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by Sean Sullivan, Washington Post
May 15th, 2013
Several news organizations slammed the Justice Department for the Associated Press phone records seizure.
Press Freedom and Media Workers
| AP Phone Records Seizure by Sean Sullivan, Washington Post May 15th, 2013 Several news organizations slammed the Justice Department for the Associated Press phone records seizure. |
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 | Tavis Smiley and Cornel West Show Dropped at Chicago PBS Due to Lack of "Balance" by Robert Feder, Time Out Chicago WBEZ president Torey Malatia stated the show had an "advocacy identity" and was becoming more like Democracy Now. Some say the problem was the show's critical stance on Barack Obama as not liberal enough. Obama hails from Chicago. |
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 | 30-Year New Mexico Public Access Center Evicted by Police Albuquerque citizens along with the staff and board Quote Unquote Inc. showed up to the station at 519 Central NW to find their access revoked by an armed officer placed there by the City of Albuquerque. |
 | Court Challenge to Fleeting Expletives by Jonathan Rintels, Center for Creative Voices In Media Update: On June 21st, the Supreme Court overturned indecency penalties against Fox Broadcasting and ABC broadcasting, but declined to overturn the larger indecency regulatory structure initiated in the 1978 Pacifica vs FCC case immortalized by George Carlin as "The Seven Dirty Words". See below a press release from the Center for Creative Voices in Media. |
 | FBI Seizes Riseup Server On April 18th, the FBI removed a server from the colocated hub in NYC shared by Riseup, The May 1/People First Collective and ECN. |
 | 2012 Board Election by Tracy Rosenberg, Media Alliance It's that time again. MA members, we need you to vote in our uncontested board election and ratify some bylaws changes. |
 | Al-Jazeera - Under Fire for Distorted Coverage Al-Jazeera, the Qatar-funded international news bureau, has been accused by it's own editors and reporters of intentionally distorting coverage of conflicts in Syria and Libya. |
 | Tasini vs. Huffington Post Update 4/9/2012: Huffington Post/AOL won the dismissal of a lawsuit by unpaid bloggers. |
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 | Hikers Freed from Evin Prison http://www.freethehikers.org Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were freed from Tehran's Evin Prison on September 21st after serving more than two years on allegations of spying. |
 | Mumia Abu-Jamal Death Penalty Thrown Out by Supreme Court by Jorge Rivas, Colorlines Magazine Former journalist and Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal's death sentence was thrown out on Tuesday October 11th by the Supreme Court. |
 | Right-Wing Attacks on Pacifica Broadcasts of Al-Jazeera English Pacifica Radio found itself the target of right-wing attacks after it began airing a daily newscast from Al-Jazeera Engish in major media markets across the country. |
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| Media Alliance's Spot.us Tips Spot.us is an exciting initiative in community-funded journalism that directly connects journalists with citizens who want to see stories told. |
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| Reporter Ordered to Hand Over Tapes of Anti-War Protests Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press A reporter for a cable-access show in Chicago was ordered by a federal magistrate judge last week to hand over every video recording he made documenting anti-war protests from 2003 to 2005. |
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| Video of "A Conversation About the Chronicle" Video of the Society of Professional Journalists event "A Conversation About the Chronicle" at the San Francisco Public Library at: http://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=460 |
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 | Bart Draft Cell Phone Shutdown Policy BART considers draft policy for cell phone shutdowns. |
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| Interested in Community Media? Be a KPFA Program Council Rep. KPFA is looking for Listener Representatives to sit on the KPFA Program Council. The Program Council is a vital part of the functioning of KPFA - a working committee composed of a diverse group of staff, board, management and listeners meeting to coordinate and schedule programming and to review proposals for new programs on KPFA. |
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