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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