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Pakistani media calls for Musharraf to go quietly
Posted by Reuters on 08 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Middle East, Agenda Setting
| By Simon Cameron-Moore, Reuters Pakistani newspapers implored President Pervez Musharraf to resign, rather than drag the country through more political upheaval, a day after the leaders of the civilian coalition declared plans to impeach him. |
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CPJ urges Bush to raise concern about jailed Chinese journalists
Posted by Committee to Protect Journalists on 07 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, Agenda Setting
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By CPJ As U.S. President George W. Bush heads to Beijing for the opening of the Olympic Games, CPJ urges him to call attention to the 26 journalists now jailed in China. |
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China’s First Blogger Isaac Mao: It Was Just Like A Fairy Story
Posted by The Guardian on 06 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, Agenda Setting
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By Isaac Mao, Guardian.co.uk Isaac Mao, who wrote China’s first blog six years ago, talks about his battle with the ‘Great Firewall’ and the impact blogging has had on the country’s culture. |
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YouTube to Show Olympics in Africa, Asia, Middle East (Update2)
Posted by Bloomberg on 05 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Asia, Agenda Setting
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By Crayton Harrison, Bloomberg Google Inc.’s YouTube, the most popular video-sharing Web site, will show daily coverage of the Olympic Games in India, Nigeria and 75 other countries where broadcasters haven’t bought exclusive rights to the programming. |
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What Rush Limbaugh Wrought
Posted by guardian.co.uk on 04 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Agenda Setting
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By Ian Williams, Guardian.co.uk This week, Human Events, which has been “leading the conservative revolution since 1944″, is celebrating the 20th-anniversary of Rush Limbaugh |
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Vital unresolved anthrax questions and ABC News
Posted by Salon on 01 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, Cheney, U.S. Military, USPS, ABC News, Security, Terror, propaganda, Agenda Setting
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By Glenn Greenwald, Salon ABC News should reveal who concocted and fed them the false “Saddam/anthrax” reports. This is one of the most extreme journalistic scandals that exists, and it deserves a lot more debate and attention than it has received thus far. |
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Karl Rove’s Media Birds Chirp About Obama’s “Arrogance”
Posted by Salon on 31 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: News, Politics, Agenda Setting
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By Glenn Greenwald, Salon What is far more notable than McCain’s now almost-complete reliance on Rovian demonization themes is how obediently the establishment media has been spouting and disseminating them. This post includes video of Obama’s latest campaign ad. |
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IFJ Calls For Inquiry And International Action Over Death Of Journalist In Zimbabwe
Posted by IFJ on 29 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Agenda Setting
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By IFJ The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called for an immediate inquiry into the death of the 42 year old Northern Irish photojournalist Richard Mills who was found dead in his hotel room while on an undercover assignment covering the crisis in Zimbabwe. |
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President Bush, The Media’s Forgotten Man
Posted by AP on 28 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, Agenda Setting
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By Ben Feller, AP President Bush — remember him? He has long ceased to be a hot story. Across all forms of mainstream media, news coverage of the president has fallen significantly this year. |
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Obama’s Berlin Visit Perks Up German TV
Posted by THR.com on 25 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: News, Europe, Agenda Setting
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By Scott Roxborough, THR The normally sober face of German TV news was caught up in full-fledged Obama-mania Thursday as the presumed Democratic presidential nominee visited Berlin on the first stop of his European tour. |
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Katie Couric & Sexism In The Media
Posted by WMC on 24 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, Agenda Setting
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By Carol Jenkins, WMC I was at the annual NOW conference, participating in a plenary session on sexism in the media, and we certainly had much to talk about. Katie Couric caused a stir in journalistic circles when she said that sexism had a play in the primaries. |
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Nas to deliver 600,000 signature petition protesting Fox News’ attacks on African-Americans
Posted by Think Progress on 23 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: News, Agenda Setting
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By Matt, Think Progress Rap star Nas will deliver a petition - organized by Color of Change and Move On.org and signed by 600,000 people - to Fox News’ Manhattan headquarters. |
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India: Media Lessons From Rural Women
Posted by IPS News on 21 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, Agenda Setting
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By Keya Acharya, IPS News “We don’t know how to read or write, but we make our own films,” is how Narsamma, 42, a farmer from Pastapur village in Hyderabad, introduces herself and her colleagues. |
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BANGLADESH: Youth Journalism, Human Rights Camp Ends
Posted by AsiaMedia on 18 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: News, Middle East, Agenda Setting
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By Asia Media A three-day Youth Journalism and Human Rights Camp ended at TARC at Savar yesterday with an aim to developing journalistic and technological aptness of rural youth, mostly secondary school students from the country’s marginalised community. |
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Nelson Mandela Turns 90 (Audio)
Posted by Democracy Now on 17 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: News, Agenda Setting
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By Democracy Now On Friday, Nelson Mandela will celebrate his 90th birthday. We speak with Danny Schechter, who recently returned from South Africa where he helped make the new documentary “Viva Madiba: A Hero For All Seasons.” |
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