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Keith Olbermann's Replacement Better Not Have Donated to Anyone, Ever

(Nov. 5) -- Like a bad segment on MSNBC's "Countdown," the Keith Olbermann suspension episode (which may rapidly transition into the Keith Olbermann firing episode) just keeps on getting more outlandish. Late this afternoon, the unapologetically left- (sorry, "forward") leaning cable news show host was unceremoniously...

Does Hess' Deportation Mean Turkey's Tough on Journalists?

ISTANBUL, Turkey (Aug. 16) -- As U.S. freelance journalist Jake Hess waited today for the Turkish government to finish the paperwork necessary to deport him, his detention has prompted some to wonder whether press freedom has taken a turn for the worse in Turkey. Hess was detained Wednesday in the Kurdish majority city of...

Why Shirley Sherrod's Case Against Andrew Breitbart Doesn't Look Good

(July 29) -- Shirley Sherrod announced today at a convention of the National Association of Black Journalists that she planned to sue Andrew Breitbart over the infamous video he posted on his website that led to her eventual firing forced resignation from the USDA. Last week, with speculation over Sherrod's next course...

Police Raid Raises Question: Are Bloggers Journalists?

(April 27) -- The saga of the wayward iPhone 4G just got even stranger. Jason Chen, the Gizmodo editor who made headlines last week with stories about the prototype device his tech blog purchased, came home Friday night to find police had broken into his house and confiscated his computers. Gizmodo, a Gawker Media blog,...

Opinion: Should Government Support Journalism? It Always Has

(Feb. 1) – Everyone knows from American history class that the First Amendment is the great protector of press freedom in the United States, barring Congress from "abridging" the sacred right to publish what you want to publish. So does that means there's a constitutional wall that separates government and the...

Background on freedom of the press

Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the freedom of communication and expression through vehicles including various electronic media and published materials.

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