Sen. Franken Endorses Calls For Apple Music Inquiry
<p>Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) has joined in the calls for a federal investigation of the business practices of Apple Music.</p>
Accountability
‘Apple Lures Labels From Free Streams – And Why Is No One Doing Anything About It’ Shrieks Group
<h2>Rabble rousers demand FTC, DoJ into Music service</h2>
<p>A pressure group in America has urged US watchdog the FTC and Uncle Sam's Department of Justice to probe Apple Music for signs of antitrust violations.</p>
Editorial: Time To Target California Cronyism
<p>Given the way Washington has run away with itself, it’s no surprise that “crony capitalism” has risen to the top of the agenda for some politicians on the political left as well as the political right.</p>
<p>The federal government has become a virtual one-stop shop for corporations more interested in gaming the system and capturing regulations than they are in making a clean profit and an honest living.</p>
DTSC Second-In-Command Under Investigation for Ethics Violations
<p><a href="http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2013/04/04/31185/dtsc-second-in-command-under-investigation-for-eth/">Listen to or download the audio of this radio broadcast segment here</a>.</p>
Sacramento Responds To Golden Wasteland Report/NBC expose
<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2601" alt="" src="http://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/goldenwasteland.jpg" style="width: 1px; height: 1px; float: right;" width="500" height="335" />Somebody's listening.
W.H. Warned To Distance From Google
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Consumer Watchdog is telling the White House that its cozy relationship with Google is inappropriate, given ongoing reviews by both the FTC and the Department of Justice.</p>
The Progressive’s Guide to Raising Hell: How to Win Grassroots Campaigns, Pass Ballot Box Laws, and Get the Change We Voted For
Change is no simple matter in American politics-a fact that Americans have recently learned well. Elections rarely produce the change they promise. After the vote,...
The Progressive’s Guide to Raising Hell: How to Win Grassroots Campaigns, Pass Ballot Box Laws, and Get the Change We Voted For.
Change is no simple matter in American politics-a fact that Americans have recently learned well. Elections rarely produce the change they promise. After the vote,...
Does financial reform hit Wall St where it hurts?
Two distinct narratives have emerged from last week’s approval by the U.S. Senate of financial reform legislation. One: Of an historic overhaul
of the financial industry for reformers demanding accountability
for Wall Street. Two: Of Wall Street lobbyists pleased that they managed to kill the biggest game-changers in
reformers’ playbook...
Experts’ Biggest Fear: New Dodd Bill Won’t Stop Another Meltdown, “Epidemic” of Wall Street Fraud
On top of that, the compromised agency's actions are subjected to a veto by a "systemic risk" council made up of the same federal regulatory agencies that ignored the bubbles, scams and frauds that caused the last meltdown. As the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog's Washington Director Carmen Balber remarked, "You can't pull an agency's teeth, and let other regulators tie its hands, and still call it an independent champion for consumers."
Chrysler does the right thing
It's not every day that one of the world's biggest automakers voluntarity agrees to greater legal accountability to injured consumers. But that's exactly what Chrysler did this week.
CIRM Board Member Gets Ethics Warning Letter, But Not Fine, Over Conflict Of Interest
This ends an investigation that was launched over a year ago at the
request of CIRM watchdog, John Simpson. “I hope Dr. Reed and all
members of the board have learned from this,” Simpson said in a
statement. Though Simpson had previously called on Reed to resign, he
says it would now be acceptable for Reed to rejoin the Institute’s
29-member board.