Twenty years ago, the Supreme Court made a decision that has, in turn, silenced the voices of thousands of student journalists nationwide. In 1988, the Court made the decision to give public high schools the power to prior review and censorship of all materials being published by students through school-sponsored activities.
If it wasn't enough for a primary presidential candidate to be black and have an African name, some anti-Barack Obama folks made a big deal about his middle name -Hussein - to suggest this Christian is actually a closet Muslim, as if that should matter. As the media horde focused on presumptive Republican candidate Sen.
Shaggy, a Reggae teen idol known for his upbeat music, signed a contract with Malibu Rum in 2004 to become the "personality of Malibu." Opponents say that by aligning themselves with teen-admired spokesperson Shaggy, Malibu Rum is directly marketing alcohol to minors.
There are a number of shows on television these days in which viewers ask themselves, "How do they get away with saying that?" Surprisingly, the two shows that go above and beyond simple ridicule and mar are cartoons; namely the very popular "Family Guy" and "South Park.
As a 33-year-old pizza-shop manager presses the "burn" icon on Slysoft's AnyDVD program, he takes a long, satisfying drag from his Camel. Today it is Academy Awards Best-Picture-Winner "No Country for Old Men" and subtitled-Japanese action film "Battle Royale," and in a few days recent releases "Atonement" and "I Am Legend.
WQED needed some exterior shots of a nuclear power plant in Beaver County for a story they were working on, so they set up on a bridge across the street from the plant and shot the cooling towers from public property. A few years ago, reporters from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and 60 Minutes needed similar shots of a chemical plant on Neville Island, so they trespassed onto the plant property to do their story.
For the past years, one of the biggest issues facing advertising agencies is the ongoing efforts of legislators to implement stricter rules on the tobacco industries. Studies show that youth focused advertisements like the famous Joe Camel ads are one of the leading reasons they are lured into the smoking world.
2008 Woodie Awards