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News media confidential sources are often what expose government wrongdoing
It took courage for more than a dozen Allentown police officers to divulge what they felt was wrongdoing by their chief, who they said threatened "retribution" on anyone who did so. It also took solid assurances that the chief would never find out who...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Richard Nixon, Internal Revenue Service, Politics, Media Industry
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It's news, not espionage
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has no business rummaging through journalists' phone records, perusing their emails and tracking their movements in an attempt to keep them from gathering news. This heavy-handed business isn't chilling, it's...Tags: Politics, The Washington Post, Media Industry, Barack Obama, North Korea
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Exposing Wrongdoing Serves The People
The Hartford CourantThere will always be an inherent conflict between a government that wants to guard its information, and journalists and citizens who want access to it. Although there is a recognition that some information should be kept secret, a democracy needs its...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Politics, Freedom of the Press, The Washington Post
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Timothy Naftali: Nixon's checker
Timothy Naftali is the kind of learned guy you'd want on your team when you play "Trivial Pursuit" -- a game that, like Naftali, originated in Canada. But for years, his home and his career have been in and about the United States -- books and studies...Tags: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Unrest, Conflicts and War, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Politics
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Climate scientist is accused of stealing documents from industry-backed group
At the peak of the Vietnam War, a Rand Corporation analyst committed what many furiously depicted as a criminal act. Dr. Daniel Ellsberg helped himself to secret documents revealing that the justification for that war was based on lies or, at best,...Tags: Global Change, Theft, Freedom of the Press, Politics, The Pentagon
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L.A. federal courthouse named national landmark
L.A. NOWThe federal courthouse on Spring Street downtown--site of the first ruling that public school segregation was unconstitutional--was declared a national landmark Wednesday by the Interior secretary.... -
L.A. Theatre Works to tour China with Pentagon Papers play
Culture MonsterL.A. Theatre Works will embark on a two-week tour of China, performing "Top Secret: The Battle for The Pentagon Papers" by Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons. The play dramatizes the Washington Post's decision in 1971 to publish classified documents... -
Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'Hef's Runaway Bride' on Lifetime
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of July 17 - 23 in PDF format TV listings for the week of July 17 - 23 in PDF format (from latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv) Weekly TV Listings and more can be found...... -
Tuesday's Highlights: “No Ordinary Family” on ABC.
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Oct. 3 - 9 in PDF format This week's TV Movies Weekly TV Listings can also be downloaded here ADJUSTING: The Powells grapple with their new powers in a new...... -
Clarence Thomas’ former girlfriend talks to Larry King tonight
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelLillian McEwen, the former girlfriend of Clarence Thomas, gives her first national TV interview to CNN's Larry King tonight. The interview will take us back to 1991 and Thomas' confirmation hearings for the U.S. Supreme Court. The hearings became big... -
Peabodys: ‘The Good Wife,’ ‘Justified,’ NPR, PBS are big winners
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelTwo of televisions most entertaining dramas, "The Good Wife" on CBS and "Justified" on FX, have won the Peabody. A record 39 recipients are getting electronic media's answer to the Pulitzer Prizes. The Peabodys, which were announced today, are... -
Is anyone unhappy about the Oscars' snub of Michael Moore?
The Big PictureLet's be honest. Is there really anyone who is up in arms over Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" being left off the Academy's 15-title short list for the best feature documentary? In fact, I would argue that when it......
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