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Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Kritzer & Drechsel on News Reporting of Civil Litigation
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Professors Herbert M. Kritzer (University of Minnesota Law School) and Robert E. Drechsel (University of Wisconsin, Madison, School of Journalism & Mass Communication) have posted "A Portrait of Local News…
The Faculty Lounge
Global Free Speech Update Malaysia: protests marked the fiftieth anniversary
Global Free Speech Update Malaysia: protests marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Internal Security Act, an anti-communist measure passed in the 1960s that allows for virtually limitless detention without trial…
The Right Coast
Today’s Update on the One-Party Media Maimon Schwarzschild
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Media Law Prof Blog
The Life of a Media Blogger
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
What Ever Happened To…The Lawsuit by the Hartford Courant’s Consumer “Watchdog”
Time once again to bring back an occasional feature that takes a look at stories that have now fallen from the local newspapers' headlines. After all, have you ever noticed…
The Faculty Lounge
Michael Smerconish: Pot, or Kettle?
Radio talk show host Michael Smerconish has an op/ed in today's Washington Post decrying "the media's role in shaping opinions." He indicts his industry (but of course exempts himself from…
Media Law Prof Blog
DVD For a Friday: Perry Mason and the Case of the Media Mogul
The new set of Perry Mason DVDs (season 5, volume 1) includes an episode called "The Case of the Jealous Journalist," with guest stars Linden Chiles, as Joe Davies, new publisher…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Bristol Palin to Play Teenage Mother on TV Series
Z on TV (Baltimore Sun): 'Family' values: Bristol Palin to 'play' teen mom on TV, by David Zurawik:I have long complained about films like "Juno" and TV series like"The Secret Life…
Media Law Prof Blog
Images of Human Rights in the Media
Eric Heinze and Rosa Freedman, Queen Mary University of London School of Law, have published "Public Awareness of Human Rights: Distortions in the Mass Media," in volume 12 of the International Journal…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
As Teen Pregnancy Increases, TV becomes One Explanation
Wash. Post: Tuning in to teen pregnancy: Teen pregnancies are on the rise for the first time in a decade. Could TV be partly to blame?A new reporton the increased…