Show Summary: First Amendment: fact or fiction; hackers mark their turf; and an e-mail blunder ends up on the front page of the New York Times.
FOIA's Foil
Tucked away into President Bush's 2009 budget was language that eliminates the FOIA ombudsman. The newly-created position was at the heart of legislation that Bush recently signed into law, and was intended to expedite government's response to Freedom of Information Act requests. Cox Newspapers' Rebecca Carr explains that ...
Managing Oversight
The (now vacant) Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board wrapped up its first term with its second annual report. Has the 5-member panel been a genuine check on government power, as the 9/11 Commission had in mind? Lisa Graves, of the Center for National ...
Oops! I E-mailed a Reporter
If you’re a partner at a powerful law firm and your client is in secret settlement talks, you really don't want to send a confidential e-mail to the wrong person - especially not a reporter. Guess what the New York Times' Alex Berenson found in his inbox? He ...
Guarding Piracy
Movie and record companies claim combined annual losses in the billions due to file-sharing, pitting the entertainment industry against those who believe all content wants to be free. Wired Magazine senior writer Daniel Roth describes one recent battle in the ongoing piracy wars.
Public Address System
The legal basis for this show, the various media we cover and, frankly, for the style of our coverage is the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. But how well do any of us know our beloved protection? Not that well, explains Anthony Lewis in his new book Freedom for ...
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Phone Calls in the Age of the Text Message, A New Speech Law in Libya, and More
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The U.S. 'Secret' War in Cambodia
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Obama's Historic Statement, the False Statistic on "Boomerang" Kids, and More
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More Misleading Unemployment Numbers Quoted By the Media
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Revenge Porn's Latest Frontier
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"Author" of 'Naked Came The Stranger' Dies
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5 Ways To Spot a B.S. Political Headline in Under 10 Seconds
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What's the Harm in Hate Speech?
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Reporting on Taboo Topics in Liberia
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The Phony Statistic About College Graduates
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