World Media Denounces U.K. Press Regulation
Brits boldly going where nobody else wants to follow
Brits boldly going where nobody else wants to follow
Nobody seems sure whether the new scheme applies to the Internet
Press not involved in negotiations
Was reporting on China's new leadership
Leaders of other major parties not impressed
Want to know which law enforcement official told the reporter the contents of a notebook James Holmes sent to his psychiatrist
Journalists say they were beaten by cops after being invited by a judge to cover court proceedings
Boukary Daou, who edits The Republican, was arrested after running a letter critical of Mali's coup leader
How dare a journalist criticize a president who's a Democrat?
Would require sites to take down images and information if defendants were acquitted, which could be a problem for crime reporting
Investigations and armed raids on scribblers' homes
EU human rights law would seem to bar the scheme
Free press a foreign concept to the president's apparatchiks
Accused of causing the attacks by reporting on vaccination campaign
But not watered down enough
News coverage has been inconvenient for authoritarian officials
"Regulating" the press has become a popular activity in many traditionally free-ish countries
Payback hidden behind the law
Why should the print media be special, right?
A powerful post-partisan message from a documentary about an infamous right-winger
Agreement part of compromise to get reporters to return to work
Will no longer be able to interview them in Assembly chambers
Leaving angry people in the dark will no doubt calm things down
Finding support in social media from celebrities and commentators
The control freaks only need an opening
Recent article called for a few changes the government took exception to
Bye, bye free British press. It was nice knowing you.
Authoritarian regimes jam signals, interfere online
Grupo Clarin ticked off the wrong bunch of control freaks
Muzzle the press, because the country isn't authoritarian enough
And the U.S. government is shocked. Shocked!
Methinks they don't get the new-media age
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