Monthly Archives: February 2009

Reason Prevailed Somewhere this Week

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

But not in La Grande Oregon, where on Wednesday night, school board members voted to uphold Superintendent Larry Glaze’s decision to censor a student production of Steve Martin’s “Picasso at the Lapin Agile”, ignoring spirited and articulate appeals from the … Continue reading →

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‘Gossip Girl’ tackles cyberbullying

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

Cyberbullying was finally examined in Gossip Girl, the CW drama driven by a blog of the same name, touted as “your one-and-only source into the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite,” this month.  Though the high school student characters have posted … Continue reading →

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‘My Brother Sam is Dead’ kept in Muscogee school libraries

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

Good news for kids’ right to read! On Wednesday, the Muscogee County (GA) School District’s media committee voted unanimously to keep the novel, My Brother Sam is Dead, in elementary school libraries. Counting up 19 terms she found inappropriate, one … Continue reading →

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NCAC and ABFFE respond to banning of ‘The Bookseller of Kabul’

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

Earlier this month, we covered the banning of The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad in Wyandotte, MI.  The Wyandotte School Board banned the book, removing it from the High School library and classrooms while it is reviewed by a … Continue reading →

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California law banning sale of video games to minors ruled unconstitutional

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

Jurist reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that a California ban on the sale of video games to minors is unconstitutional. According to Jurist: The bill, originally signed into law by California Governor … Continue reading →

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Teens Sending Nude Photos of Themselves or “Sexting”

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

A survey of 1,280 teens and young adults conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unwanted Pregnancy and CosmoGirl.com finds that 22% of girls and 18% of boys said they have electronically sent or posted nude or semi-nude … Continue reading →

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NCAC Executive Director Joan Bertin weighs in on NYPost cartoon controvery

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

CNN’s coverage of the NY Post’s controversial cartoon from a First Amendment perspective. Click here to watch the video. NCAC Executive Director Joan Bertin weighs in, noting NCAC’s response to the violence in Denmark resulting from a newspaper’s running cartoon … Continue reading →

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‘Keep libraries free!’ from Indexed

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship
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Direct TV rejects ad about recent Gaza invasion as too “controversial”

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

Satellite television provider Direct TV’s recent decision to reject an advertisement produced by the advocacy group U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation raises serious questions about the responsibilities of corporate media to permit, if not promote, the free exchange … Continue reading →

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Board decides to restrict access to ‘Sex for Busy People,’ ‘The Lesbian Kama Sutra,’ ‘The Joy of Sex’ and ‘The Joy of Gay Sex’

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship

In January, we reported on a Topeka, Kansas woman’s push to move books about sexuality to a restricted section. As Rebecca wrote then, “Restricting books may seem like a fine compromise, but it has a serious chilling effect on library … Continue reading →

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