Religious Right
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Danish Newspapers Republish Prophet Cartoon
Posted by Reuters on 14 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Ethics, Media Freedom, Journalism, Humor, Religious Right, Human Rights
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By Kim McLaughlin and Gelu Sulugiuc, Reuters The newspapers reprinted one of the drawings of the Prophet Mohammad that caused global Muslim outrage two years ago. |
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Arab TV Broadcasters Face Curbs
Posted by BBC News on 13 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Ethics, Media Freedom, Journalism, Middle East, Television, Religious Right, Satellite TV, Human Rights
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By BBC News Arab countries have agreed to allow punishment of satellite channels deemed to have offended Arab leaders, or national or religious symbols. |
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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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Eight Questions Reporters Should Ask Huckabee
Posted by Columbia Journalism Review on 12 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, Politics, Economics, 08 Election, Religious Right, Business, Immigration, Human Rights
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By Todd Gitlin, Columbia Journalism Review Here are some questions for the Republican candidate and former governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee. |
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Iran: Supreme Court Upholds Kurdish Journalist’s Death Sentence
Posted by Adnkronos International on 12 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Ethics, Media Freedom, Journalism, Middle East, Judicial, Religious Right, Human Rights
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By Adnkronos International Iran’s Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence handed to Kurdish journalist Adnan Hassanpour for being an ‘enemy of God’. |
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Richard Mellon Scaife and His Lawsuit of Treasures
Posted by Columbia Journalism Review on 24 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Religious Right, Right v. Left
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By Clint Hendler, CJR The Washington Post ran a long article detailing the marital and legal troubles of Richard Mellon Scaife, publisher of the conservative Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and funder of many right wing causes and media outlets. |
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Jewish Group Wants Media To Give “Perfected Jew” Coulter Cold Shoulder
Posted by Israel Insider on 11 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Media Freedom, Religious Right, CNBC, Human Rights
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By Israel Insider The National Jewish Democratic Council called on media outlets to stop inviting Ann Coulter as a guest commentator/pundit and condemned her comments that Jews should be “perfected” by accepting the New Testament… |
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Savage Said Imus Was “Lynched”
Posted by Media Matters on 25 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: News, Bias, Ethics, Media Freedom, FCC, Radio, Religious Right, Indecency, Alternative Press
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By Michael J. Maio, Media Matters Savage compared his firing to “what was done in Nazi Germany to Jews.” |
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Rejected By The LA Times — Enlisting Christ: Not On My Watch
Posted by MediaChannel on 10 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: News, USGOP, Bush, U.S. Military, Religious Right
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By Mikey Weinstein, MediaChannel Mikey Weinstein is an Air Force veteran who has been blowing the whistle on attempts by Evangelical Christians to recruit inside the military. The LA Times asked him to submit this op-ed piece and then decided to reject it because it was “based on hearsay.” You be the judge! |
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Religious Propaganda War: Coulter V. Obama
Posted by MediaChannel on 27 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Fox News, VIDEO, Obama, 08 Election, Religious Right
In this clip from Fox News, Ann Coulter attacks Barack Obama for claiming that the religious right has hijacked faith and used it to drive Americans apart.
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Falwell and Me
Posted by CommonDreams.org on 18 May 2007 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, Television, Religious Right
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By Jeff Cohen, CommonDreams.org It was fitting to see so much gushing on TV news about Rev. Jerry Falwell in the hours after his death. He and TV news held the same things sacred: fame, soundbites and uninformed fear-mongering. |
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