| By Brian Stelter, NY Times "Check the source" may be the first rule of journalism. But in the coverage of the protests in Iran this month, some news organizations have adopted a different stance: publish first, ask questions later. If you still don't know the answer, ask your readers. |
| By Shaun Nichols, VNUnet Researchers at Intel are developing a new tool which deliberately seeks out conflicting information and opposing viewpoints on the internet. |
| By Laura Flanders, GritTV Joining Laura Flanders to dicuss the week in media are Danny Schechter, Allison Kilkenny, Andrew Golis. |
| By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress FBI agents went to the New Jersey home of white supremacist blogger/radio host Hal Turner and arrested him "on a federal complaint filed in Chicago alleging that he made internet postings threatening to assault and murder three federal appeals court judges in Chicago." |
| By Mark Sweney, Guardian Steve Ballmer says the global advertising economy has been permanently "reset" at a lower level, warning that media companies should not plan for revenues to bounce back to pre-recession levels. |
| By Russia Today Katrina Vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation magazine, shares her views on the American mass media with Russia Today. |


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Is the mainstream media dying, and what does that mean for democracy? Emmy Award-winning journalist Danny Schechter, "The News Dissector," takes a close look at today's big media news outlets, the new media striving to replace them, and the impact it is all having on the health of our democracy.