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Views of the News: Wiki-Blackout, Non Sequitur, Newsweek Cover, The Simpsons

KBIA | By Mike McKean
Published January 18, 2012 at 11:29 AM CST

Wikipedia Leads Protest on Piracy Bills

Jenna Wortham, The New York Times: "Protest on Web Uses Shutdown to Take On Two Piracy Bills"

Evan Hansen, Wired.com: "Why We've Censored Wired.com"

Tracie Powell, Poynter.org: "What journalists need to know about SOPA"

Olga Khazan, The Washington Post: "As support for SOPA wanes, copyright issues persist"

Wall Street Journal editorial: "Brake the Internet Pirates"

#altwiki -- Twitter campaign by WaPo, NPR, ABC News, others to answer questions in lieu of Wikipedia

Gloria Goodale, The Christian Science Monitor: "Wikipedia blackout: Why even supporters question anti-SOPA move"

The Bills: Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA); Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA)

Pulling 'Non Sequitur'

Julie Moos, Poynter.org: "Cleveland Plain Dealer readers confused by decision to pull Non Sequitur comic"

Andrew Alexander, Washington Post Ombudsman: "Where was the 'Where's Muhammed?' cartoon?"

David Wallis, The San Francisco Chronicle: "Killed cartoons: Censorship is a threat not only to speech but to satirical images that sting targets or offend"

Wikipedia: "Jyllands-Posten Muhammed cartoons controversy" (If trying to view on 1/18 blackout day, press ESC key immediately after clicking on link)

Another Newsweek Cover Stirs Controversy

MJ Lee, Politico: "Conservative blogs take on Newsweek cover"

The cover (and article) in question

Caleb Howe, RedState.com: "Photoshoppery: Newsweek Cover Edition"

The Simpsons Skewers Talk Show Blowhards
Politics
Mike McKean
MIKE MCKEAN directs the Futures Lab, the experimental newsroom and technology testing center of the Reynolds Journalism Institute. He founded the School's Convergence Journalism program and serves on the MU Information Technology Committee. McKean is a leader in the School's partnerships with Apple, Inc., and Adobe Systems to transform journalism education through pervasive computing. He is a frequent trainer and guest lecturer at top media companies and universities in China, has helped establish convergence journalism programs at Shantou University and Moscow State University, and has conducted Internet workshops in the United States, the Russian Federation and Albania. McKean has been honored with the William T. Kemper Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching and the MU Faculty-Alumni Award. He earned a bachelor's degree at the Missouri School of Journalism in 1979 and a master of arts in political science from Rice University in 1985. McKean has served on the J-School faculty since 1986.
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