George Freeman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nThe brave Political Cartoonists<\/strong> who spoke at the MLRC London Conference \u2013 a lifetime supply of ink <\/p>\n\n\n\nDonald Trump<\/strong> \u2013 a bobblehead doll: \u201cLoser\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nZoom Video Communications, Inc<\/strong> \u2013 Tapes of our over 125 Zoom calls since the start of the pandemic with leading journalists and lawyers, in 2022 alone with Ted Koppel, Katy Tur, Ken Auletta and Judge Michael Luttig<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Justices of the Supreme Court<\/strong> \u2013 9 cans of Campbell\u2019s Tomato Soup to sip while deciding the Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith case<\/p>\n\n\n\nCampbell’s soup for the SCOTUS justices deciding the Warhol Foundation case<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nSarah Palin<\/strong> \u2013 a better outcome with former Ranger star Ron Duguay than in her ill-founded defamation case against The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\nElection Deniers <\/strong>\u2013 a trip on an Elon Musk rocket to Pluto<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks to Merrick Garland for the revised DOJ guidelines<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nMerrick Garland<\/strong> \u2013 a Mitch McConnell effigy doll to thank him for broadening the DOJ Guidelines regarding the government\u2019s subpoenaing journalists<\/p>\n\n\n\nJulian Assange <\/strong>\u2013 a \u201cGet Out of Jail\u201d card in the event the U.S. succeeds in extraditing him<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike Pence<\/strong> \u2013 a photo of the 2005 MLRC Annual Dinner where he spoke in favor of a Federal Shield Law, reminding him of days when he had guts in speaking out<\/p>\n\n\n\nTwitter<\/strong> \u2013 A content moderation policy that does not confuse freedom of speech with the whims of a billionaire dilettante<\/p>\n\n\n\nAmber Heard and Johnny Depp<\/strong> \u2013 any means by which they can avoid going through their marital spat in court for a third time<\/p>\n\n\n\nSanta\u2019s gift seems to have been well received as the Virginia cross-defamation cases have been settled.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nDonald Trump <\/strong>\u2013 a new golf bag for his retirement from politics, with the US Constitution affixed to it, clarifying to its owner that the 235 year old document is permanent, not to be suspended for his political whims<\/p>\n\n\n\nKing Charles<\/strong> \u2013 a long life, with assurances that his funeral will not be on the date of a future scheduled MLRC London Conference Jack Daniel\u2019s Distillery <\/strong>\u2013 a bevy of dogs, to play with the dog bones designed to look like its bottles<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nChief Justice Roberts<\/strong> \u2013 a Court he can lead David Muir<\/strong> \u2013 name recognition befitting the most-watched network evening news anchor The Justices of the Supreme Court<\/strong> \u2013 a spotter\u2019s guide to the perils and pitfalls of regulating on-line speech as the Court delves into Sec. 230 for the first time Fox<\/strong> \u2013 recognition of the neutral reportage privilege, even with its qualifications, in their voting machine libel case<\/p>\n\n\n\nJudge Michael Luttig<\/strong> \u2013 a copy of Profiles in Courage for repudiating his former staunch conservative and election denier colleagues and insurrection apologists<\/p>\n\n\n\nJudge Luttig, left, awarded a copy of Profiles in Courage for repudiating conservative election denier colleagues<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nJoe Biden<\/strong> \u2013 A podium to give some presidential press conferences from Donald Trump<\/strong> \u2013 a 4th grade textbook on the values of American Democracy (and the companion audiobooks he can listen to during Story Time) The Justices of the Supreme Court<\/strong> \u2013 a copy of MLRC\u2019s 50-State Surveys of Libel and Privacy in the event the Court takes its first media content case in over 20 years<\/p>\n\n\n\nMLRC Staff<\/strong> \u2013 My heartfelt thanks for all your work, effort and dedication in a very daunting year in producing Zoom calls, Daily Reports, LawLetters, Bulletins, 50-State Surveys, Conferences and Committee work every day, and without which we would not be able to give the benefits we do \u2013 professional, intellectual, social and fun \u2013 to our members<\/p>\n\n\n\nMy wife Annie \u2013<\/strong> heartfelt thanks for supporting and helping me throughout this challenging year<\/p>\n\n\n\nAnd, finally, I wish our loyal readers and members<\/strong> a very happy and healthy new year, with high hopes that ’23 will be a better year than the one now ending.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis column reflects solely the opinions of George Freeman, and does not reflect the views of the MLRC. It condenses the holiday card sent to members in December.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The brave Political Cartoonists who spoke at the MLRC London Conference \u2013 a lifetime supply of ink Donald Trump \u2013 a bobblehead doll: \u201cLoser\u201d Zoom Video Communications, Inc \u2013 Tapes of our over 125 Zoom calls since the start of the pandemic with leading journalists and lawyers, in 2022 alone with Ted Koppel, Katy Tur,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2373,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"article-topic":[1034],"article-type":[1045],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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