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Summer 2007, Volume 12, Number 4
Top Story:
Second Circuit Strikes Down FCC’s ‘Fleeting Expletives’ Rule as ‘Arbitrary and Capricious'
FCC News
Page 3
FCC Releases Report on Television Violence; Critics Challenge Conclusions and Recommendations on Various Grounds
Food Advertisers Phase out Marketing to Kids after Agencies, Lawmakers Suggest Government Regulations
Silha Events
Page 6
Reporter Privilege News
Page 7
Proposed Federal Shield Law will go to House Floor; Justice Department and Big Business Offer Criticism
Roundup: State Lawmakers Consider Privilege Statutes
Update: BALCO Leaker’s Plea Deal Rejected
Media Access/FOIA
Page 11
Newspaper’s FOIA Request Granted After Nearly Three Years; Congress Passes Bill to Prevent Similar Delays
Appeals Court Sides with Newspapers in FEMA Aid FOIA Case Agency says Ruling will not Alter Policy
Bill to Exempt British Parliament from FOIA Passes House of Commons, but Unlikely to Become Law
Montana High Court Rules School District Must Disclose Student Discipline Records; FERPA Does Not Apply
Military Access/Free Speech
Page 17
New U.S. Military and Iraqi Policies Create Challenges for Journalists Working in War Zone
Defamation/Libel
Page 20
Massachusetts Supreme Court Will Not Reconsider $2 Million Libel Verdict Awarded to State Trial Judge; Judicial Commission, Newspaper File Ethics Complaints Against Judge
Endangered Journalists
Page 24
Kidnapped BBC Reporter Released After Nearly Four Months in Captivity; Palestinian Journalists Protested at Parliament
Uzbek Journalists Denounce Actions to Avoid Imprisonment
Update: Jailed Chinese Reporter Joins Suit Against Yahoo! Inc.
U.S. Supreme Court First Amendment Rulings
Page 27
In FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Court Upholds As-Applied Challenge to McCain-Feingold Act
In Morse v. Frederick, Court Places Limits on Student Expression
Student Press
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Roundup: Lawmakers Protect Student Free Speech and Press
Update: N.J. College Settles with Dropped Student Paper Adviser
Media Ethics
Page 33
Personal Relationships Raise Ethics Questions for Broadcast Reporters
BBC Report: Network Should be More ‘Impartial’
Unusual Washington News Council Report Criticizes Spokane Spokesman-Review Coverage of Local Project
Privacy News
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