A Mississippi judge ordered a newspaper to remove an editorial. Press advocates are outraged
A Mississippi judge ordered a newspaper to remove an editorial criticizing the mayor and city leaders after the officials ...
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Mississippi Judge Orders Newspaper to Delete Editorial Critical of City
A Mississippi state judge has taken the extraordinary action of ordering a newspaper to erase an editorial from its website, claiming that the editorial included undue criticisms of city government ...
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A judge ordered a Mississippi newspaper to remove an editorial critical of local officials
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Mississippi Delta newspaper ordered to remove editorial by judge, vows to fight
However, Wyatt Emmerich, president of Emmerich Newspapers, which includes the Press Register, said neither he nor the paper were ever served with a notice of the petition and were unaware until a ...
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Judge orders Mississippi newspaper to remove editorial
But Wyatt Emmerich, the president of Emmerich Newspapers, which owns The Press Register, said he planned to challenge the judge’s order at a hearing next week. “I’ve been in this business fo ...
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A Mississippi judge ordered a newspaper to remove an editorial. Press advocates are outraged
“I think it’s dangerous that a judge would issue a temporary restraining order without a hearing,” said Wyatt Emmerich, president of the paper's parent company, Emmerich Newspapers.