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Afghanistan Moves To Censor TV
Posted by AP on 01 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Ethics, Middle East, Television, Afghanistan, Indecency, Censorship
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By Alisa Tang, AP Afghan lawmakers pass resolution aimed at censoring un-Islamic images on TV. |
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Supreme Court To Rule On Broadcast Indecency
Posted by LA Times on 18 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, FCC, Judicial, Indecency
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By David G. Savage, LA Times The justices will weigh whether federal regulators may levy large fines on broadcasters who let expletives on the airwaves during daytime and early evening hours. |
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FCC Has Chilling Effect on Shows
Posted by TV Week on 05 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Media Freedom, PBS, Indecency, ABC
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By Ira Teinowitz, TV Week By Punishing On-Air Indecency, Agency Affects What Airs |
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Judge Throws Out Subpoena For Unaired CBS Footage In Haditha Case
Posted by AP on 25 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, CBS, U.S. Military, Judicial, Indecency
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By AP A judge tossed out a subpoena for unaired news footage that the military says includes admissions of crimes in an attack that killed 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha. |
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Pakistan Blocks YouTube Video Access
Posted by AP on 25 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Ethics, Media Freedom, Journalism, New Media, Middle East, YouTube, Indecency
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By Sadaqat Jan, AP Pakistan’s government has banned access to the video-sharing Web site because of anti-Islamic movies that users have posted on the site. |
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By Natalia Antelava, BBC News There were “strong indications” that the Uzbek security services murdered Mr. Saipov. |
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Afghan Journalist Gets Death For Insulting Islam
Posted by Telegraph on 24 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Ethics, Media Freedom, Journalism, Religious Right, Afghanistan, Indecency, Human Rights
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By David Blair, Telegraph The Taliban-style intimidation of Afghan newspapers came to the surface after a journalist was sentenced to death for distributing an article that “insulted Islam”. |
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Sudanese Journalist Describes Gitmo
Posted by AP on 17 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Ethics, Media Freedom, Journalism, Indecency, Al-Jazeera, Human Rights
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By Ben Fox, AP Conditions are harsh for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, a hunger-striking prisoner said in a letter released Wednesday, |
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Don Imus: I Ain’t Forgivin’ And Forgettin’ - The Dec 3rd ‘Moment Of Silence’
Posted by Black Agenda Report on 30 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, Blogs, Free Speech, Media Freedom, Indecency
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By Min. Paul Scott, Black Agenda Report For the record, I vehemently oppose Don Imus’s December 3 return to radio. |
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International Media Group Says A Record 171 Media Workers Killed In 2007
Posted by International Herald Tribune on 29 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, Indecency
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By International Herald Tribune A Sri Lankan bombing raid that killed three employees of a rebel radio station has taken the number of journalists and media workers killed to 171 this year, according to the International News Safety Institute. |
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Protesting Demeaning Images In Media
Posted by NY Times on 05 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Ethics, Action, Media Freedom, Activism, MTV, Indecency
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By Felicia R. Lee, NY Times Wearing white T-shirts with red stop signs and chanting “BET does not reflect me, MTV does not reflect me,” protesters have been gathering every Saturday outside the homes of Viacom executives in Washington and New York City. |
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From Imus to Industry: The Business of Stereotypes and Degrading Images
Posted by Black Agenda Report on 04 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Ownership, News Corp, AOLTimeWarner, Viacom, Commentary, NBC Universal, Disney, GE, FCC, MTV, Race in Media, Radio, Clear Channel, Pop Culture, US Congress, Indecency, Gender
There can be no doubt that much Hip Hop product is pathological. But whose product is it? Industry activist Lisa Fager went to Capitol Hill to school lawmakers on the real purveyors of audio and video mayhem: the music and communications corporations that control the destructive content that saturates the market.
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Press Watchdog Calls For Release Of Bangladesh Cartoonist
Posted by Agence France Press on 20 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Ethics, Media Freedom, Humor, Activism, Judicial, Indecency
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By AFP An international press freedom body called for the immediate release of a Bangladesh cartoonist detained for allegedly insulting Muslims with a reference to the prophet Mohammed. |
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Rutgers Player Drops Imus Suit
Posted by E News on 13 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: News, CBS, Free Speech, Ethics, Media Freedom, Radio, Satellite Radio, Indecency, MSNBC
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By Josh Grossberg, E! News The Rutgers women’s basketball player who sued Don Imus last month over his “nappy-headed hos” blast has withdrawn her slander and defamation lawsuit without explanation. |
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YouTube Censores Gay Kiss But Permits Gay Bashing
Posted by Edge on 10 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Media Freedom, New Media, YouTube, Indecency
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By Ambrose Aban, Edge YouTube is probably the last place you’d suspect would be homophobic. But some are accusing the hugely popular site of subversely supporting homophibia via its policies. |
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