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Attorneys general back federal media shield bill
Posted by AP on 20 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, US Congress
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By Libby Quaid, AP More than two-thirds of state attorneys general now back the right of reporters to withhold the identity of their sources in most federal court cases. |
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Stricter rules loom for media owners
Posted by LA Times on 25 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Policy, FCC, US Congress
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By Jim Puzzanghera, LA Times The FCC defied some members of Congress in 2007 by easing a ban on ownership of a newspaper and a broadcast station in the same city. Yesterday, the lawmakers took the first step toward getting even. |
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Administration Opposes Reporter Shield Law
Posted by AOL News on 21 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, US Congress, McCain, Censorship
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By Mark Impomeni, AOL News Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain made headlines recently by announcing his support for a Federal reporter shield law. |
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Net Neutrality Returns To Top Of Washington’ss Agenda
Posted by InformationWeek on 14 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, US Congress
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By K.C. Jones, Information Week The debate reignited this week as the FCC preps for a hearing on net neutrality and lawmakers introduce a bill on the issue. |
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News roundup: The stories leading other papers, websites
Posted by USA Today on 13 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Obama, Hillary, 08 Election, US Congress, Media Analysis, McCain
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By Mike Carney, USA Today The latest primary results were the leading the news at CNN, MSNBC, Yahoo News, Fox News and NPR. |
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Daniel Ellsberg: Covering Up the Coverage - The American Media’s Complicit Failure to Investigate and Report on the Sibel Edmonds Case
Posted by BradBlog on 22 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Pentagon, FBI, War Watch, Media Freedom, Journalism, U.S. Military, US Congress, CIA, Whistleblower
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By Daniel Ellsberg, Brad Blog In an Exclusive BRAD BLOG Op-Ed, the Legendary ‘Pentagon Papers’ Whistleblower Calls on the Media to Perform Their First Amendment Obligations, on Congressional Leaders to Perform Their Oversight Duty, and for Insider Sources to Come Forward to the American Public… |
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Medicare Is Under Attack, But You Can’t Tell It By Most Press Coverage
Posted by Nieman Watchdog on 09 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Politics, Ethics, Business, Health Care, US Congress, Human Rights
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By Judith Stein, Nieman Watchdog Medicare is under threat, its costs spiraling and benefits decreasing for millions who are leaving traditional Medicare for privatized versions. |
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Defiant FCC chief refuses to delay vote
Posted by LA Times on 14 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, Policy, FCC, US Congress
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By Jim Puzzanghera, LA Times FCC Chairman Kevin Martin endured three hours of aggressive questioning from the Senate Commerce Committee, with lawmakers accusing him of rushing to help big media companies at the expense of the public. |
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US FCC Head Schedules Vote On Media Ownership Rule
Posted by Reuters on 12 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, FCC, US Congress
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By Peter Kaplan, Reuters The head of the FCC took another step towards possible plans to ease U.S. media ownership rules, scheduling a vote on the issue for next week. |
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Is the Military on the Verge of Crashing?
Posted by Nieman Watchdog on 06 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Commentary, Journalism, U.S. Military, US Congress
Longtime military reporter George Wilson says everything is in place for a breakdown of the armed forces, and Congress had better deal with the problem quickly. Wilson poses questions Congress needs to ask.
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Bad Reviews Pile Up For FCC Chief’s Plan
Posted by LA Times on 19 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, FCC, Activism, US Congress
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By Arthur Spiegelman, LA Times Martin wants to loosen ownership rules and end debate within weeks. |
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ArtofMentalWarfare.com: The Warning
Posted by The Art of Mental Warfare on 19 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: Ownership, USGOP, USDemocrats, Bush, VIDEO, Free Speech, Environment, Politics, War Watch, Cheney, Media Freedom, Journalism, New Media, Television, Iraq War, 08 Election, U.S. Military, YouTube, Democracy, Pop Culture, US Congress
ArtofMentalWarfare.com presents The Warning, a politically powerful new music video featuring Grammy Award-winning artist Trent Reznor. The Warning takes on the covert interests behind the war and our media saturated society. From war crimes to the destruction of the environment and a celebrity-obsessed culture, The Warning is a clarion call to action for an apathetic nation. For more visit: ArtofMentalWarfare.com
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Companies Seeking Immunity Donate to Senator
Posted by MediaChannel on 23 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: News, Pentagon, Verizon, AT&T, US Congress
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By Eric Lichtblau and Scott Shane, NY Times Executives at the two biggest phone companies contributed more than $42,000 in political donations to Senator John D. Rockefeller IV this year while seeking his support for legal immunity for businesses participating in NSA eavesdropping. |
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Companies Seeking Immunity Donate to Senator
Posted by MediaChannel on 23 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: News, Pentagon, Verizon, AT&T, US Congress
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By Eric Lichtblau and Scott Shane, NY Times Executives at the two biggest phone companies contributed more than $42,000 in political donations to Senator John D. Rockefeller IV this year while seeking his support for legal immunity for businesses participating in NSA eavesdropping. |
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Don’t Just Shield ‘Pro’ Journalists
Posted by Tim Rutten on 22 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Blogs, Commentary, Media Freedom, Journalism, US Congress
A federal shield law needs to treat the Los Angeles Times’ White House correspondent the same way it treats some guy tapping fitfully on his laptop in a shed in the Ozarks.
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