Personal, But Not Political
The New York Times had a great opportunity with its historic series on race in America. Predictably, writes Makani Themba, the paper of record barely skimmed the surface. From Alternet. More about United States, Diversity, News Coverage, Newspapers, Credibility/Accuracy

Media As Coup-Makers
Did Fijian journalists fall prey to the charms of rebel leader George Speight? So says Pacific journalism scholar David Robie, who claims the local and international coverage of the political crisis was naďve, inaccurate and dangerous. From Café Pacific More about: Fiji, Credibility/Accuracy, News Coverage, Personalities, Politics

The Pokemania Conspiracy
For the past few years, from Tokyo to Tennessee, mono-verbal Pokémon creatures have dominated kids' pop culture. Asks Alex Burns: Is it simply marketing genius, or is there a much darker plan at work? From Disinformation. More about Advertising/Commerce, Children, Cultural Impacts

The Electronic Soapbox
Kathleen Jamieson rejects the cynical notion that American politics is corrupted by television. TV is our political forum, she insists. But Stephen Metcalf suggests her book ignores democracy in danger. From The New York Observer. More about Politics, Television

Verdict Of Vengeance
Serbian independent reporter Miroslav Filipovic may be the first journalist convicted of espionage for publishing online. Condemning the verdict, Filipovic's colleague Anthony Borden insists nonetheless that "free speech, in the end, never loses." From Institute for War and Peace Reporting. More about Yugoslavia, Freedom of Expression, Policy/Law, Politics

Defining The "We"
Challenging the British media's relationship with racism, Robert Ferguson charges them with the mission of "anti-racism" and warns that allusions to British "virtues" and "temperament" are insidious and divisive. From World Assoc. for Christian Comm. More about: United Kingdom, Cultural Impacts, Diversity, News Coverage

The Law Of The Link
Does linking to an illegal Web site make you an accomplice? Can civic sites be censored? Stephen Downes reports from the wild frontier of new-media law. From NewsTrolls, Inc. More about: Freedom of Expression, Policy/Law, Multimedia/Internet

Why The Genome Wasn't Mapped
In June the world's press crowed over the "mapping" of the human genome. But according to media-science researchers at the Statistical Assessment Service (STATS), the metaphor — and its common companion, "decoding" — tell a misleading tale. From Statistical Assessment Service More about: Credibility/Accuracy, News Coverage

Pizza Roundtable
The keystones of Pete Baniak's award-winning investigative reports on economic development in Lexington, Kentucky, were the community voices he drew out with a series of pizza parties. From Pew Center for Civic Journalism. More about Access, News Coverage, Newspapers

Chinese Rights, Rewritten
Chinese officials accuse Western journalists of an obsessive focus on human rights. They say most coverage misrepresents life and politics in China. In fact, says NPR China correspondent Mary Kay Magistad, they're right. From BlueEar.com More about: China, Credibility/Accuracy, Freedom of Expression, News Coverage

Come And Play...
With mud huts, boiled caterpillars and muppets speaking 12 languages, a new South African version of the kids' show "Sesame Street" hopes to use "social engineering" to build harmony. Rena Singer reports. From The Christian Science Monitor Online More about: South Africa, Children, Cultural Impacts, Diversity, Education

Politics Of Freedom
Recalling his own imprisonment and torture last year, Zimbabwean journalist Ray Choto reports that Zimbabwe's ruling party sank to new depths to control coverage during the recent elections. From Committee to Protect Journalists More about: Zimbabwe, Credibility/Accuracy, Freedom of Expression, News Coverage, Politics

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