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		<title>Column: Paralympians deserve nationally broadcast finale</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/16/column-paralympic-tv-coverage-28760/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vancouver Sun columnist Miro Cernetig reacts to the decision by CTV not to broadcast the opening ceremonies of the Paralympic Games across Canada. The Canadian television network subsequently reversed itself and broadcast the ceremonies, but only in British Columbia. Cernetig urges network executives to &#8220;rectify their unfortunate slight of the world&#8217;s Paralympians&#8221; by broadcasting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK watchdog: TV channels have the right to air &#8216;R-word&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [UK] Telegraph: An independent UK media regulator has rejected a request for sanctions against a leading television channel for using the word &#8220;retard&#8221; in a reality show, saying the comment was covered by European human rights protections of free speech. The complaint was brought by the mother of two children with disabilities, after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google execs convicted over bullying video</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Company sees threat to free speech on the Internet From Reuters/New York Times, AP/Forbes.com, CNN: A judge in Milan has found three Google executives guilty of criminal privacy violation charges for allowing a cellphone video of the bullying of an Italian youth to be displayed on a company website in 2006. Press reports said the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In response to your questions &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/08/in-response-to-your-questions-27837/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of readers have asked where they can write with complaints about Rush Limbaugh&#8217;s repeated use of the word &#8220;retard&#8221; on his national radio broadcast last week. (The full transcript is here.) Here are some possibilities: You may contact the company that syndicates the program; the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which grants permission for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shriver says he&#8217;s &#8216;incredulous&#8217; at Limbaugh&#8217;s use of &#8216;R-word&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the text of Tim Shriver&#8217;s letter inviting Rush Limbaugh to join the campaign to end the use of the words &#8220;retard&#8221; and &#8220;retarded&#8221; as epithets. The letter from the Special Olympics chairman follows a national radio broadcast in which Limbaugh repeatedly used the word &#8220;retard&#8221;, and referred to the President&#8217;s meeting with disability advocates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary: It&#8217;s time to retire the &#8216;R-word&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the HuffingtonPost, Liane Kupferberg Carter is infuriated by the widespread use of the word &#8220;retard&#8221; as an insult. Just as bad, she says, are jokes that use people with disabilities as the punchline.  Among her evidence: White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was quoted using the phrase &#8220;f&#8211;ing retarded,&#8221; and columnist Thomas Friedman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New magazine targets those with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/22/new-magazine-27259/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Baltimore Sun: Zarifa Roberson couldn&#8217;t find a magazine aimed at people who have disabilities, so she decided to start one herself. The result is &#8220;i.d.e.a.l.,&#8221; an acronym that stands for &#8220;Individuals with Disabilities Express About Life.&#8221; &#8220;Talking with young people with disabilities is kind of disheartening because they don&#8217;t know what to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wheelchair users offer praise, critiques for &#8216;Avatar&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/08/avatar-reviews-27025/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They say portrayal of the movie&#8217;s hero is &#8216;inaccurate but uplifting&#8217; From ABC News: People with spinal cord injuries praised Avatar for its portrayal of a hero who uses a wheelchair, saying the movie marks a welcome change from the way Hollywood most often shows paraplegics. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t feel like ["Avatar"] was a pity story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where have all the copy editors gone?</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/05/avatar-wheelchair-bound-26600/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anybody looking for outdated disability language in the media found lots of examples in holiday coverage of James Cameron&#8217;s &#8216;Avatar.&#8217; The futuristic movie fantasy&#8217;s main character is an injured Marine who uses a wheelchair. Just for reference, the AP Stylebook offers the following guidance on describing people who use wheelchairs: &#8220;People use wheelchairs for independent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judy Woodruff: Looking for ways to talk about disability</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/11/judy-woodruff-26495/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Journalist Judy Woodruff jumps into the new PBS NewsHour blog, &#8220;The Rundown,&#8221; listing some topics she&#8217;s eager to talk about. Among her top five: Disability. An excerpt: Our older son has serious physical disabilities that have opened our entire family&#8217;s eyes to the plight of those who wake up each day with the equivalent of [...]]]></description>
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