B.C. journalist Terry Glavin recalls the days when obscenity laws, inciting to commit an indictable offence and criminal libel were used to persecute the then-underground Georgia Straight newspaper.

Today, Glavin wrote about those days and tied them to the present problems being faced by Muslim intellectuals and journalists. (H/T to Canadian Journalist)

The Toronto Star has a staff-written story on its website trumpeting its National Newspaper Awards nominees, but it has a list of all nominees.

Here's the full story. From the story, you can link to some of the Star's nominated work.

Globeandmail.com only posted the CP story -- an act of modesty, considering the Globe has 11 nominations -- two more than the Star's nine. :)

Wow. The "biggest air assault" in Iraq since the shockandawe days of overthrowing Saddam Hussein was how the U.S. described a counter-insurgency offensive northeast of Samarra. However, this BBC story explains how that claim is a whole lotta semantic nonsense.

The Salon blurb: In Part 2 of his report on the press in Baghdad, Orville Schell attends a pathetic "party" at Fox News and endures surreal Bush spin in the Green Zone.

The Netherlands has developed a DVD for prospective immigrants that highlights some of the more liberal aspects of Dutch society, including the act mentioned above. Critics say it's aimed at keeping Islamic immigrants out; proponents say, "hey, the Netherlands are liberal -- get used to it."