http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/-t1.htm For questions and discussion of First Amendment rights or media law. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:37:48 GMT 10 http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/11/33/55/68/poppy-10.jpg http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/-t1.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/access-to-california-dmv-records-t152.htm darkstar We are in the process of applying for Commercial Requester Account for access to California DMV records. We plan to use one of the online service providers licensed by the DMV. I was wondering what others who have used this service may have experienced? Are there any service providers you can recommend or any we should avoid? Has anyone had their usage audited by the DMV? And perhaps most pertinent at the moment, does anyone have any tips as to the best way to fill out the ... Legal and Policy Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:37:48 GMT http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/access-to-california-dmv-records-t152.htm#196 http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/access-to-california-dmv-records-t152.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/what-about-raffles-t111.htm claudiaelliott In addition to adhering to postal prohibitions, I always thought that it was not a good idea to promote a raffle or illegal lottery and that "prize, consideration and chance" defined such activities, even if there was a "good cause" involved. But more and more I am seeing these in newspapers and on newspaper websites. Even the teller at my bank is offering to sell me a chance to win a house (as part of a charity raffle). Has the law been liberalized and I missed it? Is it ... Legal and Policy Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:00:49 GMT http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/what-about-raffles-t111.htm#138 http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/what-about-raffles-t111.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/non-profit-tax-id-t126.htm JillianNord Are non-profits required to put their tax ID number in their ads? If so, can you give me a copy of the code that I may give to my sales people? Legal and Policy Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:43:22 GMT http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/non-profit-tax-id-t126.htm#158 http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/non-profit-tax-id-t126.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/moderating-comments-t119.htm Lacey Comment moderation used to take hours on the Sac Bee Web site. I realize a paper has the undeniable right to edit those comments, but I'm curious to know what legal incentive they have to do so. Has anyone ever successfully (or unsuccessfully) sued a newspaper for not editing the comments on their Web site? If a reader is anonymously libelous, is the newspaper really responsible for that? Legal and Policy Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:12:00 GMT http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/moderating-comments-t119.htm#149 http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/moderating-comments-t119.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/mapping-issues-t103.htm EricaCNPA An interesting idea both in observing the results and using them for your own purposes: A Google map with markers for censorship and prior review of high school papers. Quote:A doctoral candidate at Kent State University has created an online, interactive map chronicling incidents involving student press censorship. Audrey Wagstaff, who also is a graduate assistant and researcher at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State, compiled recent cases involving student ... Legal and Policy Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:55:59 GMT http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/mapping-issues-t103.htm#129 http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/mapping-issues-t103.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/opencongress-t94.htm EricaCNPA OpenCongress

Have you used the site? What do you think?]]> Legal and Policy Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:02:45 GMT http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/opencongress-t94.htm#115 http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/opencongress-t94.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/what-s-in-a-name-t78.htm EricaCNPA Quote:It's amazing how chicken some people are. And when they're supposed to be advocates of responsible journalism, their anonymous posts are downright spineless. As Andy stated, those operating from the shadows commonly throw barbs and hurl insults while also dragging down the level of discourse. Some of the rants might be funny (I cracked up after one poster used the name recallchristinetatum@corporatetool.com), but they don't add anything of true value to a debate. When facts are screwed ... Legal and Policy Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:44:15 GMT http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/what-s-in-a-name-t78.htm#94 http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/what-s-in-a-name-t78.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/making-corrections-t77.htm EricaCNPA Quote:Despite the volume of corrections that Silverman analyzes, he notes that "corrections themselves differ from one publication to the next because there is no universal standard. For example, everyone is aware of the need for an expression of regret or apology at the end of each correction, but how this is actually printed is left to the respective publication." Some publications always state the incorrect information within the correction, he notes, "while others simply note ... Legal and Policy Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:18:52 GMT http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/making-corrections-t77.htm#93 http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/making-corrections-t77.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/what-letters-to-run-t74.htm EricaCNPA Should publications run letters that contain factual inaccuracies? Quote: Tucker says the AJC has printed many letters from readers insisting that PeachCare has run out of money because so many illegal immigrants are on the rolls. "That's not true, but if we don't print those letters, those readers will believe we're biased," she said. Readers who still believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruction that they were taking to Syria are allowed to express that view even though it ... Legal and Policy Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:56:51 GMT http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/what-letters-to-run-t74.htm#90 http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/what-letters-to-run-t74.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/killed-the-column-t65.htm EricaCNPA Quote:The bug at the bottom of the Calendar front in today's [July 24th] Los Angeles Times says columnist Patrick Goldstein is on assignment. Not true. His The Big Picture column for Tuesday was killed, apparently by associate editor John Montorio. Goldstein's offense was to propose that the Times follow the lead of the U.K.'s Mail on Sunday (which distributed 2.9 million free Prince CDs) and partner with older artists to give away music in the paper. He argued it could help make the Times website ... Legal and Policy Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:54:59 GMT http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/killed-the-column-t65.htm#81 http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/killed-the-column-t65.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/increasing-action-against-students-t58.htm EricaCNPA While not as forefront as Murdoch's potential leadership. I've noticed a steady rising of action against students for comments or stories posted on personal blogs. They've been disciplined, expelled, or not allowed to run for student office... Quote:A rising senior at Lewis S. Mills High School who was removed from her student government post for comments she made on her blog sued the school district July 16, claiming her First Amendment rights were violated. The lawsuit seeks an injunction ... Legal and Policy Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:09:28 GMT http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/increasing-action-against-students-t58.htm#74 http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/increasing-action-against-students-t58.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/to-catch-a-predator-t56.htm EricaCNPA What a mess... The lawsuits surrounding this are mind-boggling. A producer suing for wrongful action in losing her job, a suicide and not a single successful conviction to show for it all...

How could this have been handled better? Should this have been a show at all?]]> Legal and Policy Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:22:39 GMT http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/to-catch-a-predator-t56.htm#72 http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/to-catch-a-predator-t56.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/when-to-lie-t46.htm EricaCNPA Quote:Silverstein's essay is intended both to defend his use of deception in reporting this story and to condemn those journalists who eschew the possibility of using some form of lying. Silverstein said he expects the targets of his investigation -- the lobbyists who were willing to sell their services -- to challenge his methods. But he was disappointed at the criticism of Washington Post media columnist Howard Kurtz, "who was apparently far less concerned by the lobbyists' ability to ... Legal and Policy Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:41:17 GMT http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/when-to-lie-t46.htm#61 http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/when-to-lie-t46.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/silver-lining-in-the-smoke-t33.htm EricaCNPA Quote:WASHINGTON, D.C. — Many of the nation's free-speech advocates are focusing on what they call the silver lining to Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Morse v. Frederick. The free-expression organizations that filed friend-of-the-court briefs are interpreting the ruling as a narrow exception to students' reaffirmed free-speech rights. Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts wrote the 5-4 decision, which held that Juneau-Douglas High School Principal Deborah Morse did ... Legal and Policy Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:57:46 GMT http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/silver-lining-in-the-smoke-t33.htm#47 http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/silver-lining-in-the-smoke-t33.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/feema-releases-info-t31.htm EricaCNPA Quote:The public’s right to know triumphed over government secrecy Friday when the Federal Emergency Management Agency was ordered to make public the addresses of more than 600,000 households that received $1.2 billion in aid following the 2004 hurricane season. The News-Press, Pensacola News Journal and Florida Today newspapers, all owned by Gannett Co. Inc., sued FEMA for the names and addresses after their public-information request was denied by the agency. Read the whole story Legal and Policy Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:31:17 GMT http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/feema-releases-info-t31.htm#45 http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/feema-releases-info-t31.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/shield-laws-t22.htm EricaCNPA If a story is going to take you or one of your journalists to another state, you're going to want to know what their shield laws are. You might even want to look them up in your own state, but the internet is a mire of information and finding what you need is sometimes a trial. So in an attempt to help, I dug up a quick and easy map of shield law coverage created by Poynter. It does not offer much background on what the laws are (which might have been useful for a tech-head with no legal ... Legal and Policy Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:49:18 GMT http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/shield-laws-t22.htm#36 http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/shield-laws-t22.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/do-other-cities-have-media-policies-t15.htm jkazz Here in Hanford, we're dealing with a City Council that wants to institute a " media poicy" to, we think, decide what info gets into the paper. We've had a rocky relationship with the board after exposing several missteps in the hiring of its new city counsel. We feel this so-called media policy is a way to censor what we're given. Do other papers have the same issue? How many cities have a media policy? Thanks. Legal and Policy Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:14:29 GMT http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/do-other-cities-have-media-policies-t15.htm#27 http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/do-other-cities-have-media-policies-t15.htm http://cnpa.editboard.com/legal-and-policy-f3/what-is-your-policy-on-publishing-names-of-crime-victims-t3.htm KristenCNPA
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