tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178023652024-03-07T06:35:52.187+01:00Through the lensA Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets now offers photography workshops, classes and mentorships!crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-49134462079422086242019-04-29T06:26:00.001+02:002019-04-29T06:26:49.666+02:00NBC Photoshops measles baby from stock photo: The death of journalism<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UaB4go7SPaI" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-21414068840101320532019-04-28T05:47:00.001+02:002019-04-28T05:47:46.454+02:00Media Caught Selectively Editing AGAIN - Record Your Interviews!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w_2nsnXtXt4" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-39069572695186584002018-05-25T23:59:00.003+02:002018-05-25T23:59:51.584+02:00Old Time Blogging<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">So funny how old my blogs are, I started when blogging first
started and just kept going. I hope you don't mind the old, standard format.
I've no time to re-invent the wheel and export and re-import all of the
hundreds of articles in my blogs. I've always asked for volunteers, but never
find any...really. You know, I was one of the first people on this planet to
"blog" before blogging, these already formatted templates came into
existence. I was also one of the "first" independent news folks
covering on the Middle East crisis with my own silly HTML formatted pages,
typed, each link designed, each page and the "tree" generated through
dreamweaver. wow. Times have changed and I still have no time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Anyone want to help me put all
of this together, one blog and website into something a bit more...modern?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Oh, just to help keep history
alive and documented, you know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">I also have thousands of
slides, film, and images on CD's that need to be "updated" onto
something.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Oh, if independents like
myself, only had a trust fund.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Thanks for reading my vent and
rant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Shalom,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Susan Brannon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-59348630351294717502017-06-28T03:54:00.001+02:002018-05-26T00:01:33.910+02:00American Pravda: CNN Producer Says Russia Narrative “bullsh*t"I had to put this on my blog...why? Because as a previous photojournalist covering international conflicts...I was always told that I was an activist not a reporter (yes, by mainstream news folks) However, I was always saying that CNN and other mainstream outlets were not actually reporting the reality of the events that they were covering. I even asked a CNN reporter (in Israel) how could they do what they are doing? His reply? "Well, that is what our editors want, I don't care if it is true or not".<br />
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In the end, I was blacklisted by news outlets that would pay a salary, running around trying to survive while reporting the reality of events, ethically sound. As time went by, more independent news reporters were able to generate visibility and funding to actually do good work and develop a team and...survive.<br />
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Because of the death threats towards myself and mocking from news agencies, I had to walk away from my love of reporting and do something else. It is still in my blood, thus the reason for this blog. It is sort of an outlet to me and to keep in tune with political events that effect the very lives of citizens across the world.<br />
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This is real proof for CNN's false news intended to gather ratings..that equals more money in advertising. At what point do independent's stay savvy? I have already seen some independent's compromise real reporting (that is what I call it) to stay on top and gather ratings. Yes, ratings are importing to put food in your mouth.<br />
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There must be a way to report real news while not going hungry with the temptation to compromise.<br />
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Great work Project Veritas!<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jdP8TiKY8dE" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-13173435662392650442017-05-30T03:43:00.001+02:002018-05-26T00:00:31.133+02:00Susan's Story -Haiti- Around the Neighborhood<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PK8RpXHvcm0" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-7100654219080100932017-05-30T03:42:00.001+02:002017-05-30T03:42:40.511+02:00Susan's Story -Haiti- Around the Neighborhood<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PK8RpXHvcm0" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-31804303647213392842017-05-30T03:31:00.001+02:002018-05-26T00:02:20.833+02:00Thirtese's Story - Haiti - Water<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VZM6wY29lNA" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-25700104349105528482017-05-30T03:21:00.001+02:002018-05-26T00:02:53.740+02:00Gregory's Story- Haiti- Agriculture<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5fvpdf_cvMc" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-72597861549563208272017-05-30T03:08:00.001+02:002018-05-26T00:03:29.426+02:00Dwitchy's Story - Haiti - Cholera<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xiCx3aBOdJg" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-10362064612025314752017-05-30T02:59:00.001+02:002018-05-26T00:04:05.884+02:00Carenne's Story - Haiti - Haiti Facts<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lOuB2EX-wYQ" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-15484061269985545242017-05-30T02:45:00.001+02:002018-05-26T00:05:19.918+02:00Albert's Story Haiti The Crossing Borders Project<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/odDtQPEB6Fo" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-74697605958046191742017-05-28T04:23:00.001+02:002018-05-26T00:06:05.103+02:00Susan's (alias) Story Portland's Homeless The Crossing Borders Project<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wmDOArU-fo4" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-7359908862286774852017-05-28T04:10:00.001+02:002018-05-26T00:06:53.623+02:00Rosie's Story Portland's Homeless The Crossing Borders Project<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JrS3WY0Pro" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-89231636786593020352017-05-28T04:03:00.001+02:002018-05-26T00:07:41.891+02:00Lauren's Story Portland's Homeless The Crossing Borders Project<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J6L6sFklcjo" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-21743725186722948342017-05-24T19:14:00.001+02:002018-05-26T00:08:31.299+02:00Rachel S Story Portland's HomelessAnother story from the Crossing Borders Project - Portland's Homeless Project! Rachel S. tells her story of her healing process from homelessness. Enjoy. And remember if you helped fund this project, you must contact me for your "reward"! Thank you<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sxheqyhLHew" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-58661671147315515352017-05-24T19:11:00.001+02:002018-05-26T00:08:48.080+02:00Tara's Story Portland's Homeless-The Crossing Borders ProjectA new Crossing Borders Project story from Tara in the Portland's Homeless project in Portland, Oregon.<br />
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She tells of her struggles of healing from homeless to walking a new path in life. These are her images and words. Enjoy! Thank you for the support on Kickstarter and remember, if you want images as your reward for support, you must contact me!<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OM2dITU3LH4" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-50330618499528376462014-12-11T09:06:00.001+01:002018-05-26T00:09:26.533+02:00Exclusive: CNN Exposed! Caught Producing "State Sponsored News" in BahrainAnd no one ever believed me when I would tell them that I personally watched CNN staged and exaggerated events back in 2003. It also tells me why mainstream media never really wanted to hire me, because they knew that I only wanted to tell the truth of what I found in my reporting. No wonder the American mainstream media would not buy anything from me. Yet, China, Europe and Russia would!<br />
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It tells you about the news in America and worldwide broadcasting from the mainstream. <br />
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Now, they want to categorize freelancers and "non reporters" no protected by the first amendment. Just remember who is funding mainstream, governments and corporations.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eGDVzJNMKs8" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-54967316188654164202014-12-11T08:38:00.001+01:002017-04-12T06:05:43.852+02:00Dianne Feinstein First Amendment Is A Special PrivilegeWhat is a real reporter? ummm.<br />
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EbzNE6PemrI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-68158647325618076342014-11-03T08:43:00.000+01:002014-11-03T08:45:55.789+01:00Reporting on the warfront: The problem with ISISNovember 2, 2014
One wonders why there is not much reporting on the warfront, but from a distance and because of that we do not know very much about ISIS and what is really happening on the ground. Journalists do not have many choices in reporting on this conflict, the options are to pledge allegiance with ISIS and go through their approval for release and at the same time risk your life with the U.S. drones that the US government has imposed that okay to have civilian casualties in Syria and Iraq. This means, even if they know that you are there, they will shoot anyway. Reporting from the front would be going on a suicide mission. <br />
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With increasing kidnappings and deaths of journalists worldwide, the respect for journalism and telling the story is just about a bye gone and that is dangerous for global citizens.<br />
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Here is a great article:<br />
<a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/10/things-won-know-about-isil-20141097102092768.html" target="_blank">The Things we won't know about ISIS</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-42391563812101612802014-11-02T08:20:00.002+01:002014-11-02T08:20:53.951+01:00Guantanamo, smuggle secrets, Snowden1 November 2014
Back in the days, someone asked if I release incriminating images and information about abuse in a Cuban prison. Back in the days, we did not have super encryption to protect the journalists or identity of another person leaking the information. Still today, I do not understand the technology needed to protect the whistle blower or myself from our governments view on journalism crime. Although, I must insert here, most of the information that whistle blowers decide to "leak out" are things that we the taxpayers and citizens of our world should know. You know, to help fight corruptions and be the "good" people and expose the "bad"
As a good journalist, I felt that I needed to know my whistle blowers and verify his/her and information before I would write anything up and "leak" that information to major media outlets. Yet, there was nothing to protect us...at that time, at least that I was aware of. As a response, the person asked me again if I could help but I needed to meet him/her and see what they had. I did not have any protection to offer and as a result the person just sort of disappeared. A few months later, the images were released all over the world. Of course I thought to myself, dang...I could have been famous from that what did I do wrong? Yet, I was scared to move forward without protection, I knew what the government was capable of.
If this happened to me, and I must insert I was more "visible" in those days during the pre-independent journalism phase of journalism which made me a person that someone like that would approach. What is it like for the independent journalist today? How do we learn to release information that we feel the public should know without having to move to another country and risk going to jail?
I stumbled onto this great article:
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/10/28/smuggling-snowden-secrets/">ED SNOWDEN TAUGHT ME TO SMUGGLE SECRETS PAST INCREDIBLE DANGER. NOW I TEACH YOU.</a>
Please read, if you are interested in this information
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-17401684616769652072014-10-29T04:08:00.000+01:002014-10-29T04:08:26.558+01:00Victims of ISIS: The non western journalists who do not make the headlinesOctober 27, 2014 20:06 WCT<br />
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The risks of being a journalist these days....not only in the U.S. but around the world.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.9950008392334px;">In the past 10 months, at least 17 Iraqi journalists have been executed by Isis. Many others have been kidnapped, their fate unknown.</span><br />
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Last week, Islamic State militants <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/16/isis-video-john-cantlie-british-journalist-gulf-war" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #005689; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">released a fifth video</a> of the British freelance journalist John Cantlie, wearing a Guantánamo Bay-style orange jumpsuit and appearing to read from a script.</div>
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The film’s release was widely reported. Unsurprisingly: since August, Isis has released videos showing its beheading of two American journalists,<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/james-foley" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #005689; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">James Foley</a> and <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/steven-sotloff" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #005689; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Steven Sotloff</a>, as well as two British aid workers, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/13/isis-video-david-haines-beheading" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #005689; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">David Haines</a> and <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/14/alan-henning-isis-syria-hostage-aid-worker" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #005689; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Alan Henning</a>. All have been huge news events.</div>
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Less widely covered were reports that, on 13 October, <a href="http://en.rsf.org/iraq-confusion-about-iraqi-journalist-s-16-10-2014,47118.html" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #005689; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Isis shot and killed the Mosul correspondent of Iraq’s Sada news agency</a> in the city’s al-Ghazlani camp. Several local sources, as well as a Kurdish Democratic party spokesman and a medical centre, confirmed Mohanad al-Aqidi’s death to numerous NGOs (members of his family have since disputed the reports, and al-Aqidi’s fate is currently unclear.)</div>
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There are no doubts about the public beheading on 10 October, in Samarra, 50km south-east of Tikrit, of <a href="http://en.rsf.org/iraq-islamic-state-publicly-executes-12-10-2014,47096.html" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #005689; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Raad Mohamed al-Azaoui</a> , an Iraqi cameraman and photographer for Sama Salah Aldeen TV. Azaoui, a 37-year-old father of three, was killed with his brother after Friday prayers. <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/oct/19/victims-of-isis-non-western-journalists-dont-make-headlines" target="_blank">More...</a></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Photojournalist sharing her photography secrets!</div>crossing bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08424161672510736739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17802365.post-24001174321391120132014-10-28T20:13:00.000+01:002014-10-28T20:13:49.200+01:00Obama: Transparency? October 27, 2014 11:48 WCT<br />
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There has been a lot of talk lately from the White House Press of discrimination of who will get chosen to ask questions. If the paper or news outlet does not write positive articles about the administration or inquires too deep about an event, then they will get denied access or receive last minute invitations when it is too late to be present. Many who have been covering the "beat" for years say that this is the most closed administration to press access. Here is an article I found:<br />
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At some point, a compendium of condemnations against the Obama administration’s record of media transparency (actually, opacity) must be assembled. Notable quotations in this vein come from former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/23/jill-abramson-white-house-secret-ny-times_n_4653014.html" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #2e6d9d; text-decoration: none; zoom: 1;">who said</a>, “It is the most secretive White House that I have ever been involved in covering”; New York Times reporter James Risen, <a href="http://www.pressherald.com/2014/10/05/colby-college-honoring-new-york-times-reporter/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #2e6d9d; text-decoration: none; zoom: 1;">who said</a>, “I think Obama hates the press”; and CBS News’s Bob Schieffer, <a href="http://cpj.org/reports/2013/10/obama-and-the-press-us-leaks-surveillance-post-911.php" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #2e6d9d; text-decoration: none; zoom: 1;">who said</a>, “This administration exercises more control than George W. Bush’s did, and his before that.”</div>
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USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page has added a sharper edge to this set of knives. Speaking Saturday at a <a href="http://www.whca.net/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #2e6d9d; text-decoration: none; zoom: 1;">White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA)</a> seminar, Page called the current White House not only “more restrictive” but also “more dangerous” to the press than any other in history, a clear reference to the Obama administration’s leak investigations and <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/07/31/fox-newss-james-rosen-did-the-justice-department-really-need-to-call-him-a-co-conspirator-contd/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #2e6d9d; text-decoration: none; zoom: 1;">its naming of Fox News’s James Rosen</a> as a possible “co-conspirator” in a violation of the Espionage Act.</div>
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The FBI in Seattle created a fake news story on a bogus Seattle Times web page to plant software in the computer of a suspect in a series of bomb threats to Lacey’s Timberline High School in 2007, according to documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in San Francisco.</div>
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The deception was publicized Monday when Christopher Soghoian, the principal technologist for the American Civil Liberties Union in Washington, D.C., revealed it on Twitter. <a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2024888170_fbinewspaper1xml.html" target="_blank">More...</a></div>
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The PEN American Center will announce Monday that it is calling on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate police treatment of the press at protests following the death of Michael Brown.</div>
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Police held reporters in areas that denied them access to events they had to cover, flashed lights to hinder photographers, and were accused of threats and assaults, according to the PEN American Center<a href="http://www.pen.org/ferguson" style="color: #334e91; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">report</a>. The group is devoted to defending the freedom of writers. <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/morning_call/2014/10/group-seeks-justice-department-inquiry-in-police.html" target="_blank">more...</a></div>
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