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What it says on the tin…

This law will cripple the work of those of us who as report­ers com­mu­nic­ate reg­u­larly with people overseas…It will intim­id­ate dis­sid­ents, human rights act­iv­ists and cour­ageous offi­cials who seek to expose the lies of our govt or govts allied with ours.

RTE is pre­par­ing to launch its new sta­tion in Bri­tain by the end of the year, provid­ing Irish-made pro­gram­ming to the emig­rant population.

“ITV News’s claim that “samples from the river” have done so well is, alas, as full of shit as the river itself after a heavy down­pour. They mean Thames Water, not the Thames river.”

‘[Grif­fith] argues that remov­ing anonym­ity makes the site’s inform­a­tion more accur­ate. “I would say that if people are anonym­ous, the qual­ity of their con­tri­bu­tion is prob­ably much lower.“‘

When he shot Sali­hee, Romero was under invest­ig­a­tion for selling cocaine, mil­it­ary records show, and days before the shoot­ing, Romero threatened to kill a fel­low sol­dier who repor­ted him to CID.

“He seems agit­ated,” writes the inter­viewer. “The call brings news,” he says, “of the Sun door-stepping his home…” The FT, unprac­tised at lower­ing the tone in its inter­views, does not press for fur­ther, unseemly details.

It isn’t just Mr. Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal, after all, racing to claim turf the Times will want to own. It’s Thom­son Reu­ters, CNN, the BBC, the Asso­ci­ated Press, even NBC, the Guard­ian and others.

‘Call­ing Wiki­pe­dia an “earth-shattering idea,” he said the fact that it provides its inform­a­tion without a fee may seem insig­ni­fic­ant in the West, but in Egypt, that means “it brings know­ledge to the poor.”’

Sound famil­iar? “Over­all, news­room exec­ut­ives say they feel broadly unpre­pared for the changes sweep­ing over them and seem uncer­tain where the changes would lead.”

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