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Banning Broadcasting – A Transatlantic Perspective, Geoffrey Bennett, Russel L. Weaver
Banning Broadcasting – A Transatlantic Perspective, Geoffrey Bennett, Russel L. Weaver
Journal Articles
The British Government's decision to prohibit radio and television networks from airing interviews or statements by members of certain Northern Ireland organizations, or by allies and sympathizers of such organizations (the Broadcasting Ban or Ban) is analyzed in context. From an analysis of the Ban, some conclusions are drawn about the nature of judicial review.
Foreword, Lee C. Bollinger
Foreword, Lee C. Bollinger
Faculty Scholarship
The mass media are too important to American democracy, too capable of causing injury, and too easy a target for the perennial wish to find a scapegoat for the country's ills ever to be very far from the center of public attention and debate. That is certainly true today. And, though every generation probably thinks that it stands at a crossroads on the question what to do with the media, I would nevertheless venture to say that the issues of our time are more serious, and more complex, than ever before. One can safely predict, in any event, that we …