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Testing your free speech limits

Posted by: | September 17, 2012 | No Comment |

  Testing your free speech limits: Sep. 16, 2012 – It’s easy until your beliefs are targeted. (Ann Telnaes/The Washington Post) When you’re put under the spotlight, will you stand up for your beliefs? Would you be willing to die for it?  

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A little over two years ago on March 30, 2010, two brothers, Jamal Blakeney and Kevin Blakeney-Attaway, were shot while walking home from a funeral on South Capitol Street, Washington DC. DC has become unfortunately infamous for its violence; just under ten years ago, the dreaded and forever horribly remembered DC Sniper shootings took place that left […]

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The partisan press then and now

Posted by: | December 8, 2011 | No Comment |

George Washington did not have to appeal to PETA for votes. PETA, one of the largest animal rights groups in the United States, is just one of many interest groups or parties that can have press influence.  However, the party press comes from much simpler roots.

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The opinions of opinions

Posted by: | November 17, 2010 | No Comment |

One of the (great?) things that internet journalism has created is the ability for people to “comment” on the news. Have you ever been to a CNN.com article and skimmed through the story just to get to the comments? I have. It can be infuriating and funny at the same time. The “Comment” section has […]

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Saturate in news

Posted by: | November 11, 2010 | No Comment |

I can remember just a mere two years ago — I was taking a class that gave news quizzes, we had to know local and global news. I can remember being told to “read the Richmond Times Dispatch and The Washington Post.” Now only two year later, being told to read the newspaper is like […]

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The Washington Post App

Posted by: | November 10, 2010 | No Comment |

The Washington Post released an iPad app Monday in their effort to stay connected with the changing technology of journalism. They also released of a video of their staff and reporters using the iPad and Bob Woodward trying to figure out just what the app does. For now the app and its content are free. […]

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Types of opinions in newspapers

Posted by: | November 3, 2010 | No Comment |

There are four types of opinion pieces in newspapers: Editorials– The written opinion of an editor, an editorial board, or of the political leanings of the entire organization Cartoons– Illustrations that appear in the paper poking fun at current events, often expresses the opinion of the artist Columns– A regularly printed series of articles of […]

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A violation of 1st Amendment rights?

Posted by: | September 13, 2010 | No Comment |

The First Amendment Coalition reported in early Sep. that attorneys general in 18 states “demanded” that Craigslist.org removethe sites adult services page, arguing that Craigslist was not doing enough to stop ads for “illicit services” in Aug.  Last week Craigslist placed a black “Censored” bar over the adult services page. Did the attorneys generals over […]

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