free Press.