Internet Free Speech - Disclose Bundlers - Congressional Ethics and MPAA
 
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:02:58 -0600 (CST)


Jan. 17, 2008

Internet Free Speech Trumps Vainglorious Bid To Unmask Anonymous Critic in Country Club Spat

Numerous Legal Precedents Apparently No Deterrent to Wounded Ego

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A blogger's First Amendment right to anonymously criticize the wealthy owner of a California country club on the Web was reaffirmed by a Texas court earlier this month as a result of a joint brief filed by Public Citizen and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas (ACLU).

READ the entire press release at http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2591.

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Presidential Candidates Should Disclose Fundraising Activities, Public Citizen Says

Consumer Group Asks Candidates to Provide Details of Top Bundlers' Efforts

WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the presidential primary season heads into its most crucial stage, most of the presidential candidates are still keeping secret the amount of money their top "bundlers" have raised for their campaigns.

READ the entire press release at http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2590.

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Public Citizen Calls on Congressional Ethics Officials to Explain New Food and Entertainment Restrictions to Film Industry Group

Film Industry Plans to Skirt Congressional and Executive Branch Ethics Rules

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Public Citizen today asked the House and Senate ethics committees and the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) to issue guidance to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and other lobbying organizations to prevent likely violations of the ethics rules. The MPAA has publicly indicated that it will continue its decades-old lobbying practice of providing lawmakers food, drinks and free screenings of unreleased feature films at its private studio two blocks from the White House. Each of the ethics agencies should make it clear to the MPAA and federal officials that such gifts violate the new congressional gift ban and the executive branch ethics code, Public Citizen said.

READ the entire press release at http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2589.

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