Politics and the Media (POLS 328) Professor Jonathan Day
Outline 1. Attendance Sheet 2. Restrictions on the Media 3. Freedoms of the Media
Restrictions Right to Equal Time Right of Rebuttal Executive Privilege Private Industries Some White House and State Department meetings Some pre-trial hearings and grand jury proceedings Supreme Court conferences Some legislative sessions Sites of crimes and disasters when public is not permitted Interviewing and filming prison inmates Combat Zones
More Restrictions Privacy Protection (example: medical records) Libel Laws Obscenity Self-Regulation
Freedoms Presidential inauguration Space shuttle landings Political Conventions Scene of events: Accidents and Crimes Newspapers can publish or not publish anything they want Reporters are free to publish pictures that are taken in public settings and they don’t have to ask for permission. Freedom of Information Act
Effective starting in 1966 – makes available records of the federal government with several exceptions: National Security Papers Law Enforcement Files Agency working papers Highly personal information
The Three Party Conflict Government vs. Media vs. People
Next Class Media and Democracy
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