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New clashes over the old problem of political lies
Can old laws that purport to prohibit political lies survive close contact with the First Amendment?
August 1, 2022
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Grayson Clary
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First Amendment
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FCC to probe TV analysts' Pentagon ties
Responding to a complaint from Reps. John Dingell (D-Mich.) and Rosa DeLaura (D-Conn.), the Federal Communications Commission is investigating whether…
October 7, 2008
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Content Restrictions
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Army Sends AP Doctored Portraits of Two Slain Soldiers
The Associated Press on Thursday retracted photos it obtained from the government and ran of two soldiers after learning the military had…
September 23, 2008
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Newsgathering
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FEMA not the only agency to misrepresent during presser
I'm sensing a pattern.... The Associated Press reports that FEMA's fake press conference in October wasn’t a first: "A Homeland…
November 27, 2007
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Newsgathering
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CIA finds evidence it denied existed in Moussaoui trial
Interrogation tapes sought by the defense in the government's case against Sept. 11 terrorist Zacharias Moussaoui just did not exist,…
November 15, 2007
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Fake FEMA press conference costs official new assignment
The Washington Post reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency's director of external communications was denied a post as senior…
October 30, 2007
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