Agenda Cutting
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Petition Seeks Vote On Al-Jazeera TV
Posted by BurlingtonFreePress.com on 03 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: News, Agenda Cutting
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By John Briggs The Defenders Council of Vermont, a small group that led the fight against Burlington Telecom’s continuing to air the 24-hour news channel Al-Jazeera English, will mount a petition drive to place a referendum question on the Burlington ballot in the November general election. |
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Mugabe In Shock Outburst, Calls UK Reporters “Bloody Idiots”
Posted by Newzimbabwe.com on 02 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Agenda Cutting
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By Lebo Nkatazo, Newzimbabwe.com President Robert Mugabe flew into an amazing outburst in Egypt branding reporters who hustled him as he left an African Union summit “bloody idiots”. |
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Bloggers Bemoan Zimbabwe’s ‘Stolen’ Election
Posted by Reuters on 30 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Agenda Cutting
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By Marius Bosch, Reuters President Robert Mugabe’s re-election sparked cries of outrage from Zimbabwean bloggers on Monday and demands for international intervention. |
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Australia: Guide To Portrayal Of Children In Media
Posted by The Australian on 27 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Australia, Agenda Cutting
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By Nicola Berkovic, The Australian A dedicated children’s television channel, tougher scrutiny of music videos and stricter guidelines for advertisers have been recommended to combat the sexualisation of children. |
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Uzbekistan: Fighting internet censorship
Posted by Global Voices on 26 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, Free Speech, Censorship, Agenda Cutting
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By Global Voices Despite Uzbekistan’s nominal guarantees of the freedom of speech, the media is being systematically attacked by the government. |
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Germany Bans Kurdish Satellite Broadcaster Roj TV
Posted by Radio Netherlands on 25 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Europe, Agenda Cutting
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By Andy Sennitt, Radio Netherlands A Danish-based Kurdish broadcaster, Roj TV, has been banned from German soil because of its support for conflict against Turkey, interior officials in Berlin said. |
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Grassroots Support For Single Payer
Posted by Columbia Journalism Review on 24 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Agenda Cutting
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By Trudy Lierberman, Columbia Journalism Review Crossing what has become the acceptable boundary for discussion about health reform, the media turned out to cover rallies in nineteen cities marking a National Day of Action against insurance companies. |
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Weather Reports Are Missing the Story
Posted by Truth Dig on 20 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, Agenda Cutting
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By Amy Goodman, TruthDig If the disasters that follow one another, from hurricanes to tornadoes to flooding, are consistent with global warming, why aren’t the networks, the weather reporters, making the link? |
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ComScore: Web Video Audience Flat, Usage Soars
Posted by Media Week on 18 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Agenda Cutting
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By Mike Shields, Media Week The growth in the overall audience for online video has flattened out over the past year, though consumption had risen dramatically over that time, according to the latest figures issued by comScore. |
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The Economic Debate Has Yet To Target Key Issues
Posted by Danny Schechter on 16 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary, Economics, Agenda Cutting
The Internet And The 2008 Election
Posted by PEW Internet on 16 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, 08 Election, Agenda Cutting
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By Aaron Smith and Lee Rainie, PEW/INTERNET A record-breaking 46% of Americans have used the internet, email or cell phone text messaging to get news about the campaign, share their views and mobilize others. |
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Internet Most Powerful Medium, Says F-H Study
Posted by PR Week on 13 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Agenda Cutting
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By Clare O’ Connor, PR Week The internet has ten times the influence of traditional print media on the average consumer, according to a study by Fleishman-Hillard. |
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Needed: A National Conference On Economic Reform
Posted by Danny Schechter on 09 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary, Agenda Cutting
New Research on Media Habits of Youth Breaks Stereotypes
Posted by Wan Press on 04 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Agenda Cutting
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By Wan Press A new study on the media habits of young people in three countries found that television continues to be the most important source of news and information for the young, despite the rise of the internet - and newspapers can win their attention as well. |
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USA Today: ‘McPaper’ in Modern Times
Posted by Ad Age on 02 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: News, Agenda Cutting
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By Nat Ives, Advertising Age Twenty-five years after USA Today zigged while everyone else zagged, it averages the biggest paid weekday circulation in the country, nearly 2.3 million and growing. |
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