The Internet meme questioning Glenn Beck’s possible involvement in a rape and murder of a young girl in 1990 has just taken a step in helping to protect our rights from people who fear criticism. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has just ruled against Glenn Beck regarding his complaint about the original meme’s domain [...]
Written on November 8, 2009 | Posted in
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The Fox Nation web site ran with a headline that read, “College Thesis: ‘So-Called Founders Didn’t Allow for Economic Freedom.’” The problem is that the article they linked to contained text by Pajamas Media blogger Michael Ledeen, who fell for a piece of satire posted on the blog, Jumping In Pools. The satirical report on [...]
Written on October 25, 2009 | Posted in
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The Streisand Effect is an Internet phenomenon where an attempt to censor or remove a piece of information backfires, causing the information to be widely publicized. Glenn Beck is experiencing the Streisand Effect first hand.
Since the parody web site launched asking if Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990, it has become [...]
Written on September 10, 2009 | Posted in
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As you’re probably well aware if you’ve visited in the past couple weeks, or were practically anywhere else online, there is a satirical site devoted to a meme created to show Beck’s lack of journalistic integrity. Apparently, a law firm (Cowan, Debaets, Abrahams & Sheppard, LLP) is coming to his defense.
Parody/satire is a protected form [...]
Written on September 8, 2009 | Posted in
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Apparently, the people at FoxNation didn’t realize the blog, Elective Decisions, posted a satirical statement from former Governor Tom Ridge (R) about Rush Limbaugh:
So this morning, Ridge went back on Washington Journal, responding to Limbaugh’s rhetoric. “I’m so sick of Rush Limbaugh. He’s the reason we lose elections. He needs to get the hell out [...]
Written on June 29, 2009 | Posted in
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