Month: March 2018

Respect for Amendments doesn’t mean abandoning reason – or regulation

In JournalismTags Bill of Rights, Constitution, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Second AmendmentMarch 28, 201897 ViewsLeave a comment

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G&H: Can the First Amendment and the Second Amendment co-exist? They have for centuries, but there is a historic tension between the first two points listed in the Bill of Rights. The brevity of the Bill of Rights belies its complexity. Written by James Madison, the document safeguards individual liberties by describing specific prohibitions on the power wielded by the federal government. The bill includes 10 amendments, but it is the first two that are creating the most controversy in the news …

Google launches controversial News Initiative designed to boost subscriptions and combat disinformation

In Journalism, Media LiteracyTags Amol Rajan, BBC, Dan Gillmor, Disinfo Lab, Google, Google News Initiative, Mediawise, Outline, Peter Kafka, Recode, Richard Gingras, Rosenthal Alves, Subscribe With GoogleMarch 22, 2018149 ViewsLeave a comment

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Holly and Garry: Google is a media Goliath that stole our advertisers and pushed our very profession to the precipice of financial collapse. This is the view of many if …

Oscar prep: Take our journalism movie quiz

In JournalismTags "The Post", journalism films, OscarsMarch 1, 2018219 ViewsLeave a comment

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Remember that list of the best films about journalism and journalists we posted in early January? How well do you remember it? Can you name the renowned actress who co-starred in …