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Summer 2005 Volume 10, Number 2

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Table of contents

Media Repulse Ban on Katrina Coverage

Reporter's Privilege News
Deep Throat's Identity Revealed At Last
New York Times’s Judith Miller Released After 85 Days;
Dole Suggests Identities Law Not Violated

Federal Shield Law Debated in Hearings Before Senate Judiciary Committee
Magazine Reporters Not Protected Under Alabama’s Shield Law

Prior Restraint
Proposed District Court Rules Raise First Amendment Concerns

Access to Government
New Rulings in Cheney and NEPDG Cases Still Restrict Access to Information

FOIA Update
Gonzales’ Reconsideration of FOIA Policy May Result in Wider Access to Information

Controversial Downing Street Memo Receives Little Coverage in U.S.

Ethical Issues and the Media
Los Angeles Times Issues New Ethics Guidelines
Miami Herald Columnist Fired After Recording Conversation with Official Who Later Killed Himself
Washington Post Withdraws Sponsorship Of Pentagon “Freedom Walk”

Kentucky Public Radio Station Cancels “Writers Almanac” for Offensive Language

Internet Pornography Rulings Raise Concerns About Fourth Amendment Protections

New Editorial Guidelines, Other Changes at the BBC

Copyright News
U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Grokster
Jerry Falwell Loses Domain Name Case

International Libel
Film Director Roman Polanski Wins Defamation Case
Jurisdiction in Libel Suit Against The Washington Post Online Rejected by Canadian Appeals Court

Student Press News
Hosty Ruling Could Result in Fewer Freedoms For University Newspapers, Students

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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