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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
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Do the rights of the owners of the private web service trump the 1st?
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Very likely, yes.
Journalists are known to edit interviews and such. The problem becomes one
of who owns the forum versus misrepresenting someone’s views. I’d say that
it might be actionable if someone’s views are savagely distorted and have the
tendency to defame. And I don’t mean plain old name calling, or
interpretting direct quotes -- I am talking about heavily editing or
rewriting such quotes. It could get pretty weird.
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I read a “Misanthropic Bitch” article once in which she wrote an article for the
school paper--the paper’s editor edited her article to the point where it stated
the opposite of her intent. Maybe I’ll try to dig it up.
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Does the 1st even apply to privately owned bulletin boards?
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Probably not.
The freedom of speech is basically the freedom to protest -- it is the
freedom to not be silenced by the govt in doing so, and we are losing
ground on it. Dave! and I both have linked to stories that show how such
freedom is effectively being destroyed in the interest of “protecting” the
U.S. president. No one cares really. Just us civil liberties geeks.
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A good topic for another discussion--Dubya’s avoidance of reality.
good points snipped
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Well, I only ever really read Lugnet, Bricklink, and Slashdot with
regularity. One has to draw the line somewhere in terms of time-suck. What
newsgroups do you read?
For some reason this post reminds me of the “civics-challenged” posters on
Slashdot that continually bring up the 5th and 6th Amendments in relation to
civil cases. I know, I know -- I’m being an insensitive clod!
-- Hop-Frog
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In no preference order (except LUGNET first, usually)
LUGNET
http://news.lugnet.com/?n=*,-100&v=c
-specifically including rtlToronto, Trains, Debate, Foo...
Valiant Crusaders
http://pub144.ezboard.com/bvaliantcrusaders25023
-my guild on Everquest
Least I Could Do
http://www.leasticoulddo.com/
-comic strip read daily, and in the NG where the 1st discussion was taking place
Slackers Guild
http://www.slackersguild.com/
-as if I don’t read enuf fluff in my life
Misanthropic Bitch
http://www.misanthropic-bitch.com/
-mentioned before, but hasn’t been updated lately :(
DU
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
-political commentary that may be slightly biased towards the Dems... ;)
There are others, but these are the ones I try to hit at least a few times a
week.
Dave K
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| (...) Ah, but that's different. If the material is published externally and editing causes it to seriously misrepresent what was said by another, that's certainly actionable... it's somewhere in the slander/libel/defamation of character area (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Maybe she became: (URL) Honey Hellfire> on (URL) Radio Free Satan>! Anyway, some of these are news/opinion/blog sites right? I don't see discussion forums in all cases... -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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