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Court ruling questions rationale for FCC’s control of TV

What do you do when you hear foul language on television? As for me, sometimes I cringe, sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I’m surprised, sometimes disappointed, and sometimes the words just come and go without much effect. If I’m offended, I change the channel. But sometimes I intentionally tune to...

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Court ruling questions rationale for FCC’s control of TV

By Gene Policinski In a media world of myriad choices, should government be the censor of choice, or should we be regulating what we watch ourselves?

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Actually, Rep. Kennedy, the press does cover the news

By Gene Policinski Rhode Island congressman who ranted about lack of reporters in House press gallery should know thousands of journalists nationwide are indeed busily reporting news we need.

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Push for privacy shouldn't come at expense of other freedoms

By Gene Policinski Individual desire to be 'let alone' is understandable, but free flow of information has proven societal benefit.

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When First Amendment freedoms conflict, which would you pick?

By Gene Policinski Washington state case involving petitions pits right of anonymous speech against open government.

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Civil rights effort drew on all 5 First Amendment freedoms

By Gene Policinski How assembly, religion, petition, press, speech all played crucial roles in march toward racial equality and justice.

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Blog: First Amendment doesn't shield too-hearty party

By Gene Policinski Federal judge says Rhode Island town ordinance against raucous parties doesn't violate rights to speech, association.

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When you sign a petition, should your name be secret?

By Gene Policinski Case to be heard by Supreme Court pits values of personal privacy, public disclosure against each other.

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Blog: When is a violent song just a song?

By Gene Policinski Three recent instances remind us that threats must be taken seriously, but protest must be protected.

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Blog: Pew report on local news echoes our survey

By Gene Policinski Newspapers, their Web sites, broadcasting provide most local news.

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New report seeks common ground on religion, public life

By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center contributed to joint statement produced by Wake Forest divinity school.

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Blog: Google finally takes free-speech stand against China

By Gene Policinski Search-engine company 'no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn.'

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Drawing the ‘online’ line on free speech

By Gene Policinski Some Web sites are deciding to delete public comments that get out of hand, applying a standard that one editor describes as 'No shoes, no shirt, no service.'

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A few ironies beset our first freedoms in 2009

By Gene Policinski Challenge in 2010 will be to avoid gutting the meaning of our five freedoms even as courts continue to interpret them.

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Win or lose in court, you cannot erase the news

By Gene Policinski Trying to force newspapers to expunge archived news reports on some defendants is like trying to rewrite history.

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Without independent press, we’d know less about oil spill, McChrystal

By Gene Policinski Both stories involve the kind of watchdog journalism that goes beyond company and government press releases.

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Why licensing journalists is a bad idea

By Gene Policinski Government should not be involved in deciding who should convey news and information, or who's most qualified to do so.

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First Amendment claims don’t always win

By Gene Policinski When they don't, generally the situation involves balancing one of the freedoms against other parts of the Bill of Rights.

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Don’t make me laugh, they might sue you

By Gene Policinski Whether it's a comedian's in-laws or Supreme Court justices who are involved, free speech is no less protected when it makes us laugh as well as think.

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Obama still playing Bush subpoena game

By Gene Policinski Administration efforts to track down leaks to journalists could backfire if journalists stand fast.

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