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Legal Chill Worries Drug Bulletin

by Bob Burton — October 16, 2006 - 2:35am

The case of a judge granting an injunction to prevent a group of medical professionals publishing a critical review of the herbal drug Tebonin has the editor of a major drug bulletin worried. The editor of Australian Prescriber, John Dowden, notes that in two other instances where drug companies sued drug bulletins, the judgements favoured the publishers.

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Australian Prescriber, October 2006

Losing Afghanistan Twice Over

by Judith Siers-Poisson — October 6, 2006 - 4:59pm

Some readers of Newsweek read a cover story in the October 2, 2006 issue titled "Losing Afghanistan: The Rise of Jihadistan," but not readers in the United States.

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TruthOut.org, September 25, 2006

Judge Queries News Corporation Subsidiary's Email Deletion Policy

by Bob Burton — September 27, 2006 - 10:30am

A judge has challenged the fairness of the policy of a News Corporation subsidiary under which all e-mails are deleted after only three days, with only those considered important printed out and included in hard copy files. Justice Ronald Sackville told News Limited's barrister, Noel Hutley, that the company should "Keep them.

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Sydney Morning Herald, September 27, 2006

ABC Affliliate Sees No, Hears No Dissent on "Path to 9/11"

by Jonathan Rosenblum — September 25, 2006 - 4:08pm

If you were to ask the owner of Lincoln, Nebraska ABC affiliate KLKN-TV (which Journal-Star reporter Jeff Korbelik did) whether the station had received negative feedback about its airing of the controversial "Path to 9/11", the answer was not only "no," but also that the docudrama was "compelling TV." Citadel Communications president Ray Cole, who also sits on ABC's governing board, neglected to

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The Journal-Star (Lincoln, Nebraska), September 12, 2006

FCC Killed the Radio Study (But Will Now Investigate)

by Diane Farsetta — September 20, 2006 - 11:35am

U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Kevin Martin has launched investigations into two reports on media ownership by FCC staff that were never released. One study found that local ownership of TV stations correlates with more news coverage.

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Broadcasting & Cable, September 19, 2006

What Media Democracy Looks Like: Testifying in Milwaukee

by Diane Farsetta — September 13, 2006 - 9:44am
  • Topics: Activism, Video News Releases, Media, Race / Ethnic Issues, U.S. Government

    • "Media democracy" is a term that everyone defines a little differently.

    Is it quality reporting that not only informs about local, national and international issues, but also facilitates citizen involvement? Is it having the diversity of our communities represented among media owners? Is it giving local programmers access to the airwaves? Is it holding broadcasters to the terms of their freely-granted licenses? Is it ensuring a variety of news and cultural media offerings?

    More Journalists On U.S. Government Payroll

    by Bob Burton — September 10, 2006 - 3:52am

    Ten Miami journalists have been paid by the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) for their involvement in programs for the anti-Castro propaganda stations, Radio Martí and TV Martí. The OCB is a unit of the the U.S. government-funded Broadcasting Board of Governors. Three of the ten were journalists with El Nuevo Herald.

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    Miami Herald, September 8, 2006

    Open Letter to ABC

    by Sheldon Rampton — September 6, 2006 - 9:02pm

    A group of activists has launched an Open Letter to ABC and its parent company, Disney, challenging the network's right-wing bias and factual distortions in its upcoming docudrama, "The Path to 9/11." The open letter includes information about

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    Open Letter to ABC, September 5, 2006
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