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more on CNN foolishness
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 10:17:53 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Bonnie Bucqueroux <bucquero () pilot msu edu> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 10:16:28 -0500 To: dave () farber net Subject: CNN foolishness I posted to the Society for Professional Journalists listserv about CNN ordering Sites to stop his weblog. I was surprised that it generated relatively little comment and that most of the posters seemed to view this as a copyright or contract issue rather than a free speech right. My hunch is that the CNN lawyers also saw it this way -- that they own whatever Sites produces over there, by contract, and that they do not want to be liable for something they do not control. One poster noted that CNN, of all the cable networks, was the only one to demand that all field producers get script approval before putting anything on the air. For all the live coverage of the fighting, so much of the war reporting seems as processed as American cheese. I am truly sorry to see an independent voice silenced. Bonnie Bucqueroux Michigan State University Victims and the Media Program School of Journalism ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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