by Cheryl Leanza | May 13, 2026 | Blog, Featured, Online Accountability, Open and Affordable Communications
One year ago, President Trump declared the Digital Equity Act “unconstitutional” and “racist and illegal” in a post on Truth Social. The next day, the Department of Commerce sent cancellation letters to every grantee. Trump’s claim is false. The Digital Equity Act is...
by Cheryl Leanza | May 1, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured, Media Concentration, Media Diversity
We are reaping the fruit of the industry’s cowardice. For more than a year, most major media companies have stood by or aggressively acquiesced as President Trump and FCC Chair Brendan Carr pressured them through lawsuits and baseless investigations. Radio coverage of...
by Cheryl Leanza | Apr 23, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured, Media Concentration, Media Diversity
UCC Media Justice is no stranger to standing up for accountability and localism in our media. Today, we are celebrating our allies in this fight: eight attorneys general and the company DirecTV, who secured a longer-lasting freeze on the Nextar/TEGNA merger. Chief...
by Cheryl Leanza | Feb 5, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, FCC Accountability, Featured, Media Concentration
As we start 2026, UCC Media Justice continues its long legacy of ensuring that local TV broadcasters serve their communities by joining with our allies to oppose the Nexstar/TEGNA merger. At a time when local and reliable sources of news and information are more...
by Cheryl Leanza | Jan 2, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured, Media Diversity
Combining two of the largest TV conglomerates into one company is bad for everyone. WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, December 31, a coalition of media-justice groups and labor unions petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to deny the merger of Nexstar Media Inc....
