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Month: March 2021

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Media, News, Opinion/Analysis, Section 230, Sex Trafficking, Sex Work

60 Minutes+ Uses Dubious Stat to Push Sex Trafficking Panic

Stephen Lemons/March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 /Leave a comment

Riffing off an old chestnut, the inimitable Maggie McNeill once wrote that there are “lies, damn lies and sex trafficking statistics.” Now 60 Minutes+, a streaming version of the venerable news program, is helping to make McNeill’s point by highlighting…

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First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, News, Opinion/Analysis, Sex Work

New York Times Blames Victims in Atlanta Spa Attacks

Stephen Lemons/March 21, 2021November 21, 2022 /Leave a comment

It’s an oft-repeated refrain that journalists are supposed to comfort the afflicted, but The New York Times recently abandoned that principle in a March 18 article about the recent slayings of eight persons at three “Asian” spas in the Atlanta…

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Censorship, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, News, Opinion/Analysis

Move Over ‘Woke’ Crowd, Republicans Heart Censorship, Too

Stephen Lemons/March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 /Leave a comment

Many Democrats and progressives have so embraced cancel culture and illiberalism that one could be excused for thinking that the left currently has a lock on censorship. Whether it’s Pepe Le Pew getting the axe, Abraham Lincoln being jerked from…

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News, Opinion/Analysis, U.S. DOJ

Federal Prosecutors “Lied” in Iran Sanctions Case, the Latest Example of Prosecutorial Misconduct at DOJ

Stephen Lemons/March 8, 2021 /Leave a comment

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) — which covers Manhattan and is arguably the most prestigious prosecutor’s office in the nation — recently got caught with its britches down, first trying to “bury” exculpatory…

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           Required Reading

  1. Lacey/Larkin Statement on Trial
  2. Major Points on Lacey/Larkin Case 
  3. The Senate Accused Them of Selling Kids for Sex. The FBI Raided Their Homes. Backpage.com’s Founders Speak for the First Time., Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Reason, 8/21/18.
  4. The War on Backpage.com Is a War on Sex Workers, 38-minute Reason documentary, 6/26/19.
  5. Seventh Circuit Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner’s decision in Backpage v. Dart,11/30/15.
  6. Inside Backpage’s Vicious Battle With the Feds, Christine Biederman, WIRED cover story, 6/18/19.
  7. Feds Bungled Preservation of Server Evidence in U.S. v. Lacey and Larkin, Front Page Confidential, 10/8/2019.
  8. Real Men Get Their Facts Straight, The Village Voice, 6/29/11.
  9. How John and Cindy McCain Came to Hate Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, Front Page Confidential, 9/17/18.
  10. Backpage’s Victories in Federal and State Courts, Front Page Confidential, July 11, 2022

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