Bloggers, Journalists, Reporting and Privilege
The New York State Bar Association’s Bright Ideas journal (Vol. 22, No. 2) 17 (Fall 2013) has just published my essay about shield laws entitled, Bloggers, Journalists,... Read more
Category: Journalism
C-SPANking
CSPAN gets a privileged perch in the pusillanimous proceedings of our parliament, pointing its probing photographic proboscides and pimping for pay. And it piggishly refuses... Read more
That Floyd Abrams magic, or truly scrumptuous
The arrogant New York Times loses again. The Supreme Court agrees with the Second Circuit: If there were a reporters’ privilege under the First Amendment,... Read more
Reuters: Never mind.
I am sure it was accurate, in some Ratherian sense … but it was fake, and the blogsphere did brilliantly what it does best: Caught... Read more
Mainstream mugging
Debbie Schlussel is upset, and quite rightfully, it would seem, about Sean Hannity — very much MSM, even if the medium is Fox — lifting her... Read more
Not So Plain Dealing
Instapundit links to this teef-gnashing item from Michael Silence about this super-secret scandal, based on leaked documents, that the Cleveland Plain Dealer would for sure... Read more
Not a Rookie — Just a Freedom Fighter
Doug, you’re right about this: Helen Thomas will, in one capacity or another, outlast Scott McLellan in his role as White House Press Secretary. But... Read more
Standing Shmoe to Shmoe
The author of this weblog was quoted in USC Annenberg’s Online Journalism Review in an article entitled “Tsunami Video Alliance Portends Future Distribution for Amateurs”... Read more
Reporters without Borders Nominates MBA for Freedom of Expression Blog Award
Yesterday the Media Bloggers Association announced that it has been nominated for a “Freedom of Expression Blog Award.” You can read about the award here.... Read more
Billings Don’t Only Matter to Lawyers
And trademark law does’t evidently matter all that much to the Billings Gazette. What a mess this story is! Here are some of the trademark... Read more
Copywrong
David Post discusses Judge Richard Posner’s musings on the pretty hopeless prospects of the newspaper biz: [I]f “the newspaper” as a business model fails (because... Read more
The big crunch
It’s another big moment in blogger “transparency” upon us now. The general rule is that the person who hasn’t “disclosed” enough to meet some... Read more
Well, yes, I do have fun (UPDATED)
I hate @RonColeman because he has more fun practicing law than I get to have. http://t.co/PRr7hJMbwA Hate. Hate. Hate. — The Original SPQR (@SPQRzilla) October... Read more
They really are biased!
Just what you expect, right? Well, that’s because I want to keep you as a reader, as explained in this article by by Jack Shafer.... Read more