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Submission + - Year's Top Censors Receive Muzzle Awards (tjcenter.org)

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Waldo Jaquith

on Tuesday April 07, 2009 @10:56PM

Waldo Jaquith writes: "The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression has announced the 'winners' of their annual Jefferson Muzzle awards, given to government entities that have done the most to quash citizens' rights to free expression. The honor (such as it is) this year goes to The Democratic and Republican National Parties, Camp Lejune Marine Base, three colleges, two high schools, and a pair of judges, all of whom violated egregiously the rights of individuals. My favorite is Yuba College, which told a student that he could assemble and speak publicly on campus, but only on Tuesdays and Thursdays between noon and 1 PM. They feel dumb now."

Submission + - Year's Top Censors Receive Muzzle Awards (tjcenter.org)

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Waldo Jaquith

on Tuesday April 08, 2008 @10:58PM

Waldo Jaquith writes: "We've all heard the stories of outlandish censorship over the past year. The student who was expelled from Valdosta State University for criticizing the school on Facebook. New York state refusing to let somebody have a 'GETOSAMA' license plate. The judge who barred a rape victim from using the word "rape" in her testimony. The FCC. Period. Well, they and ten others are all getting their comeuppance, in the form of the Thomas Jefferson Center's 17th annual Jefferson Muzzle Awards. The dubious distinction goes to those organizations who have done the most to stifle free expression in the past year. The FCC, appropriately enough, got a lifetime achievement award."

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