In our 2011 countdown of important media stories, an Appeals Court ruled against further media consolidation; the Senate slapped down an attempt to kill Net Neutrality; the Occupy movement highlighted how police mistreat journalists. The year is closing out with two big stories: AT&T's epic fail to take over T-Mobile is a big win for wireless users, and Hollywood and Congress are conspiring to trample the First Amendment in the name of Internet piracy.
