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AP Photographer Granted Iraqi Amnesty
Posted by AP on 10 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Media Freedom, Middle East, Judicial, Human Rights
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By Robert H. Reid, AP An Iraqi judicial committee has dismissed terrorism-related allegations against Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein. |
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Banks Defend Clear Channel Funding Effort
Posted by Wall Street Journal on 01 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Judicial, Clear Channel, Business
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By Peter Lattman and Matthew Karnitschnig, Wall Street Journal Banks accused buyout firms Thomas H. Lee Partners LP and Bain Capital Partners LLC of blindsiding them with a lawsuit while they were in the middle of negotiating the deal. |
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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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CBS Bosses Hiding Truth - Dan Rather
Posted by NY Daily News on 27 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, CBS, Television, Judicial
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By Jose Martinez, NY Daily News Dan Rather slammed CBS for trying to keep his court fight with the network out of the public eye. |
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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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Judge Holds Reporter In Contempt In Anthrax Case
Posted by USA Today on 20 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Ethics, Media Freedom, Journalism, Judicial, Human Rights
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By Kevin Johnson, USA Today A federal judge held a former USA TODAY reporter in contempt of court for failing to identify sources who named former Army scientist Steven Hatfill as a possible suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks. |
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Cablers Duel FCC Over Regulations
Posted by Variety.com on 05 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Media Freedom, FCC, Judicial
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By William Tripplett, Variety Six national cable television programming companies have jointly sued the FCC. |
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A Bright Shield: Utah Supreme Court Wisely Adopts Reporter Privilege Rule
Posted by The Salt Lake Tribune on 28 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, Judicial
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By The Salt Lake Tribune The Utah Supreme Court has granted journalists the near-absolute right to protect the identity of confidential news sources in the state’s courts of law. |
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House Commerce Committee Gears Up For FCC Investigation
Posted by RadioInk on 09 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Media Freedom, FCC, Judicial
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By Radio Ink The Commerce Committee wrote again to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to tell him that the committee’s investigation into the FCC has begun and to urge Martin to cooperate. |
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Campaign For Release Of Saudi Blogger
Posted by BBC News on 03 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Blogs, Free Speech, Media Freedom, Journalism, Middle East, Judicial, Human Rights
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By BBC News Saudi officials revealed that they had detained leading blogger Fouad al-Farhan. |
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Former CBS Newser Defies Court, Won’t Reveal Sources
Posted by The Observer on 02 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, CBS, New York Times, Media Freedom, Journalism, Judicial, ABC News
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By Felix Gillette, The Observer Depending on a judge’s ruling in an ongoing case, Mr. Stewart could be spending a his retirement in contempt of a federal court. |
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Ex-Sun-Times Boss Radler Sentenced To 29-Month Term
Posted by Chicago Tribune on 18 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, Economics, Ethics, Action, Newspapers, Judicial
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By Ameet Sachdev, Chicago Tribune Radler was the only senior executive at Chicago-based Hollinger International Inc. who pleaded guilty for his role in defrauding shareholders. |
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Senate To Examine FCC Media Rules
Posted by Hollywood Reporter on 13 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, FCC, Judicial
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By Brooks Boliek, Hollywood Reporter FCC chairman Kevin Martin goes into the firing line again as the Senate Commerce Committee takes a hard look at his plans to reshape the media landscape. |
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Cable Industry Wins Compromise On FCC Plans
Posted by NY Times on 28 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, Politics, FCC, Judicial, Cable
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By Stephen Labaton, NY Times In the face of a lobbying blitzkrieg by the cable television industry, the FCC drastically scaled back a proposal by the agency’s chairman to more tightly regulate the industry. |
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CBS Asks Court to Dismiss Suit Filed by Rather
Posted by NY Times on 16 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, CBS, Journalism, Judicial
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By Jacques Steinberg, NY Times CBS filed a motion yesterday seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit by Dan Rather, who says that the network violated his contract by giving him too little to do after it forced him off the evening news in 2005. |
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