Slaying the Censorship Leviathan
A court case exposes the government-led information war to censor what Americans think
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A court case exposes the government-led information war to censor what Americans think
Patrick Lawrence celebrates Jacob Seigel's essay in Tablet magazine on the "hoax of the century." By Patrick Lawrence The Scrum Sometime in the mid–Russiagate years, when it became clear that America was on a swoon back into the collective neuroses of the 1950s, I began to think we would
Jacob Seigel Brielle. Photos: Courtesy In the early days of the the pandemic, Berkeley-based, independent production company Pedal Born Pictures, founded by brothers Jacob Seigel Brielle and Isaac Seigel-Boettner, made two beautiful films for Berkeleyside showing what the city looked like on lockdown, one shot from a drone, the other from the street. Pedal Born’s bread and butter is telling stories through film for clients like National Geographic, World Bicycle Relief, Bellwether Coffee and UC Berkeley. Their latest project, however, is not a film. It’s a book. ‘Island Visions’ ...