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Merry Mediaite! Friends and Fans Join Dan & Floyd Abrams To Toast Our Happy,...
Anyone who works in media these days — especially online — knows that it can be an all-consuming lifestyle, caught up in the immediacy of the 24-7 news cycle and very much given to being swept up by...
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In Israel, Freedom Of Speech Includes Freedom To Criticize
On August 20, 2009, Neve Gordon, an Israeli who is the chair of Ben-Gurion University’s department of government and politics and a professor at the University, published an op-ed article in the Los...
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Is Keith Olbermann Losing it?
Just hours after Jon Stewart‘s sharply observant takedown of Keith Olbermann‘s Special Comment segments, the Countdown host launched into a diatribe that made Stewart’s segment look like a love...
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Axelrod on Alito’s Heckle: Well, It’s A ‘Weird Political Season’
Once again the only aspect of an Obama address that appears to have survived the 24 hour newscycle is an outburst. While much of the rest of the impact (or lack thereof) of Wednesday’s State of the...
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Eugene Robinson Calls Out Liz Cheney and…Keith Olbermann?
Despite the absurdity of the Liz Cheney/Keep America Safe “Al Qaeda 7″ ad, and the fact that Cheney’s group sounds like its mascot ought to be a pee-pants version of Woodsy Owl, the spot has been...
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Keith Olbermann’s Low Blow At Glenn Beck’s Prior Alcoholism Spoils Worst Persons
Immediately after thoroughly dressing down CNN’s Campbell Brown on last night’s Countdown, Keith Olbermann set his sights on popular Worst Persons fixture Glenn Beck, and he couldn’t have asked for an...
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Opponents Of Citizens United Ruling Complain About Everything Except The...
On the cusp of the first major national elections since the Supreme Court ruled corporations have the First Amendment right to speech in politics, the echo chamber of public political discourse sounds...
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Above The Law Blog Names Floyd Abrams Among Top New York Partners To Work For
Congratulations are in order to First Amendment attorney and Mediaite contributor/dad Floyd Abrams, who made it onto Above the Law‘s list of Top Partners to Work for in New York! The list in no...
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Bill Press Tells Howard Kurtz That MSNBC Hosts Are ‘Not Calling Anyone Nazis’
During a discussion of Glenn Beck‘s departure from Fox News’ air on Sunday’s Reliable Sources, progressive radio host Bill Press joined host Howard Kurtz in pushing back against the idea that MSNBC’s...
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The Media’s Shameful, Inexcusable Distortion Of The Supreme Court’s Citizens...
One of the beauties of the transfer of power from major media operations to individuals, bloggers and tweeters is that they — we — can all serve as a sort of fact-checking peanut gallery. So it’s hard...
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Piers Morgan Tears Into Obama’s ‘Crumbling’ Promises Of Transparency: America...
Piers Morgan was not pleased with President Obama on Monday night, particularly in light of the news about the Justice Department seizing the Associated Press’ phone records over a two-month period....
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Floyd Abrams Smashes DOJ For Investigating Reporters: That’s ‘Journalism Not...
Floyd Abrams, First Amendment expert, attorney , and author (who is also the father of Mediaite founder Dan Abrams), joined CNN host Jake Tapper on Tuesday where he tore into the Department of Justice...
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Snowden Surrenders Moral Authority With Dangerous Leaks About American, U.K....
Edward Snowden’s bombshell revelations regarding the National Security Agency’s monitoring of the electronic and telephonic communications of average Americans has sown the seeds of a crisis of...
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Media Attorney Floyd Abrams Takes on WaPo’s Dana Milbank over Campaign...
In a Friday letter to the Washington Post editors, First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams (father of our website’s founder, Dan Abrams) took on the newspaper’s columnist Dana Milbank over his claims about...
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Floyd Abrams Warns of Serious Threats Trump Administration Poses to Freedom...
During an appearance on CNN’s Reliable Sources, famed First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams discussed the real danger that the media faces in the age of a Donald Trump presidential administration....
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First Amendment Lawyer Dismisses Trump’s Claim That Twitter Is Stifling Free...
Well-known First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams dismissed President Donald Trump’s angry assertion that Twitter was “completely stifling” free speech by adding a misinformation warning label to two of...
View ArticleFirst Amendment Lawyer Floyd Abrams Slams Georgetown Law For Suspending...
Prominent First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams slammed Georgetown Law on Thursday over placing incoming official Ilya Shapiro on leave following comments he made about whom President Joe Biden should...
View ArticleFirst Amendment Lawyer Floyd Abrams and Dax Shepard Defend Joe Rogan Against...
First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams and actor Dax Shepard expressed their support for Joe Rogan flexing his constitutional rights when it came to discussing Covid during a recent interview. Abrams,...
View ArticleDax Shepard and Lawyer Floyd Abrams Dig Into Hulk Hogan Sex Tape and Privacy:...
First amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams and Dax Shepard broke down the legalities of the Hulk Hogan sex tape during a recent interview. Abrams, the father of Mediaite founder Dan Abrams, was a guest on...
View ArticleMegyn Kelly Argues Amber Heard Is ‘Unemployable’ Following Depp Verdict: The...
Megyn Kelly says following the Johnny Depp verdict earlier today, Amber Heard is a walking red flag when she returns to Hollywood. Speaking with Floyd Abrams on the Wednesday edition of his podcast...
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