Mediaboss Marketing

By Katie Kilmartin | Published 16 hours ago

Greg Lukianoff is the presidentof the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and the keynote speaker at UNC's sixth annual First Amendment Day, which is organized by theUNC Center for Media Law andPolicy.

Staff Writer Katie Kilmartin asked him about what he plans to talk about in his keynote address, his opinion on UNC's First Amendment climate and more.

THEDAILY TAR HEEL:What are your thoughts on UNCs ranking as one of the worst 10 universities for free speech?

GREG LUKIANOFF:I was disappointed that I had to include UNC on this years list. I explain my reasons in that piece which you can find here:http://huff.to/1qoIv5M

Im quite sure I will be getting questions about it tomorrow!

DTH:What do you plan to speak about at the keynote address for First Amendment Day?

GL:Tomorrow, I plan to talk about, of course, the First Amendment, but beyond that the larger principles of freedom of speech itself and why I believe those principles are under threat. Make no mistake about it, free speech is an eternally radical idea, so it is always under threat at all times in human history.

I will also talk about my first book, "Unlearning Liberty," and my new short book, "Freedom From Speech," in which I lay out my causes for concern for speech going forward.

DTH:What main ideas do you hope people will take away from your address?

See the original post here:
Q&A with First Amendment Day speaker Greg Lukianoff

DANA DiFILIPPO, Daily News Staff Writer difilid@phillynews.com, 215-854-5934 Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 3:01 AM

WHEN an anti-Islamic group decided to advertise on city buses and billboards this fall with photos of a terrorist poised to behead an American and a Muslim leader smiling at Adolf Hitler, transit officials in New York and Washington, D.C., huffed their disapproval - but allowed the ads to run.

They had no choice, they said, because the ads were protected under the First Amendment.

SEPTA's officials disagreed and rejected the ads.

But the group behind the ads - the American Freedom Defense Initiative - won't surrender quietly. The New Hampshire-based group sued SEPTA in federal court last week, complaining that the transit agency violated AFDI's free-speech rights.

One local First Amendment expert says SEPTA picked an unwinnable fight.

"The most fundamental principle of the First Amendment is that you may never bar any message based upon the content of the message," said Burton Caine, a law professor at Temple University and past president of the Philadelphia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. "This is absolutely prohibited, what SEPTA is doing.

"Everybody has this same idea that they like the First Amendment," Caine said, "but when the speech is offensive, people will make all kinds of excuses why it's not protected. The whole point of the First Amendment is to protect speech that offends. No exceptions."

A federal judge said as much in 2012, ruling that the AFDI could post ads in New York City and Washington, D.C., that compared Muslim jihadists to "savages."

Excerpt from:
SEPTA's ad refusal sparks free-speech fight

Benghazi documents scrubbed to protect Hillary Clinton, ex-State Dept. official claims
Benghazi documents scrubbed to protect Hillary Clinton, ex-State Dept. official claims http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/09/benghazi-documents-scrubbed-to-pr...

By: ABC7 WJLA

See the article here:
Benghazi documents scrubbed to protect Hillary Clinton, ex-State Dept. official claims - Video

#PROGRESS FOR WOMEN?
Democrats Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Kirsten Gillibrand Patty Murray attended an economic conference last week, which was live tweeted on twitter with #progress4women. However, are Democrats...

By: juicysparkles

Read more:
#PROGRESS FOR WOMEN? - Video

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Indianola, Iowa (CNN) -- "It's been seven years, and a lot has changed," Hillary Clinton said Sunday in her first visit to Iowa since the state dealt her presidential campaign a devastating body blow.

But there was a moment in the afternoon when it seemed like not much had.

Roughly 200 credentialed media were gathered in a far corner of the Indianola Balloon Field, the grassy expanse where Sen. Tom Harkin was convening his 37th and final Steak Fry, an annual fundraiser that doubles as a point of entry for ambitious Democrats curious about the Iowa caucuses.

After a 90-minute wait, the press scrum -- scribblers and photographers alike -- were herded like cattle through a series of gates and escorted up to a hot smoking grill, waiting to capture the same image: a staged shot of Bill and Hillary Clinton, fresh out of their motorcade, ritualistically flipping steaks with Harkin.

Hillary Clinton stumps for Iowa Democrats, and herself

The Clintons ignored the half-hearted shouted questions from reporters -- "Mr. President, do you eat meat?" -- with practiced ease. They were two football fields away from the nearest voter. Mechanical, distant, heavy-handed: The afternoon spectacle felt a lot like Hillary's 2008 caucus campaign, a succession of errors that crumbled under the weight of a feuding top-heavy staff and the candidate's inability to connect with her party's grassroots.

And then the head fake -- and something different.

After a few minutes, the Clintons walked into a nearby barn, out of view. Most of the media swarm gave up and hustled back to the main event, where nearly 7,000 Democrats were eating red meat and waiting patiently in the sunshine to hear from two of the most famous people in the world.

A few dozen press were still milling about when the duo re-emerged. "There she is!" a television reporter screamed, clamoring for her cameraman.

See the original post:
Hillary Clinton returns to Iowa; so is this a fresh start or deja vu?