[EL] Al Jazeera America article on voter suppression
George Korbel
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Wed Oct 29 11:28:50 PDT 2014
Dr Maurer
Well the article of which complai was written by a professor at the Hamline University law school in Minneapolis. I cannot conceive of something that is more Apple pie than a professor at a Midwestern mid American twin cities law school. The author is a member of this board and the fact that he expressed his views in an op ed in an internationally respected news source hardly associates his views with a middle eastern royal family. The middle west is not the Middle East.
And as far as you being off put by his exercise of the first amendment--that is the beauty of the concept of our founding fathers. That pesky first amendment sometimes puts us all off.
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> On Oct 29, 2014, at 12:23 PM, Bill Maurer <wmaurer at ij.org> wrote:
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> I also read the story. I found it interesting but was put off by its editorial rhetoric.
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> As for the independence of the stories the network runs, the Guardian reported on this issue recently.
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> http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/30/al-jazeera-independence-questioned-qatar
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> From: Greg P. Magarian [mailto:gpmagarian at wulaw.wustl.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 9:58 AM
> To: Jeff Hauser; Bill Maurer
> Cc: John W. Farrell; law-election at uci.edu
> Subject: RE: [EL] Al Jazeera America article on voter suppression
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> You’re ascribing a news story, wholesale, to the news outlet’s owners. The byline on the story credits Greg Palast, a U.S.-born journalist who primarily works in the U.K. Palast is not a member of the Qatari monarchy.
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> At a structural level, concerns about media ownership are, IMHO, quite valid. If we’re talking about a particular story, written by a respected, widely-published member of a profession that prizes operational independence, questions based on ownership might still be valid. But a question and a sweeping dismissal, entirely free of substantive analysis, are two different things.
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> If you think the story is wrong on its merits, say why. If you have a basis for arguing that the owners of al Jazeera exercise stifling editorial control over news stories, share it. For that matter, you might explain why, even if we ascribe Palast’s story to the Qatari monarchy, an entity that doesn’t practice democracy can’t offer a useful critique of democratic practices.
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> From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Hauser
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 11:44 AM
> To: Bill Maurer
> Cc: John W. Farrell; law-election at uci.edu
> Subject: Re: [EL] Al Jazeera America article on voter suppression
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> http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2011/07/11/saudi-investor-alwaleed-news-corps-news-of-the-world-was-a-rotten-apple/
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> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Bill Maurer <wmaurer at ij.org> wrote:
> The Unification Church is not a country. The more proper analogy would be whether I found articles from them about theology persuasive.
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> I would think that anybody would find it laughable to be lectured on the narrowness of our franchise by a media outlet owned by a royal family that does not permit any elections (at least as far as I can tell). Regardless of where one stands on voter ID, I can’t take criticism by absolute monarchs on how we conduct elections seriously.
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> From: John W. Farrell [mailto:jfarrell at mccandlishlawyers.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 9:25 AM
> To: Bill Maurer
> Cc: Schultz, David A.; law-election at uci.edu
> Subject: Re: [EL] Al Jazeera America article on voter suppression
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> Do you ask the same question about stories in the Washington Times?
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> On Oct 29, 2014, at 12:18 PM, Bill Maurer wrote:
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> A story on voting rights from a media outlet owned by the royal family of Qatar raises the question of how broad was the franchise that voted them into office?
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> Bill
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> From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Schultz, David A.
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> A good article today in Al Jazeera America on voter suppression along with my accompanying op-ed on the topic.
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> http://projects.aljazeera.com/2014/double-voters/index.html
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> http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/10/2014-midterm-electionsgopvotersuppressiondemocrats.html
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