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NASCAR’s wrong turn on Fair Use
NASCAR made perhaps one of the more novel copyright claims ever: Compassion. Following the horrific crash during the Nationwide race Daytona on Saturday, spectator Tyler Andersen shot a video from the stands and uploaded it to YouTube. NASCAR quickly had YouTube take down the video, later issuing a statement to The Verge: “The fan video…
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‘Without fear or favor’ could be an exception in journalism’s history
Some 117 years ago, Adolph Ochs, who began his career in Knoxville before buying a newspaper in Chattanooga, published a set of principles for his newest newspaper in which he said it would “to give the news impartially, without fear or favor, regardless of party, sect, or interests involved.” Ochs, but 38 at the time,…
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Frank Munger does ‘How I Got That Story’
Knoxville News Sentinel senior writer Frank Munger will be doing a “How I Got That Story” webinar on March 20. The webinar is being held by the Scripps Howard Foundation; register here for the free one-hour session. He’ll be using his coverage of the July 28, 2012 break-in at the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Plant in…