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Fox News claims reporter ‘punched’ by protester in Wisconsin bogus

donal brown March 3, 2011

Videos from the Wisconsin protests show that a reporter who claimed a protester “punched” him was instead merely touched with no more force than a pat. Protesters have treated Fox News inhospitably. When Fox sets up the cameras for a live shot, protesters crowd around chanting “Fox News lies.” -db From a commentry in The Raw Story, March 1, 2011, by Stephen C. Webster. Full Story

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Obama administration hostile to whistleblowers

donal brown March 3, 2011

Jesselyn Radack writes in the Daily Kos that the Obama administration has initiated a number of prosecutions of whistleblowers with the Espionage Act as its “weapon of choice.” “The Obama administration has been consistently escalating its war on whistleblowers despite non-stop criticism from the whistleblowing community, First Amendment advocates, and journalists,” writes Radack. -db From a commentary in the Daily Kos, March 1, 2011, by Jesselyn Radack. Full Story

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Oregon newspaper subpoenaed after records request

FAC March 3, 2011

A reporter for the Bend Bulletin newspaper in central Oregon has been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury after county employees responded to her public records request, failing in some instances to redact personal information such as telephone and drivers license numbers. The Deschutes County district attorney also is investigating county employees, saying that he wants to know whether sensitive information was released intentionally. The Bulletin’s request for employee records was prompted after the

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Free speech: Supreme Court allows church protests at military funerals

donal brown March 2, 2011

In an 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that hurtful public speech in protests at a military funeral was protected by the First Amendment. Followers of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas had picketed the funeral of a Marine who died in combat in Iraq with signs that read “America is Doomed” and “God Hates Fags.” The church members believe God is punishing American for its pro-gay bias. The decision written by Chief

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WikiLeaks, Internet among Nobel Peace Prize nominees

donal brown March 1, 2011

WikiLeaks and the Internet are among this year’s 241 nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize. A Norwegian member of parliament  nominated WikiLeaks saying, “It would be a crime to ban or oppose the right to publish such information. It should instead be protected, regardless of what we might think of the contents of some (or even all) of the published material.” -db From The Washington Post, March 2, 2011, by Hayley Tsukayama. Full Story

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