I confess if I were in the City Club's shoes, I would have thought seriously about rescinding the award. But I wonder why the City Club even went with Scalia in the first place.
DoreneC
In a message dated 3/19/2003 12:39:19 PM Pacific Standard Time, carlremick at hotmail.com writes:
> March 19, 2003
>
> Justice Scalia Bans Media From Speech
>
> Filed at 3:11 p.m. ET
>
> CLEVELAND (AP) -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia banned broadcast
> media from his speech Wednesday at an appearance where he received an award
>
> for supporting free speech.
>
> Scalia did not mention the ban, which he insisted upon, and television
> reporters were allowed to see him accept the award before his remarks. The
> justice did not take any questions from reporters.
>
> The City Club usually tapes speakers for later broadcast on public
> television, but Scalia insisted on banning television and radio coverage of
>
> his speech, the club said. Scalia was given the organization's Citadel of
> Free Speech Award.
>
> "I might wish it were otherwise, but that was one of the criteria that he
> had for acceptance," said James Foster, the club's executive director.
>
> The ban on broadcast media, "begs disbelief and seems to be in conflict
> with
> the award itself," C-SPAN vice president and executive producer Terry
> Murphy
> wrote in a letter last week to the City Club. "How free is speech if there
> are limits to its distribution?" ...
>
> <http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Scalia-Media-Ban.html>
>
> Carl
>
>
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