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Weapons Of Mass Distortion: Applying The Principles Of The Fcc’S News Distortion Doctrine To Undisclosed Financial Conflicts Of Interest In Corporate News Media’S Military Coverage, Charles L. Bonani Oct 2020

Weapons Of Mass Distortion: Applying The Principles Of The Fcc’S News Distortion Doctrine To Undisclosed Financial Conflicts Of Interest In Corporate News Media’S Military Coverage, Charles L. Bonani

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

This Note offers a new conception of news distortion in mass media. It explores the intentions behind the FCC’s News Distortion Doctrine and analyzes its primarily dormant status throughout its existence. This Note then examines televised media coverage of U.S. military actions and identifies undisclosed financial conflicts of interests throughout this coverage. In examining these undisclosed conflicts and the reasons behind them, this Note explains why they constitute news distortion under the FCC’s definition, and why the principles behind the Doctrine are implicated. This Note then proposes the FCC promulgate a disclosure rule to remedy the undisclosed financial conflicts of …


Hogan V. Gawker: A Leg-Drop On The First Amendment, Aubrey Morin Sep 2017

Hogan V. Gawker: A Leg-Drop On The First Amendment, Aubrey Morin

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The Lawless Rule Of The Norm In The Government Religious Speech Cases, Kyle Langvardt Mar 2014

The Lawless Rule Of The Norm In The Government Religious Speech Cases, Kyle Langvardt

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What You Sign Up For: Public University Restrictions On “Professional” Student Speech After Tatro V. University Of Minnesota, William Bush Mar 2014

What You Sign Up For: Public University Restrictions On “Professional” Student Speech After Tatro V. University Of Minnesota, William Bush

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The First Amendment: Religious Freedom For All, Including Muslims, Asma Uddin Sep 2013

The First Amendment: Religious Freedom For All, Including Muslims, Asma Uddin

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No abstract provided.