Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols - Robert W. McChesney is Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. John Nichols writes for The Nation and the Capital Times of Madison, Wisconsin. They have written several books on media and politics. Together they cofounded Free Press with Josh Silver and Kimberly Longey in 2003. They are grateful to Craig Aaron, Julia Cagé, Victor Pickard, Matthew Rothschild, Anya Schiffrin, Ben Scott and Inger Stole for their assistance and criticism.