Cops Cracking Down On Journalists - Again!

Published: March 25, 2007, 6:07 a.m.

Cops Cracking Down on Journalists ... Again! Welcome to Episode 27 of Light On Light Through ... While Josh Wolf sits in prison in California, New York City police are pursuing their own war against journalists ... arresting two Columbia University journalism students this past Thursday for videotaping police cars from a public sidewalk ... I call upon Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Kelly to see that justice is served ... bring these cops to justice!

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Plus flashes\xa0...\xa0media drop the ball on John Edwards reporting ... Al Gore never claimed he invented the Internet...

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Helpful links:

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  1. Columbia Univ students thrown in jail for doing their assignment\xa0my blog post; Class Assignment Lands Two Students In Jail\xa0New York 1 News story; The War On Journalism\xa0website with details and videos of past police misconduct against video journalists
  2. Preserving Freedom of Expression in America\xa060-minute video hosted by Howard Vicini about Josh Wolf (first broadcast March 16, 2007)
  3. Media Drop the Ball in Edwards Reporting\xa0and Politico-Edwards lesson: Blogs need even higher standards than mass media\xa0my blog posts; Republican pap about Al Gore and the Internet\xa0my blog post
  4. The Silk Code podiobook - my award-winning novel, read by Shaun Farrell, available free -\xa0 at http://thesilkcode.blogspot.com or http://podiobooks.com
  5. http://artofgraciousliving.com Patsy Terrell's podcast - Patsy does the wonderful Light On Light Through - Blubrry id\xa0
  6. The Plot to Save Socrates\xa0 published in trade paperback February 20 - this means you can get a new copy, if you like, for $10+ over on Amazon and most places ... (click on the above title to get to Amazon) ... and if you'd like an autographed copy, at no extra charge to you, just send me an e-mail at PaulLevinson@LightonLightthrough.com
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Enjoy...

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Paul

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The Silk Code\xa0- Locus Award, Best 1st Science Fiction Novel, 1999

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The Plot to Save Socrates\xa0- my latest novel
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"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News

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