It’s now clear it was Gov. Ron DeSantis who ordered Florida TV stations to stop airing ads for an abortion-rights initiative. The cease-and-desist letter to TV stations was signed by the state health department’s top lawyer, who has since resigned and now says he was coerced to sign the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘free press’
April 3rd, 2019 - 2:16 pm § in News Media, Politics
Georgia Republicans want to regulate journalists
Bill would penalize reporters if a “journalism ethics” board decides their reporting is “unfair” This story is so shocking it’s best told in Huffington Post’s own words: “A group of Republican state representatives in Georgia on Tuesday introduced legislatio[...]
November 10th, 2018 - 5:49 pm § in Donald Trump
What Should Acosta Do IF He is Allowed Back?
Trump apologists say that Jim Acosta was impolite even if Trump behaved like a clown. They also argue that escalating the discussion to Hitler is too easy. PK, Trump is not Hitler. The American Don is not Hitler anymore than he is Duterte or Mussolini or Franco or Peron. Trump may be closer to[...]
October 18th, 2017 - 1:37 am § in America
A Boon to Trump’s Churches
The Johnson Amendment is a 1954 federal law (named for sponsor and then-Senator LBJ) prohibiting churches and charities from endorsing political candidates, at the risk of losing their tax exempt status. Donald Trump has vowed to “destroy” the law, which would be a boon to some of the ch[...]
September 7th, 2017 - 10:23 am § in Misc.
Quotes from Jefferson
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.[...]
May 11th, 2017 - 11:03 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
Censoring the Free Press
IN WHAT COUNTRY DO POLICE ARREST JOURNALISTS FOR ASKING QUESTIONS? HHS secretary says police ‘did what they felt was appropriate’ in arresting a West Virginia journalist Dan Heyman “was causing a disturbance by yelling questions” at HHS Secretary Tom Price and Kellyanne Conway, according to [...]
May 11th, 2017 - 8:11 am § in Donald Trump
TRUMP REPLACES OVAL OFFICE PRESS WITH RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA
Trump Bars U.S. Press, but Not Russia’s, at Meeting With Russian Officials White House officials blocked reporters from covering the meeting with President… Share NYTIMES.COM[...]
November 6th, 2016 - 10:13 pm § in Misc.
Chinese Fascism: Beijing Outlaws Election of Dissidents in Hong Kong
(Beijing ) China’s top legislative body , the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, has ruled that Hong Kong people who advocate independence can not hold public office. This preempts a court battle over whether a pair of pro-independence activists who were elected to the ci[...]
September 23rd, 2015 - 10:38 am § in Misc.
On Yom Kippur: Egypt frees Al Jazeera Journalists
Egyptian President Pardons 100 Prisoners, Including Al Jazeera Journalists | Egypt[...]