Tag Archives: Freedom of Press

Preventive Detention Violates the 4th Amendment

A documentary filmmaker screamed as he underwent treatment for pepper spray. Photo: Damon Winter/The New York TimesPreemptive Strikes Against Protest at RNCby Marjorie Cohn / September 2, 2008 In the months leading up to the Republican National Convention, the FBI-led … Continue reading

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FCC Decision : Milestone in the Fight for Internet Rights

Kevin Martin says Comcast’s actions are like a post office blocking mail. Photo by AP.‘It’s the first time the FCC has gone to such lengths to assert users’ right to an open Internet’ By tkarr / August 20, 2008 It’s … Continue reading

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Net Neutrality: Why You Should Give a Damn

Photo by Sean Nel.‘Too much creative control is in the hands of too few people who aren’t creative’By Michael Janover / August 16, 2008 OK, I’m old. I was around when Channel 2 went on the air in Denver in … Continue reading

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This Is Coming to the Truth in Your Home Towns

Tom Feeley, owner and editor of InformationClearingHouse.info, has endured public harassment, home invasions, death threats and threats to his family simply for running a website.Anti-war website operator threatened by armed thugsBy Paul Joseph Watson, Prison Planet / August 7, 2008 … Continue reading

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Stop the New FISA

Allowing the new surveillance law to stand would seriously cripple our free pressby Chris Hedges / July 11, 2008 If the sweeping surveillance law signed by President Bush on Thursday — giving the U.S. government nearly unchecked authority to eavesdrop … Continue reading

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Concerning the Crime of Journalism

Al-Jazeera journalist Sami al-Haj, released this week from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay.The U.S. War on Journalistsby Amy Goodman / May 8, 2008 Sami al-Haj is a free man today, after having been imprisoned by the U.S. military for … Continue reading

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