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BP to Reporters: Please Leave (Again)
by Matthew L. Schafer After an underwater robot knocked a cap that was collecting the spilling oil on Wednesday, oil began leaking into the Gulf at an increasing rate. After sixty four days and over...
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BP and the Government to Reporters: We’re Serious, Leave
This media access card from BP was released a day after a new Coast Guard directive was issued that prevents the press from getting within 65 feet from oil spill responders by Matthew L. Schafer In...
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NPR Listeners Get a Sour Taste from the Media’s Obsession with Mel Gibson
From July 12-17 media coverage of Mel Gibson eclipsed both the Iraq and Afghan wars, fell to the Gulf oil spill. by Matthew L. Schafer Fresh off of its name change, NPR is finding itself in hot water...
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Sunlight Foundation Curses the Darkness, Rebukes the White House
by Matthew L. Schafer On Tuesday, the Sunlight Foundation, a non-profit organization that advocates for increased government transparency through the use of the Internet, expressed concerns and...
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An Imperfect Manifestation: Searching for the First Amendment on Bill of...
An Occupy Philadelphia protester leads a chant at a recent protest. (Flickr/Craig Fineburg) by Matthew L. Schafer On May 29, 1787, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, a South Carolinian who would later become...
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