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UC Irvine: Muslim Student Union suspended for year for disrupting Israel ambassador’s speech

donal brown June 17, 2010

The Muslim Student Union has appealed University of California Irvine’s suspension of their group for one year, saying that the suspension would create a chilling effect on expression of ideas and hurt their efforts to combat marginalization. -db The Orange County Register June 15, 2010 By Deepa Bharath and Ellyn Pak IRVINE, Calif.– UC Irvine’s Muslim Student Union members say a year-long suspension came as a shock and that the university’s action would deny Muslim

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Tulare: Suit brought over alleged violations of open meeting and public records laws

donal brown June 17, 2010

Eight Tulare citizens filed suit over actions by the city council who met twice in closed session to discuss the city manager’s complaints against a councilman. The lawsuit holds among other things that the closed session did not meet conditions of the Brown Act, California’s open meeting law, for holding a closed session. -db Tulare Advance-Register June 17, 2010 By Luis Hernandez A lawsuit has been filed claiming Tulare city officials violated open meeting and

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Media analyst says FTC offbase in approach to saving print journalism

donal brown June 15, 2010

Robert G. Picard disputes the fact that newspapers are not profitable and argues against the Federal Trade Commission’s proposals to imposes anti-competitive practices and taxes to save the industry. -db The Media Business Commentary June 12, 2010 By Robert G. Picard Following hearings on the state of newspapers this past year, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission staff has now prepared a discussion paper of potential policy recommendations to support the reinvention of journalism. It is

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FTC discussion paper provokes debate on future of journalism

donal brown June 15, 2010

The Federal Trade commission has published a staff report with proposals to save print journalism, prompting widespread commentary. Hearings on the problem began June 15. -db Citizen Media Law Project Commentary June 14, 2010 By Eric P. Robinson The Federal Trade Commission—which last year created guidelines to impose ethical standards on bloggers—is now taking on the ambitious task of saving the print media in the Internet era. In preparation for the final in a series

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Watchdog group: Lack of transparency damages ability to deal with oil spill disaster

donal brown June 15, 2010

OMB Watch, a nonprofit devoted to promoting government transparency and accountability, says that lack of information from the government and BP has hampered the public’s ability to deal with the spill. In particular, BP has not revealed the chemical makeup of the dispersants so that scientists and others can determine their possible long term consequences. -db OMB Watch Commentary June 15, 2010 Adding insult to injury, the worst oil spill in U.S. history has been plagued

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