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Burma's Thaw Now Extends to Media
The political thawing of tropical Burma seems to be continuing, as the second-least-free country in the world for journalism (after North Korea) has begun to relax its tight controls over the media. As...
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Hawaii Senate Passes 'Steven Tyler Act'
When Steven Tyler speaks, lawmakers in Hawaii listen. The state Senate has passed an anti-paparazzi billed dubbed the "Steven Tyler Act" after the Aerosmith frontman kicked up a stink about...
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Gov't Seized AP Reporters' Phone Records
The government secretly seized two months of phone records from the Associated Press, according to the AP itself. The Justice Department took records for 20 separate phone lines, including incoming and...
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Journalists Blast 'Chilling' Seizure of AP's Records
News that the government seized two months of phone records from the Associated Press has drawn blistering criticism of the White House from a wide variety of news organizations, Politico reports....
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Media Finally Gets It: Obama Is a Joke on Civil Liberties
Look around today, and it's easy to find a news story or column criticizing President Obama and his Justice Department for going after reporters' phone records. (Like these in the Washington Post ,...
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Obama: 'No Apologies' for Investigation of Reporters
President Obama used a joint news conference today with the Turkish prime minister to try to defuse the recent White House scandals . Some highlights: AP phone records: He said he would make "no...
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Gov't Spied On Fox Journalist, Too
Of all the news organizations the government could spy on, it chose to tangle with ... Fox News. And this one goes further than the AP . The Justice Department examined Fox News reporter James Rosen's...
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Holder Backed Fox News Probe
Eric Holder has deftly sidestepped accountability for the Justice Department's spying on the AP by saying he recused himself from the case , but he can't pull the same trick in the Fox News case . The...
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NYT, AP Boycott Holder's Off-Record Media Powwow
Eric Holder just wants to talk to reporters, without worrying about any pesky reporting. The attorney general has called an off-the-record meeting with the Washington bureau chiefs of several major...
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Times Reporter Ordered to Testify in Leaks Case
A reporter for the New York Times has been ordered by an appeals court in Virginia to testify against the man accused of slipping him classified CIA secrets, reports USA Today . James Risen has...
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UK Made Guardian Destroy Hard Drives: Editor
The UK's interference with the Guardian 's Snowden reporting apparently goes deeper than just the detention of Glenn Greenwald's partner . In a new opinion piece in the Guardian , editor Alan...
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Russia Kicks Out First US Journalist Since Cold War
Looks like the Kremlin thaw that saw the release of Pussy Riot members may have been short-lived: Radio Free Europe's David Satter has become the first American journalist to be kicked out of Russia...
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America's Press Freedom Ranking: 46th
Reporters Without Borders has released its annual World Press Freedom Index , and the US suffered "one of the most significant declines" in 2013, the group says. Thanks to the conviction of WikiLeaks...
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Mass-Media Prof Asks for 'Muscle' to Remove Journo
A University of Missouri photojournalist on freelance assignment for ESPN found himself in a confrontation with student activists Monday as they tried to ban him from the tent city they'd set up on...
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Gawker Just Got Its Own Billionaire Backer in Hulk Hogan Trial
Hulk Hogan's ongoing lawsuit against Gawker is starting to look a lot like a game of Rock'em Sock'em Robots with two tech billionaires at the controls. On Thursday, PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel...
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Trump Bans 'Dishonest' Washington Post
Donald Trump has decided that the Washington Post —winner of 47 Pulitzer prizes, including one for its role in exposing the Watergate scandal—isn't the kind of newspaper he wants covering his campaign....
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Russia Kicks Out First US Journalist Since Cold War
Looks like the Kremlin thaw that saw the release of Pussy Riot members may have been short-lived: Radio Free Europe's David Satter has become the first American journalist to be kicked out of Russia...
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America's Press Freedom Ranking: 46th
Reporters Without Borders has released its annual World Press Freedom Index , and the US suffered "one of the most significant declines" in 2013, the group says. Thanks to the conviction of WikiLeaks...
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Mass-Media Prof Asks for 'Muscle' to Remove Journo
A University of Missouri photojournalist on freelance assignment for ESPN found himself in a confrontation with student activists Monday as they tried to ban him from the tent city they'd set up on...
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Gawker Just Got Its Own Billionaire Backer in Hulk Hogan Trial
Hulk Hogan's ongoing lawsuit against Gawker is starting to look a lot like a game of Rock'em Sock'em Robots with two tech billionaires at the controls. On Thursday, PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel...
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