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around that time cbs news terminated ms. herridge's employment and unprecedented actions toward her belongings, including source materials. cbs news officials reportedly boxed up and seized some of the materials in her office, including her investigative files and laptop computer with the intent to search through items to segregate materials ms. herridge developed or worked on for cbs news. cbs news threatened to trample on her first amendment rights and could have divulged sources from her previous work with other networks. along the same lines, we've seen the federal government seek to impermissibly shape news stories, and social media companies as to content. and protecting from these attacks, we will examine the infringement on the freedom of the press and examine the prospects for a federal shield law. on july 19th, 2023, the house committee on the judiciary with a vote of 23-0, that doesn't often happen in the house judiciary committee, 23-0 favorably reported on the protect reports from exploitive act. the press act w
around that time cbs news terminated ms. herridge's employment and unprecedented actions toward her belongings, including source materials. cbs news officials reportedly boxed up and seized some of the materials in her office, including her investigative files and laptop computer with the intent to search through items to segregate materials ms. herridge developed or worked on for cbs news. cbs news threatened to trample on her first amendment rights and could have divulged sources from her...
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with the intent to search through items to segregate materials worked on were cbs news. first amendment rights could have doubled confidential sources stemming from previousnd work with other networks. along the same lines we've also seen federal government social media companies to censor and remove content. of platforms with the president and his family. the fundamental liberty protecting journals and their sources and examine prospects the house committed judiciary 2. it not often happen. twenty-three -- zero. of reports of exploitation of states spying or press act. general at this your full house to pass the press act by a voice vote. press act was written toss prohibit compelling journalists as well as in the records content of communication documents or information obtained or created by journalists in the course of their work. it ensures a free press independent from executive branches seeks to attack or harass journalists in order to identify their confidential sources. stood up to fight for the freedom of the press protecting the fundamental freedoms. it is our
with the intent to search through items to segregate materials worked on were cbs news. first amendment rights could have doubled confidential sources stemming from previousnd work with other networks. along the same lines we've also seen federal government social media companies to censor and remove content. of platforms with the president and his family. the fundamental liberty protecting journals and their sources and examine prospects the house committed judiciary 2. it not often happen....
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among the witnesses is former cbs news correspondent catherine herridge who had her personal files seized by the network shortly after she was laid off in february. the house judiciary committee should start shortly. live coverage here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> three journalists are testifying on capital hill this morning on protection of a free press. among the witnesses, former correspondent catherine herridge who had her personal finals seized when she was laid off in february. this hearing is scheduled to start shortly. live coverage on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible con
among the witnesses is former cbs news correspondent catherine herridge who had her personal files seized by the network shortly after she was laid off in february. the house judiciary committee should start shortly. live coverage here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> three...
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well, toward the end of the first series of mccarthy hearings, edward r murrow of cbs news did a special broadcast about joseph mccarthy. here's a portion no one familiar with the history of his country can deny that congressional committees are useful. it is necessary to investigate before legislating. but the line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one. and the junior senator from wisconsin has stepped over it repeatedly. his primary achievement has been in confusing the public mind as between the internal and the external threats of communism. we must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. we must remember always that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. jim townsend of the 11 center housing nif account was this broadcast that edward r murrow did. it was a really significant broadcast. it, you know, a lot of people have pointed to that broadcast as a as a watershed moment. there are scholar who who say that, well, as important as it was, it didn't change history. it was part of a series of events that started to dam
well, toward the end of the first series of mccarthy hearings, edward r murrow of cbs news did a special broadcast about joseph mccarthy. here's a portion no one familiar with the history of his country can deny that congressional committees are useful. it is necessary to investigate before legislating. but the line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one. and the junior senator from wisconsin has stepped over it repeatedly. his primary achievement has been in confusing the...
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former cbs news and fox news journalist and vocal advocate for women's rights, curbing the abuse of forced arbitration and nondisclosure agreements. her 2016 sexual harassment lawsuit against roger ailes was one of the first high-profile cases of the #metoo movement. in 2019, she cofounded lift our voices, an organization to advocate for a ban on nda's and forced arbitration in employment contracts. miriam gillis -- i hope i pronounced that correctly, did i get that right? professor at the cardozo school of law. she has written extensively on arbitration come up previously testified before our committee. victor schwartz, cochair of the public policy group at shook, hardy & bacon. he served as law professor and dean of the university of cincinnati college of law. before his current position, he previously testified before the committee, and we welcome him. joanne grace of columbiana, ohio has served her community in a variety of nursing homes since 1976, including as a floor nurse, supervisor, manager, and director of nursing services. thanks for joining us today. i will swear in the witnes
former cbs news and fox news journalist and vocal advocate for women's rights, curbing the abuse of forced arbitration and nondisclosure agreements. her 2016 sexual harassment lawsuit against roger ailes was one of the first high-profile cases of the #metoo movement. in 2019, she cofounded lift our voices, an organization to advocate for a ban on nda's and forced arbitration in employment contracts. miriam gillis -- i hope i pronounced that correctly, did i get that right? professor at the...
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border patrol chief jason owens in a march interview with cbs news said, the number of known got-aways is keeping him up at night. this is a national security threat, he noted. that's a quote. border security is a big piece of national security, he goes on to say, and if we don't know who is coming into our country and we don't know what their intent is, that is a threat, and they're exploiting a vulnerability that's on our border right now, end quote. that again, mr. president, from jason owens, u.s. border patrol chief. well, mr. president, the situation at our southern border right now is a national security threat. there's no question that the kinds of numbers we're seeing smooth away for dangerous individuals to enter our country. during fiscal year 2023, 169 individuals on the terrorist watch list were apprehended trying to cross our southern border. more, i might add, than the previous six years combined. and that's just the individuals again who are actually -- who were actually apprehended. with somewhere around 1.8 million known got-aways since president biden took office and
border patrol chief jason owens in a march interview with cbs news said, the number of known got-aways is keeping him up at night. this is a national security threat, he noted. that's a quote. border security is a big piece of national security, he goes on to say, and if we don't know who is coming into our country and we don't know what their intent is, that is a threat, and they're exploiting a vulnerability that's on our border right now, end quote. that again, mr. president, from jason...
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news and squelched some of cronkite's on watergate. right. i mean so that's a direct violation of the first amendment right. but again, these are the kind of things that later go on to inform what we do at project censored is. and that's literally a prior restraint matter. now, what carl was getting at and what spent a lot of time are the other kinds of censorship, news, abuse and that we also look at censorship by proxy. so we're going to get into some of that here in bit. and i think i was as i was mentioning before we got started, i might read a passage or two from the book because novel idea, it's a bookstore and it's a book talk and i never read out of our own books. so i saw it today. i'll do that and we'll how a little bit of that goes but there's some i think there's some interesting ideas in here. and i to sort of tease out some ideas because in a little while, believe it or not, i want to i really do want to hear from you and have a sort of a robust conversation and dialog about some of these issues. so anyway, carl starts pr
news and squelched some of cronkite's on watergate. right. i mean so that's a direct violation of the first amendment right. but again, these are the kind of things that later go on to inform what we do at project censored is. and that's literally a prior restraint matter. now, what carl was getting at and what spent a lot of time are the other kinds of censorship, news, abuse and that we also look at censorship by proxy. so we're going to get into some of that here in bit. and i think i was as...
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and nbc, whose news programs the president thoroughly loathed cable television was nothing but long extension cords from antenna towers to homes in areas where the terrain interfere with home antennas. telephones were hard wired through ma bell's vast highly expensive grid of landlines that made long distance calls a high priced luxury. the only recent innovation in telephones had been introducing the phone as an alternative to the black telephone. satellite communications was a sluggish, ridiculously disorganized monopoly that had managed orbit one or two low capacity units the size of a carry on suitcase. in nearly a decade, what launched the technological journey that brought us. from 1970 to 2024 was a simple, radical idea that wireless communications through satellites and towers could replace all of those wires at far lower cost and in far greater variety. and that private enterprise and free market competition could do the job. but it was an idea that engineers business executives and government officials did not see. and when they got wind of it, they fought to preserve the
and nbc, whose news programs the president thoroughly loathed cable television was nothing but long extension cords from antenna towers to homes in areas where the terrain interfere with home antennas. telephones were hard wired through ma bell's vast highly expensive grid of landlines that made long distance calls a high priced luxury. the only recent innovation in telephones had been introducing the phone as an alternative to the black telephone. satellite communications was a sluggish,...
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so harry reasoner saw the writing on the wall, went back to cbs and barbara walters did not lose her anchor title. but roone arledge redefined how the evening news was going to work with where three guys working in different capitals. and barbara is still technically an anchor, but gradually she went back to what she did best, which was the big interview. she didn't she didn't create the big tv interview. i think you'd say edward r murrow did that. but she expanded it and defined and reshaped it and came to dominate that genre. yeah, absolutely totally true. the today show experience, where she was clearly always told about second fiddle or third fiddle, or it did that helped her in the later reaching out to a broad or not just politicians and national leaders but really broadened her access to other figures. so here's a life lesson from barbara walters, which is life gives you lemons, make lemonade. here's how she did that. she had been on the today show when the host was hugh downs, who was very supportive, one of the very few men on the air who supported barbara walters in her amb
so harry reasoner saw the writing on the wall, went back to cbs and barbara walters did not lose her anchor title. but roone arledge redefined how the evening news was going to work with where three guys working in different capitals. and barbara is still technically an anchor, but gradually she went back to what she did best, which was the big interview. she didn't she didn't create the big tv interview. i think you'd say edward r murrow did that. but she expanded it and defined and reshaped...
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the new york times for two successive sessions, the state legislature, columbia is ruling elite major parties to albany, new york to convince legislators that this was indeed a wonderful thing for the morningside heights community, that columbia should build its gym. there. well, i don't think a gym nine storeys high with facilities for black in the basement with a back door is something that black people want. there has never been any dispute to the position of this community on the placing of a gymnasium by a providence stitution in a public park. i don't trust anybody. administrative network of columbia university because they have lied they have contradicted themselves. and kirk wrote us a letter saying we have stoppages and. the next day the board of trustees we have stopped the gym temporarily. this house went up our founding is kind of gone down. our balance as a high school has not come down. why do you like it or not? on april 23rd at the actual demonstration in which we plan to demonstrate inside the library to protest columbia's complicity with the institute for defense ana
the new york times for two successive sessions, the state legislature, columbia is ruling elite major parties to albany, new york to convince legislators that this was indeed a wonderful thing for the morningside heights community, that columbia should build its gym. there. well, i don't think a gym nine storeys high with facilities for black in the basement with a back door is something that black people want. there has never been any dispute to the position of this community on the placing of...
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some of you saw in workshop with new job site standard certification called respect. we are committed to creating a better work environment fostering the brotherhood and sisterhood that binds us. respect the work to raise the profile of the construction industry is a career pathway. not just a financial choice but a better worklife choice. workplace harassment and toxic cultures marked by bowling and verbal abuse will be addressed head-on. they have no place in our unions. sanitation on job sites will be a priority entering clean and well equipped for sows with amenities for all workers both men and women. safety in mental health will not be the service. it would be a commitment. we will address substance abuse, alcoholism and provide programs to better recognize and support people, many, many people, our brothers and sisters were struggling. contractors and others who have work with us and physical safety over the last 30 years. we know they can work with us to make our job site just as healthy and safe workers mentally as they are physically. [applause] brothers and
some of you saw in workshop with new job site standard certification called respect. we are committed to creating a better work environment fostering the brotherhood and sisterhood that binds us. respect the work to raise the profile of the construction industry is a career pathway. not just a financial choice but a better worklife choice. workplace harassment and toxic cultures marked by bowling and verbal abuse will be addressed head-on. they have no place in our unions. sanitation on job...