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Your Call's media roundtable: Regulation rollbacks, Trump-Russia scandal, and net neutrality

This week, public interest groups and several corporations took part in a day of action to protest the FCC’s plan to kill net neutrality, which ensures an open Internet for all.

We’ll also discuss coverage of the latest Russia/Trump scandal and a NY Times / Propulica investigation about the administration’s secret deregulation task force, which has deep industry ties. What caught your attention this week?

Guests:

Kevin Hall, chief economics reporter and senior investigator for McClatchy Newspapers

Craig Aaron, president of Free Press  

Robert Faturechi, investigative reporter covering campaign finance for Propublica

Web Resources:

Free Press

Propublica: Trump Has Secretive Teams to Roll Back Regulations, Led by Hires With Deep Industry Ties

McClatchy: Lawyer who met Don Jr. had ties to Russian government, spy agency

McClatchy: Trump DC hotel, Mar-A-Lago bank millions in new income for president’s business empire

Rose Aguilar has been the host of Your Call since 2006. She became a regular media roundtable guest in 2001. In 2019, the San Francisco Press Club named Your Call the best public affairs program. In 2017, The Nation named it the most valuable local radio show.