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Hispanic Congressmen Demand Corporate Action Against CNN Host
Posted by guardian.co.uk on 29 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, USDemocrats, Free Speech, Politics, Hillary, Media Freedom, Policy, 08 Election, Latin America
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By Elana Schor, guardian.co.uk Latino members of Congress condemned the TV network for failing to recognise the “potentially dangerous” consequences of Dobbs’s “divisive commentary”. |
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Russian Media To Face Restrictions
Posted by AP on 28 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Europe, Free Speech, RU, Media Freedom, Journalism, Libel, Human Rights, Censorship
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By AP The legislation, passed by the State Duma 339-1, is the latest attempt by the government to squeeze the country’s increasingly embattled news media. |
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Chinese Journalist Zhao Yan Calls For Press Freedom Following Release
Posted by Radio Free Asia on 17 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, Free Speech, Media Freedom, Journalism, Censorship
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By Radio Free Asia A Beijing-based news researcher for The New York Times and cutting-edge Chinese investigative reporter has called for greater press freedom in China following his release from a three-year jail term. |
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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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Parliament Passes Media Legislation, Opposition Threatens To Block EU Treaty
Posted by AP on 10 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Europe, Free Speech, Media Freedom, Human Rights, Censorship
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By AP The law was passed by 81 votes to 62 despite complaints by the Slovak opposition that the move would limit press freedoms. |
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China Doctors The News Of Olympic Torch Relay
Posted by San Francisco Chronicle on 09 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, Free Speech, CN, Ethics, Media Freedom, Gaming
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By Kathleen E. McLaughlin, San Francisco Chronicle The tumultuous reception to China’s Olympic torch relay around the world has touched a nationalistic nerve here. |
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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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NPR News: National Pentagon Radio?
Posted by Norman Solomon on 27 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Politics, Media Freedom, Journalism, Radio
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By Norman Solomon At NPR News, the sense and sensibilities tend to be neatly aligned with the outlooks of official Washington. |
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Egypt Editor Given Six-Month Sentence For Mubarak Rumours
Posted by Agence France Press on 27 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Media Freedom, Journalism
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By AFP Eissa was charged with spreading “false information…damaging the public interest and national stability.” |
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China Bars Olympics Coverage From Tiananmen Square
Posted by AP on 24 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, Free Speech, NBC Universal, CN, Media Freedom, Journalism, privacy, Censorship
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By AP A ban on live broadcasts at the square would disrupt the plans major international networks, which are counting on eye-pleasing live shots from the landmark site. |
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Virtual demos over net censorship
Posted by BBC News on 13 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech
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By BBC News Thousands of people are taking part in “virtual protests” against countries accused of censoring the internet. |
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US Reporter Gets Last Minute Stay From Hefty Contempt Fines
Posted by Agence France Press on 12 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Ethics, Media Freedom, Journalism
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By Agence France Press A former reporter for USAToday newspaper who was fined for refusing to name confidential sources for a story, has been granted a stay. |
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Journalist to be executed
Posted by Guardian Unlimited on 11 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Journalism, Activism, Human Rights
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By Peter Tatchell, Guardian Unlimited Iranian journalist and civil rights campaigner Yaghub Mehrnehad faces imminent execution after an unfair trial. |
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Reporter Of Anthrax Probe Is Fined Over Sources
Posted by Wall Street Journal on 10 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Media Freedom, Journalism, privacy, Human Rights
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By Robert MacMillan, WSJ A former USA Today reporter tomorrow will have to start paying hundreds, then thousands of dollars in fines, out of her own pocket, for refusing to reveal sources. |
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Tell the Truth, But Slant, While Web Trolls Rant
Posted by NY Observer on 27 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Bias, Free Speech, Politics, New York Times, Obama, Hillary, Media Freedom, Journalism, 08 Election
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By John Koblin, NY Observer It was a little over a month ago that The New York Times’ editorial board urged voters to cast their ballots for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary. |
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