Every month I receive my email copy of Escape from America Magazine (EFAM), produced by Escapeartist.com. Because I am so busy, I often find myself having to catch up on back issues. Well, recently I was reading through the April issue when I came across this headline: “Own a Country, Now You Can With Escapeartist.” […]

The editor of the Sri Lankan newspaper The Sunday Leader, Frederica Jansz, has received death threats related to her work as a journalist, the Colombo Telegraph reported on Friday. Jansz reportedly received a letter at her home address threatening her with extreme violence, and adding that she would “not be spared”. The letter, which is […]

A Parliament member’s motion to see unredacted internal Canadian Broadcasting Company files could force the broadcaster to disclose its sources, critics charged yesterday. The bid came amid allegations that the government has been pulled into a “dirty war” between the public broadcaster and privately-owned competitor, Quebecor. Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro made a motion seeking […]

Reciprocation. The word means “a mutual giving and receiving” as defined by Dictionary.com. It is also the word that best defines the sentiment behind a recent bill introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives on September 11. The Chinese Media Reciprocity Act of 2011 (H.R. 2899), introduced by U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher of California, is intended to […]