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Boston Herald Apologizes For Wrong Spygate Story on Rams’ Taping
So the headlines say. Am I the only one who is reminded of Deep Throat in the parking garage?You let [Belichick] slip away... You've done worse than let [Belichick] slip…
Media Law Prof Blog
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Guy With a Press Pass Stuck in His Hat
Stephen Raban discusses why the image of journalists in popular culture has dipped over the years. For more about the journalist in popular culture, see the very interesting website, the…
Media Law Prof Blog
What Ever You Write, Be Fair (It’s For Class Use)
Peter B. Friedman, of the Case Western Reserve Law School faculty, is using a class blog to supplement his teaching: the subject is copyright. Read more here, and check out…
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Times Reporter Arrested For “Committing Journalism” Writes About His Experience
Barry Bearak, a New York Times reporter recently detained, then released by the Zimbabwean government, writes about his arrest for the Times here.
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Zimbabwe Releases Times Reporter, British Journalist
The New York Times reports that its reporter Barry Bearak has been released by Zimbabwean officials. A Zimbabwean magistrate ruled that the prosecutor had failed to produce that the defendants…
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Daily Telegraph Journalists Hold Off On Strike
The Guardian reports that the anticipated labor action at the Daily Telegraph is delayed, even though management let go two long-time journalists, a married couple, and the entire customer relations…
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Associated Press Photog Still Being Held by US; Iraq Drops Charges
An Iraqi tribunal has dismissed the last charges against an AP journalist, but the US military is still holding him, without comment.
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British Journalist Employed By CBS Freed
The BBC reports that Richard Butler, a British journalist employed by CBS and kidnapped along with his Iraqi interpreter two months ago in Basra, has been freed. Iraqi forces broke…
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Controversy In the Cornhusker State
The Office of the Nebraska Governor has gotten snarky with the Daily Nebraskan, the official outlet at the University of Nebraska, because of what a student reporter wrote about who…
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Former Reporter in Hatfill Case Asks Appellate Court For Assistance
Former reporter Toni Locy, now a journalism professor at West Virginia University, is asking the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to reverse a district court judge's…