Communications Archives

MACDONALD: The Communications Act is Back

July 5, 2026July 5, 2026 Steve MacDonald

I remember growing up. The networks, we didn’t have anything else except PBS, were required to give equal time to opposing views if the network gave a candidate or advocate earned media time. I wouldn’t become remotely political for another thirty years, but it struck me as annoying, not that I was paying attention or … Read more

New NH GOP Deputy Comms Sheriff in Town? Is Stepanek Now Only Going to Give Her One Email At A Time?

June 1, 2022May 31, 2022 Skip

(old TV reference there – a single bullet. Wonder if she’d “get it” being not from the age when dirt was being created like me?) Someone on the NH GOP State Committee (there are ZILLIONS of them! And many of them like GraniteGrok) sent this to me. Wow, just wow. I responded back in utter … Read more

Lying to Parents – The Double Down

June 7, 2021 Skip

Gilford School District Superintendent Kirk Beitler had decided to blow off my Right to Know Request so of course, I responded (“This School Board Policy Codifies Lying to Parents – The Response.”). And as I learned in a training session a while ago, it was time to double down.

Court Orders City of Nashua to Hand Over the Records in Citizen’s Right To Know Request

May 15, 2021 Skip

The City of Nashua, under the Administration of Mayor Jim Donchess and “Right to Know Coordinator” Jesse Neumann, decided that they were above the law. Refusing to provide “responsive records” claiming the demand was “overly broad” or (get this) too unorganized to get the records (I wonder if this is on purpose?).

Nashville RV Bomber – Human Remains, Telecom Knock Outs, and Google Maps?

July 1, 2021December 26, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The investigation into the RV bomb that included a recorded message warning people to evacuate before detonation continues. The FBI was searching a property in a nearby suburb where, for some time, an identical RV was parked and visible on Google Maps.

It’s Your Money and Your Children’s Money and Their Children’s Money

August 17, 2019

More bailouts coming… Our nation’s finances are in the toilet. The debt is the highest it has ever been. This year’s deficit has already eclipsed last year’s total figure. Both political parties got together to eliminate the financial restraints imposed in 2011. What is Congress doing? Are they stupid, on drugs or do they just … Read more

Is Google’s Section 230 Immunity at Risk as Execs Hide After Veritas Sting?

June 27, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Companies like Facebook and Google avoid prosecution for the content they traffic by claiming that they are carriers, not publishers. It protects them from copyright, libel, and slander suits for the things shared. Section 230 is their shield, but it could become a club used against them.