Robert W. McChesney

Robert Waterman McChesney is an American professor notable in the history and political economy of communications, and the role media play in democratic and capitalist societies. He is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He co-founded the Free Press, a national media reform organization. From 2002–12, he hosted Media Matters, a weekly radio program every Sunday afternoon on WILL-AM, Illinois Public Media radio.