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Senior Activist Jailed for Web Rant

by Sheldon Rampton [1] — March 28, 2002 - 12:00am
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Paul Trummel, a 69-year-old former professor of journalism, has been jailed for more than a month with no end in sight, charged with "harassment" for creating what he asserts is a web-based investigative report [4] into improprieties at a Seattle residence for senior citizens.

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Washington Post, March 28, 2002 [5]
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[5] http://www.washtech.com/news/regulation/15901-1.html