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A Tale of Two Universities

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 11.30.2008 | Media

My thinking is, if Quinnipiac is going to show such contempt for its own student journalists, journalists around the country should start ignoring their polls.

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Fight Crime, Ban Symbols

Suzette Standring | Posted 11.24.2008 | Media

A patch, label or logo does not a murderer make. Let's not start down a road where in time the government gets into the business of controlling tee-shirt slogans.

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One Step Closer To Nationwide Free Wireless Internet

Daniel Sinker | Posted 11.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Iphone, Fcc, Technology, Porn, Free Speech, Mobile Phones, Mobile Devices, Computers, Nationwide Free Wireless, Free Wireless, Digital Devices, Business News

The idea behind it is that the government can use existing spectrum to reach areas under-served by current internet carriers: rural America and underprivileged communities.

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Keeping the Internet Free For a New Generation of Speakers

Leslie Harris | Posted 11.09.2008 | Media

Read More: Pornography, Internet, Policy Making, Empowerment, Child Protection, Laws, Microsoft, Free Speech, Congress, Technology, Policy, Child Safety, President, Legislation, Cdt, Media News

The next president should set out to make the Internet's very own Bill of Rights and promote strategies that empower Internet users to make their own choices for their families about content controls.

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University Of Ilinois Reverses Political Activity Ban

Champaign News-Gazette | Christine Des Garennes | Posted 11.07.2008 | Chicago

Read More: University of Illinois, Joseph White, U of I Political Ethics, U of I Barack Obama Rally, Free Speech, U of I Politics Ban, University of Illinois Politics Rules, University of Illinois Politics Ban, Chicago News

University of Illinois employees, feel free to put a John McCain sticker on your car or attend a Barack Obama rally on campus. UI President B. Joseph...

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Jerry Seinfeld Court Papers: It's Free Speech!

NY Post | Posted 09.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Jessica Seinfeld, Missy Chase Lapine, Free Speech, Jerry Seinfeld, Entertainment News

Jerry Seinfeld insisted yesterday he ought to be the master of his own comic domain. Seinfeld didn't slander the woman who accused his wife of rippin...

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Baton-Bashed In Denver! Is This Really What Democracy Looks Like?!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Civil Liberties, Democratic National Convention, Incarceration, Citizsen Journalist, First Amendment Rights, Internal Affairs Division, Protest, Free Speech, Denver Sheriff's Department, Codepink, Dnc, Denver, Arrest, Politics News

IS THIS WHAT DEMOCRACY REALLY LOOKS LIKE?! There are characteristics essential to being a member of the peace and social justice organization, ...

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Anti-War Protesters Have Every Reason to Yell "Fuck FOX News!"

ZP Heller | Posted 09.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Fox News, First Amendment, Corporate Media, Iran War, Griff Jenkins, Free Speech, Democratic Convention Protest, Media News

FOX is guilty of war- and fearmongering, spreading the administration's lies at every turn, and smearing those who try to set the record straight. I'd say these anti-war protesters get the message just right.

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Frustrated With TV Ads? Run Your Own for $6

Ryan Kauffman | Posted 09.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Naral, Cnbc, Espn, Free Speech, Surveillance, Human Rights Campaign, Media, Facebook, Television, Internet, Social Networks, Advertising, Activism, Mybarackobama, Telecommunications, Fox News, Youtube, Community Organizing, Fisa, Technology, Media News

Instead of having content generated in studios, financed with giant bankrolls, and distributed to the masses on a limited number of channels, SaysMe is encouraging you to attack the media world asymmetrically.

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Friday Talking Points [40] -- Obama Shines, McCain Whines

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

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Be careful what you wish for, John. That seems to be the message of the week for Senator John McCain. He took some campaign consultant's idea a few w...

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A Free Speech Graveyard at the Democratic National Convention

John W. Whitehead | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic National Convention, Protest, Free Speech, Dnc, Politics News

With the media having sold out the First Amendment rights of protesters for the sake of their own financial interests, it is now left to a handful of civil liberties organizations and protesters to challenge these restrictions in court.

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Even Paid Speech Isn't Free

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media

Read More: George W. Bush, Free Speech, Harry Shearer CD, Harry Shearer Ad, Media News

When Clear Channel saw my "Songs of the Bushmen" ads, their tone changed from oleaginously friendly salesman to angry schoolmarm -- the art was "not acceptable," a curt email informed me.

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Redefining the Press In An Election Year

Michael Lawlor | Posted 07.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Supreme Court, Press, Blog, Election, Online, Free Speech, Home News

As the concept of the press and what constitutes news are continually being challenged and redefined, freedom of the press becomes an even more crucial concept.

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Unhappy Birthday Pacifica

Leslie Harris | Posted 07.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Freedom of Speech, US Supreme Court, George Carlin, Technology, Fcc, Broadcast Indecency, Free Speech, Media News

Today, the media landscape barely resembles that of the late '70s, but the so-called "pervasiveness" concept arising from Pacifica -- the idea that broadcasting is an unstoppable "intruder" in the home -- lives on.

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Vietnamese Community Tests Free Speech

Peter Scheer | Posted 06.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Editorial Independence, Footbath, Ethnic Media, Vietnam, Flag Desecration, Free Speech, Little Saigon, Newspaper, First Amendment, Media, Journalism, Diaspora, Media News

When the biggest Vietnamese-language newspaper in the country, gave offense to its readers in an obscure but controversial article about a work of art, it triggered an explosion of protests among readers.

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California Uber Alles?

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, First Amendment, Loyalty Oath, Individual Rights, Fire, Free Speech, Violence, Politics News

California's Constitution requires state employees to pledge to take up arms to defend the state against enemies. The oath was added in 1952; it was hardly justifiable then and is a bizarre anachronism now.

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Dust-Up Round 3! Ben Stein's Expelled

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

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If Ben Stein cares so much about free speech and academic freedom, where has he been all these years?

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