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SPECIAL TOPICS:
1.
SKEWING & SUBVERTING THE ELECTORAL PROCESS:
A.
ELECTIONS 2006:
PAPER TRAIL OF THE MEDIA'S BETRAYAL
OF THE VOTERS &
ELECTION-RIGGING
B. PRESS PROTECTIONISM
OF --
*NYS ATTORNEY GENERAL ELIOT SPITZER
[from 1999-onward]
*U.S.
SENATORS CHARLES SCHUMER & HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
[from 2003-onward]
ELECTIONS 2005:
Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau
& Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes
2.
COVERING UP "THE BIGGEST LESSON OF ALL" in the Spitzer Fiasco:
The Media's Role as "his Enabler" --
"The fall of New York Gov. Eliot
Spitzer holds many lessons... but don't
expect the press corps to delve into the biggest lesson of
all -- its own role
as his enabler."
("Spitzer's Media Enablers", Wall Street Journal op-ed
by Kimberly A. Strassel, March 12, 2008)
3. SUPPRESSING, FALSIFYING & OBSCURING THE
"DISRUPTION OF
CONGRESS" CASE -- & ITS MEANING FOR REFORM
WHAT THE MEDIA DID -- covering up the
corruption in D.C. Superior Court
& D.C. Court of Appeals
covering up the corruption of the U.S. Supreme
Court
4. CHAMPIONING THE FIRST AMENDMENT
SUING
THE NEW YORK TIMES FOR LIBEL & JOURNALISTIC FRAUD
5.
TESTING THE PROPOSITION:
THAT "ANY PUBLICLY MADE (NON-FRIVOLOUS) ALLEGATION OF
SERIOUS MISCONDUCT ...
AGAINST A SUPREME
COURT JUSTICE
WOULD RECEIVE INTENSE SCRUTINY IN THE PRESS..."
(1993 Report of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline &
Removal,
at p. 122)
6. EXAMINING
THE MEDIA PRETENSE:
THAT
THE JAYSON BLAIR SCANDAL
AT THE NEW YORK TIMES IS
"THE BIGGEST JOURNALISM
SCAM OF OUR ERA"
(Hard
News: The Scandals at The New York Times and
Their Meaning
for American Media -- by Seth Mnookin,
2004)
7.
BUILDING HONEST MEDIA SCHOLARSHIP:
ACADEMIC INSTITUTES & UNIVERSITIES
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PAPER TRAILS
OF
PRESS SUPPRESSION,
PROTECTIONISM, & BLACKBALLING:
THE NEW
YORK TIMES
--
leading to
Suing The New
York Times for libel & journalistic fraud
PROJECT
CENSORED
(Sonoma State
University media research project)
BRILL'S CONTENT
(defunct "media
watchdog")
F.A.I.R
[Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting]
("media watchdog")
NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL
NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL
LEGAL TIMES
GANNETT NEWS SERVICE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE WASHINGTON POST
SLATE
ALBANY TIMES UNION
NEWSDAY
NEW
YORK DAILY NEWS
NEW
YORK POST
THE VILLAGE VOICE
THE NEW YORK OBSERVER
THE NEW YORK SUN
POLITICSNY.COM
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