Contempt for free speech: who's a journalist.PAUL TRUMMEL 18 a cranky crank·y 1 adj. crank·i·er, crank·i·est 1. Having a bad disposition; peevish. 2. Having eccentric ways; odd. 3. old man who made himself a terror to some of his neighbors at a federally subsidized housing Subsidized housing (aka social housing) is government supported accommodation for people with low to moderate incomes. To meet these goals many governments promote the construction of affordable housing. complex for poor old people in Seattle. Now he has made himself a test case for determining who enjoys the protections of the First Amendment. Trummel ran a Web site detailing, in often scabrous scab·rous adj. 1. Having or covered with scales or small projections and rough to the touch. See Synonyms at rough. 2. Difficult to handle; knotty: a scabrous situation. 3. terms, his complaints about perceived mismanagement mis·man·age tr.v. mis·man·aged, mis·man·ag·ing, mis·man·ag·es To manage badly or carelessly. mis·man  age·ment n. at the Council House complex. Its managers got a restraining order restraining order: see injunction. against Trummel, and Superior Court Judge James Doerty ordered him to stop publishing any personal identifying information of anyone associated in any way with Council House. Trummel tried to evade the order by hosting his Web site in Europe. He was found in contempt of court and spent III days in jail for his illicit act of journalism. Since Trummel didn't work for a media company, Doerty said his claim to be a journalist with the right to publish what he pleased was "a self-serving fantasy." An appeals court heard Trummel's case in late November. A ruling could take up to six months. |
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