Press Freedom

On April 3, 2014, the Center for Competitive Politics (“CCP”) requested an unredacted copy of the First General Counsel’s Report, dated June 22, 2011, ...

The central flaw in the analysis of Citizens United by both the majority and the dissent was to treat it as a free speech ...

Matt Nese, CCP's Director of External Relations, in comments to Montana's Senate Judiciary Committee on H.B. 129, warned that the proposal “would set a dangerous ...

Over the past several decades, a particular abuse of the justice system has developed that poses a serious threat to free expression and petition. Strategic Lawsuits Against ...

The FirstAmendmentto the U.S.Constitution recognizes a laissez-faire policy toward speech and the press. The Framers of the Bill of Rights worried that the self-interest of politicians fostered suppression ...

Political activists and even certain U.S. senators have argued that the federal government should reinstitute the Fairness Doctrine, which would require broadcasters to air both sides ...

CCP Chairman Bradley Smith offers some provocative thoughts on efforts to censor the ABC docudrama, "The Path to 9/11," and notes that demands to censor ...

This paper examines evidence of sampling or statistical bias in newspaper reporting on campaign finance. We compile all stories from the five largest circulation newspapers ...

This paper concludes that the Scarcity Rationale for regulating traditional broadcasting is no longer valid. The Scarcity Rationale is based on fundamental misunderstandings of physics and ...