Media Institute Tackles 'Innocence of Muslims' and the First Amendment

Will hold Oct. 25 seminar on free speech and the Internet

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/19/2012 12:47:00 PM

The Media Institute will mark Free Speech Week (Oct. 22-28) with an Oct. 25 seminar on free speech and the Internet, with a keynote by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and panel discussions of the speech implications of the Internet in general, and the issues raised by the Innocence of Muslims video in particular.

The latter panel will be moderated by noted First Amendment attorney Floyd Abrams.

Patrick Maines, president of the Institute, has teed up that Innocence of Muslims discussion with a blog posting last month.

The Media Institute is a First Amendment think tank supported by major media outlets.