Freedom of the Press

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• American Occupiers Must Act to Protect Iraqi Press Freedom: Kitabat of Iraq

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 717
  ALONG WITH WOULD-BE ASSASSIN, IRAQI SOLDIERS LAUGH UNDER SIGN THAT SAYS: ‘Assassination attempt against journalist Al Abadi is an assassination attempt against democracy’ The intricacy of America’s role in post-war Iraq has yet to be understood, but a few indications can be discerned by editorials like this ...
  16 hours ago

• Pakistani journalist Najam Sethi conferred ‘Golden Pen of Freedom’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Hyderabad, Dec 1 (IANS) Prominent Pakistani journalist Najam Sethi was Tuesday presented the “Gold Pen of Freedom” award by World Association of Newspapers (WAN) for his outstanding contribution to the defence and promotion of press freedom.Sethi, editor-in-chief, Friday Times and Daily Times, Pakistan, received ...
  16 hours ago

• Berkeley Paper Suffers Boycott for Views on Israel

  
  CalAware Today — Authority: 125
  FREE PRESS -- A free weekly newspaper (with a daily website) reporting city news, comment and controversies to the residents of Berkeley is under serious attack and could be shut down for loss of advertising because of charges that its editorial content, including but not limited to published letters, is ...
  22 hours ago

• Lies of Omission: Barbados Advocate article IDB “$400 Million Boost” doesn’t once mention word “Loan” !!!!

  
  Barbados Free Press — Authority: 498
  FREE MONEY!!!! Oh Gawd, this is freaking hilarious! The #1 government mouthpiece, The Barbados Advocate, does an entire article about the recent Inter-American Development Bank loan of US$200 million to Barbados and doesn’t once mention that it is a loan to be repaid. A loan that plunges the country further in ...
  3 days ago

• Court appeal for men imprisoned for distributing Hoffmans satire

  
  On the Contrary — Authority: 421
  Court hears appeal for two men imprisoned for distributing Hoffmans "Holohoax" satire In Britain, in Leeds Crown Court, on July 10, 2009, Simon Sheppard received a sentence of 4 years and 10 months and Stephen Whittle two years and four months. Mr. Sheppards sentence comprised 12 months concurrent on three counts ...
  4 days ago

• 12 journalists killed in the Philippines

  
  Thoughts of Nigel — Authority: 511
  Quite appalling news coming out of the Philipines yesterday. Reporters without borders reporting that At least 12 journalists were killed today in Maguindanao province (on the southern island of Mindanao) by armed men, including two policemen, linked to the province’s governor, a supporter of President Gloria ...
  1 week ago

• Freedom of the Press IS Freedom of the Internet

  
  The Edjurist — Authority: 417
  When most people think of "freedom of the press" in the First Amendment , I think they think of a freedom that is associated with news reporters (those folks that work for newspapers, radio, TV, etc.). I dont think that is what the founders meant. The words press and media and other terms nowadays refer to specific ...
  1 week ago

• Maziar Bahari: Witness

  
  Peace with Iran — Authority: 118
  Maziar Bahari: Witness Watch CBS News Videos Online (Bob Simon | 60 Minutes – CBS News | 22 November 2009) - Recently freed after four months of interrogation and torture in Iran, Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari tells his story to Bob Simon and writes about his ordeal in the next issue of Newsweek. In the ...
  1 week ago

• look, a cat…

  
  Shmohawk's Weblog — Authority: 110
  PM Stephen Harper just doesn’t get it – the meaning of certain words and phrases. When he speaks about press freedom, human rights, accountability and transparency, it all sounds like a cartooon dog’s impression of human-speak: “qwa-qwau-kwonk-qua-quonk.” For examples to all of the above, keep ...
  1 week ago

• Journalists under attack in Ukraine

  
  Thoughts of Nigel — Authority: 511
  According to the CPJ Officials first barred reporters from entering their offices in the Odessa Television and Radio Center and then cut the power supply to their newsrooms and transmitter, silencing 12 independent broadcasters, Natalya Perevalova, chief editor of the Odessa-based independent television channel ...
  1 week ago

• Posterior Restraint: A Courthouse Comp for VIPs?

  
  CalAware Today — Authority: 125
  FREE PRESS -- If the courtroom bailiffs in Las Vegas are going to lock reporters in after a hearing so they cant chase a departing VIP party for interviews, lets not treat this as a constitutional crisis, writes Brendan Buhler in the Las Vegas Sun . Lets offer it as another benefit of the secrecy hospitality of ...
  1 week ago

• Addiction to Growth is China’s ‘Berlin Wall’: Global Geographic Times, People’s Republic of China

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 717
  Can President Obama persuade China not to be so dependent on growth, particularly trade-dependent growth? Likening Beijing’s obsession with growth to a Chinese version of the ‘Berlin Wall,’ Feng Mengyun of China’s state-run Global Geographic Times expresses his hope that President Obama can do something to ...
  1 week ago

• In Obama Interview, Signs of China’s Heavy Hand

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  Authorities appeared to carefully monitor how President Obama’s words were transmitted to China’s public, even in a newspaper known for its press-the-envelope approach.
  1 week ago

• ThaiVisa Founder Interview

  
  Carl Parkes -- FriskoDude — Authority: 129
  Bangkok Dan at Absolutely Bangkok interviews the founder of ThaiVisa, Thailands most popular online forum. George gets thrown some hardball questions, but responds well to the common criticism that his moderators are more Catholic than the Pope. He’s an institution: George, founder and owner of Thaivisa.com, ...
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• FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN JEOPARDY IN PALESTINE

  
  Desertpeace — Authority: 585
  PA police arrest journalist   Suubmitted by Khalid Amayreh Al-Khalil (Hebron), Occupied West Bank Palestinian Authority (PA) police have arrested Walid Suleiman, a Hebron-based journalist on suspicion of “inciting against the PA” and “undermining vital Palestinian interests.” ...
  1 week ago

• Illinois prosecutor bullies students, backslides to bad old days

  
  The Platform — Authority: 519
  Cook County State’s Attorney Anita M. Alvarez recently created a sensation with an 11th-hour filing in a high-profile murder case, alleging that students at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism may have paid witnesses for statements exonerating a convicted murderer. If it were…
  1 week ago

• Sheriff to Marines: Your service is not over!

  
  The Liberty Tree Lantern — Authority: 131
  ‘Freedoms and liberties which we enjoy under the U.S. Constitution are under siege’ Posted: November 10, 2009 8:28 pm Eastern By Bob Unruh © 2009 WorldNetDaily A Colorado sheriff who made headlines for his deliberate non-compliance with the politically correct attitude of his county toward Christmas, today ...
  1 week ago

• Unlike some countries,getting news here will never cost a life

  
  Thoughts of Nigel — Authority: 511
  Join Reporters without frontiers campaign of awareness for the United States
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• The Lesson of Fort Hood: ‘Muslims Cannot Be Trusted’: Al Watan Voice, Palestinian Territories

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 717
  In the years that we have pursued this project, today’s posting is one of the strangest international press articles I can recall. And while it indicates that Hamas may be allowing more press freedom than we thought – the conclusions of the author are anything but comforting. Keeping in mind that the accused ...
  1 week ago

• Yes is is "Fair and Balanced"

  
  The Guy In the Window — Authority: 422
  Contrary to what the Administration would have you believe...Guess this would be "Obama Lies- Part 3 What if I told you that Fox gave Obama his worst press and John McCain his best press of any network during last years presidential election? If you work for the White House, youd probably take this as proof that Fox ...
  1 week ago

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