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Saturday, June 30, 2007 11:27 PM

As if NYC doesn't have enough to worry about ...

If you want to take a picture or shoot video in New York City, you might have to travel solo and make it awfully darned snappy. Check out this New York Times story about new rules being considered by the Mayor's Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 12:36 AM

Is the Fairness Doctrine really fair?

The Hill has reported an interesting look at Congressional debate surrounding the resurrection of the Fairness Doctrine, which, until 1987, required broadcasters to devote a "reasonable" amount of time to presenting all sides of a controversial issue.
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Monday, May 14, 2007 1:38 AM

U.S. Senate gallery needs ConsumerAffairs.com

ConsumerAffairs.com has been around since 1998, and I gotta be honest: it has helped me both professionally and personally over the years. This small, online news organization run on a relatively shoestring budget and with a small staff is downright
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007 5:45 PM

Kill the Kyl Amendment!

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) appears to be determined to criminalize the leaking -- and publishing -- of classified information. The Senate could vote as early as this week on what amounts to a backdoor approach to an official secrets act. Here's some brief
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007 12:43 AM

Hellooo! Anybody out there?!

Wake up, everybody! Where the heck are we?! This nation has a potential Offical Secrets Act on its hands -- and at this hour, I'm seeing only ONE byline on the Web addressing the issue. And even that news item was posted on a blog a week ago ...
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Saturday, December 09, 2006 3:24 PM

The U.S. Senate wants to do what?!

The Associated Press has reported that Democrats and Republicans are planning secret "bipartisan caucuses" aimed at breaking Senate gridlock and speeding business. These caucuses would expand the scope of reasons lawmakers could give to call "executive
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Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:26 PM

Bad news for Josh Wolf -- and all journalists

This just in: It appears blogger and freelance videographer Josh Wolf will be held in a federal prison until July -- unless he chooses to give up for a grand jury's review unpublished video footage he shot during a 2005 protest in San Francisco. Today,
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Thursday, October 05, 2006 12:09 PM

Church to IRS: "See you in court!"

All Saints Church, an Episcopal congregation in Pasadena, Calif., will see the Internal Revenue Service in a higher court. The IRS ordered the 3,500-member church to hand over all documents it produced in 2004 mentioning political candidates (specifically,
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006 10:12 PM

The IRS goes to church?!

So many interesting e-mails cross the transom in a day. Many bring compelling First Amendment issues to the attention of SPJ's national leaders. I truly wish the Society had the bandwidth to address every single one of those issues with a flurry of
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