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Sarah Palin defamation suit v NYT dismissed
Ooh ooh ooh, I do so love being right! Thanks to Zoe Tillman, who tweeted the news even before the Times posted it. And do read Judge Jed Rakoff’s paragraph below about the First Amendment and political journalism. It shines … Continue reading
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Tagged defamation lawsuits, First Amendment, freedom of the press, Jed Rakoff, Sarah Palin, summary dismissal, Zoe Tillman
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Happy Independence Day! from the Daily News
In today’s lead editorial, “Freedom and the Press,” the editors bodyslam Trump’s recent, uh, performances as attacks on, for one, the Daily News. We get the message loud and clear: the present President has a beef with us. It continues… … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily News, First Amendment, freedom of the press, Trump
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Is America today like Nazi Germany in the 1930s?
In many ways, yes. Here’s an American historian’s view, as reprinted by MediaMatters: In an interview with German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, Yale University history professor Timothy Snyder said the threat posed by President Donald Trump means “we have at most … Continue reading
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Tagged First Amendment, freedom of the press, politics
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