"This is a symptom of a creeping orthodoxy of UK legislation that is trying to enforce so-called British values," said Fitzgerald, adding that the atmosphere has worsened since new guidelines were issued for universities calling on lecturers to look out for "potential radicals"."We're already seeing the effects. Some lecturers don't want to do modules on terrorism anymore because they don't want to come under suspicion."
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Egyptian editor backtracks after saying 'Americans will be killed in streets' | World n... - 0 views
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Bakry, a donkey well known for decades as being close to Egypt's state security police. Not a real journalist.
Strong Egypt members given 3 years in jail for constitution 'No' vote campaign - Politi... - 0 views
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State paranoia at its finest.
Egyptian TV Cites 'Simpsons' Episode as Proof Arab Spring Was Foreign Plot - NYTimes.co... - 2 views
Egypt TV host uses video game to show Russian air raids - Al Jazeera English - 0 views
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Moussa is a persistent pro-government troll and real stain on Egyptian journalism
Charles Freeman fails the loyalty test - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com - 0 views
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In the U.S., you can advocate torture, illegal spying, and completely optional though murderous wars and be appointed to the highest positions. But you can't, apparently, criticize Israeli actions too much or question whether America's blind support for Israel should be re-examined.
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Blumethal also suggested that right-wing Israel fanatics in the U.S. are particularly interested in controlling how intelligence is analyzed due to their anger over the NIE's 2007 conclusion that Iran had ceased its pursuit of nuclear weapons. “It’s clear that Freeman isn’t going to be influenced by the lobby,” Jim Lobe, the Washington bureau chief of Inter Press Service, remarked to me. “They don’t like people like that, especially when they’re in charge of products like the NIE. So this is a very important test for them.”
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Does anyone doubt that it's far more permissible in American political culture to criticize actions of the American government than it is the actions of the Israeli Government?
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Bad Science » Er, "help". Legal Chill from LBC 97.3 and "Global Radio" over J... - 0 views
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The debate here is not about the dangers of MMR, but the dangers of the media.
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Lastly, I write for a hobby, I can honestly say it never occurred to me when I took an excerpt of audio, broadcast on the airwaves into kitchens and cars, and made a brief blog post about it, that this could be considered “theft”. I welcome people lifting my output, I expect them to link back to me so people can find more of the same, and I am glad when people use my ideas and analyses, even (with a fleeting grudge) unattributed: that is what they are there for. To me, these people with their lawyers, and their millions, are from another world. The fact that this has gone from a small blog post about a stupid radio clip to a blogstorm is a bit weird too, but excellent for getting a wider discussion going about the way that the media misrepresent health risks, and create scares.
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ricockulously
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Notice that it is not only in authoritarian regimes that debate can be squashed.
Free Philip Rizk | الحرية لفيليب رزق - 0 views
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Arrested Egyptian blogger/activist/filmmaker