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Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Newsweek magazine has retracted a story that reported that guards at Guantanamo Bay abused the Koran that helped spark anti-American protests in Afghanistan and elsewhere in which at least 14 people were killed. Guests Carol Rosenberg from the Miami Herald, First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams and On the Media co-host Brook Gladstone discuss prisoner abuse, free speech and anonymous sources.

Blasphemy

Carol Rosenberg reporter for the Miami Herald covering the Southern Command
- on the allegations of religious abuse in Guantanamo reported in the Herald in January
» Miami Herald

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Freeing Speech

Floyd Abrams, first amendment lawyer and author, Speaking Freely: Trials of the First Amendment (Viking, 2005)
- on the first amendment and freedom of speech

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By the Brooke

Brooke Gladstone, Co-Host & Managing Editor, On The Media,
- discusses hot topics in media
» On The Media

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