As I pointed out in my last (December 2017) VIA column, “Pop Fouls, Russians, Millennium Magazine, The New York Daily Inquirer and Fake News,” fake news has been with us for a long time and while not foreign to the Russians,...more
6/1/2018
/ Criminal Conspiracy ,
First Amendment ,
Fraud ,
Free Speech ,
General Elections ,
Indictments ,
Journalism ,
Journalists ,
Obstruction of Justice ,
Political Speech ,
Presidential Elections ,
Russia
Here’s a quiz for you. Match the President to the quote:
“He uses tweets to go directly to the public while bypassing journalists.”
“[The President] directed [name] to make speeches attacking newspapers and the...more
2/1/2017
/ Barack Obama ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Freedom of the Press ,
George W Bush ,
Jimmy Carter ,
Journalists ,
Lyndon B Johnson ,
Media ,
News Stories ,
Newspapers ,
Political Scandals ,
Presidential Decrees ,
Richard Nixon ,
Social Media ,
Television Broadcast Stations ,
Trump Administration
The United States Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was a wonderful First Amendment decision despite persistent criticism. It involved a movie about Hillary Clinton which the corporate...more
In This Issue:
- Chip Babcock Communique:
Has the Internet Changed the First Amendment? - Chip Babcock participated in a panel discussion on this topic at a recent American College of Trial Lawyers...more