Published on July 18, 2024
Censorship, Journalism, legal
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MORE: Fullers Library and Its Deceptive Link Requests; Writers working with scientists to see how brain processes stories; Colleges are now using AI to make exams “more inclusive”; Tractor Supply drops DEI training; Ireland’s hate speech law could ‘censor entire internet’ (but not us!!); Corporations are still trying to control what we see, hear, and read; Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment files Chapter 11; Government censors rapper’s lyrics!; and Russia and other countries will continue to use “fake news” to influence our elections.
Published on June 13, 2024
Censorship, Journalism, legal
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MORE: Al Jazeera Reporter Was Holding Israeli Hostage; President urged to revoke Al Jazeer’s press credentials; NYT issued fact check about the president; Father of child who died in freak accident shares her prayer journal; Julia Louis-Dreyfus speaks up about political correctness; Kirk Cameron launches pro-family “See You At the Library” event; and two 1500-year-old Bible manuscripts are going up for auction.
Published on June 1, 2024
author scams, copyrights, Journalism, legal, writing scams
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MORE: Writer Beware exposes the scam of book licensing; Wall Street Journal is laying off more folks despite profits; Cher wins royalties lawsuit from Sonny Bono’s widow; Twitter sued for $250M by music publishers; Writer claims a viral post on Substack about book sales got statistics wrong; and Three authors have filed a class-action lawsuit, saying their books were used to train AI by Nvidia.
Published on May 26, 2024
Censorship, Journalism, legal, libel
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MORE: A Scammer is Impersonating the Alliance of Independent Authors; Author forced to edit book after making misleading claim about the president; California man trolls city officials with ‘artistic statement’ after being asked to fence in his boat; Alina Adams exposes another scammer!; Canadians’ free speech rights will soon be completely gone; Buried facts about the Gaza war; Dennis Prager says most sports writers are ‘woke’ because they want to feel ‘important’; and FTC chair says AI models could violate antitrust laws.
Published on May 11, 2024
Censorship, Journalism, legal
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MORE: The worsening decline of media freedom; Facebook executive admits the company should now have let the federal government force censorship during Covid; Lawmaker “misled house leadership” in setting up drag story hour; The media is now more interested in protecting feelings than reporting the facts; College protests are a huge set-up by outside interests!; and Professor’s mother reportedly praised Charles Manson.
Published on April 12, 2024
amazon, Censorship, Journalism, legal
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MORE: Journalist testifies on capital hill about source-protection legal battle; Associated Press pushes journalists to avoid reporting ‘other side’; Amazon ordered to pay $525M; Whiny unknown actor sues, says he should have been paid as much as actors on a MUCH more popular show; State Department won’t promote any employee who refuses DEI training; NPR publishing biased news using YOUR tax dollars; School tells girl she can’t start a prayer club; and Harvard once again starts requiring standardized testing.
Published on April 6, 2024
Censorship, Journalism, legal, libel
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MORE: Free speech is under attack world wide; Police say JK Rowling committed no crime with tweets slamming Scotland’s new hate speech law; One of oldest Christian liturgical books could bring in more than $2.6M at auction; George Carlin’s estate reaches settlement over AI-generated comedy special; and some Jewish students are afraid to go to college due to rampant (and condoned) anti-semitism
Published on March 1, 2024
Censorship, copyrights, Journalism, legal
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MORE: Google offers B.S. excuse for why there is racism in its AI; AP omits suspect’s immigration status, instead says women shouldn’t be jogging alone; Our Managing Editor’s accusations of mainstream media bias keep proving true!; Supreme Court to decide on social media censorship; Ex-New York Times reporter shares behind-closed-doors bias; Prince Caspian by CS Lewis to hit the stage; Social media is putting news outlets out of business; OpenAI taught ChatGPT to ignore journalists’ copyrights; Most Americans believe illegal immigration has caused crime to increase but CNN disagrees; Beloved bookstore in California to close; and London play to have “all-black audience nights.”
Published on February 9, 2024
amazon, Censorship, Journalism, legal, libel
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MORE: Name of anonymous gossip blogger leaked by his ex-mistress; Biden’s ghostwriter will not be charged with deleting evidence; Bezos to sell 50 million shares of Amazon stock; Celebrity tattoo artist says she won’t do anymore tattoos after winning copyright infringement suit; CNN anchors stunned silent; Drag queen school principal, who was previously, as a teacher, accused of having child p*rn and marijuana, resigns after being outed on Tiktok; Book blogger “euthanized”; Super Bowl advertisers to play it safe this year, fearing public backlash; AI may be able to read ancient scroll; and New York Times finally publishes an article about detransitioners
Published on February 9, 2024
Censorship, editing, Journalism, writing career advice
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“Blankety-blank it!” he would roar, turning bright red from the shoulders up…