He is a retired associate professor of journalism at Ithaca College, where he was an endowed chair and founding Director of the Park Center for Independent Media.
He was formerly a lawyer for the ACLU and authored or coauthored five books that criticize media bias, mainly written with 2012 California Congressional District 2 candidate, Norman Solomon, who missed the "top two" runoff by only 174 votes.
[4] Previously, he briefly co-hosted CNN's Crossfire in 1996 and was a regular panelist on FNC's Fox News Watch from 1997 to 2002.
The center studies, educates about, and advocates for non-corporate-controlled, independent news journalists and media outlets.
He also has written investigative pieces for Rolling Stone, New Times, The Nation, Mother Jones, LA Progressive [6] and other publications.