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SAVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT

By | November 2004

The news that’s currently more important than Arafat’s death was the pre-emption of “Saving Private Ryan” by various television stations for fear that Michael Powell’s “Decency Clan” was going to come down on them…

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SAVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT

The news that’s currently more important than Arafat’s death was the pre-emption of “Saving Private Ryan” by various television stations for fear...

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