Media Banned from Free Speech Award

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia banned broadcast media from his speech on March 19 at an appearance where he received an award for supporting free speech. "That was one of the criteria that he had for acceptance," said James Foster, executive director of Cleveland's City Club, which gave Scalia its "Citadel of Free Speech Award."

Main Source: 
Associated Press, March 20, 2003
Topics: 
Journalism
Democracy
Secrecy
U.S. Government