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Media Tenor: No Comeback For Clinton
Posted by Media Tenor on 16 May 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary, Media Analysis
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2008 National Conference for Media Reform
Posted by Free Press on 15 May 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary
Minneapolis and St. Paul are preparing for the arrival of thousands of media activists June 6-8. People are descending on the Twin Cites to attend the fourth National Conference for Media Reform.
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Is Who Becomes the Next President All That Matters?
Posted by Danny Schechter on 14 May 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary
Let’s temper our expectations about what the candidate of our choice can actually get done in a system of many checks but very little balance.
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China:Quake Damage Rising
Posted by Global Voices on 12 May 2008 | Tagged as: Asia, Commentary, CN
Swarms of people went online to share their experiences during the 7.8 scale earthquake felt across most of China for over 10 seconds. Here’s a roundup.
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Media Tenor: Media Declare Obama As Winner
Posted by Media Tenor on 09 May 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary, Media Analysis
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Journalism, Satire or Just Laughs? ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,’ Examined
Posted by Project for Excellence in Journalism on 08 May 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary
A new PEJ content analysis of 136 episodes of The Daily Show examines the intersection of comedy and news that is the key to the show’s success.
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Obama’s Clarifying Win: The Fly on the Wall Is the Wall
Posted by Norman Solomon on 07 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Commentary, Obama, 08 Election
Barack Obama’s triumph on Tuesday night was a victory over a wall that pretends to be a fly on the wall. For a long time, the nation’s body politic has been shoved up against that wall — known as the news media.
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Investigating Wall St. Crime
Posted by Danny Schechter on 06 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Commentary, Economics
The Question: As The Feds Broaden A Mortgage Fraud Probe, Will The White Collar Perps Of Subprime Crime Ever Do Time?
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10 Tough Questions Reporters Should Ask on Oil and Gas Prices
Posted by Nieman Watchdog on 05 May 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary, Environment, Journalism
For starters, Joseph Davis asks: Why is Congress so passive on the lack of refining capacity? What about probes into price manipulation? The House passed a bill on price gouging; who’s holding it up in the Senate?
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World Press Freedom Day
Posted by MediaChannel on 03 May 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary, World Press
May 3rd is the annual World Press Freedom Day. This year’s theme is The Olympic Challenge: Free the Press in China! MediaChannel has put together this special coverage package with resources for those concerned about freedom of the press.
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Media Tenor: Media Push For Clinton
Posted by Media Tenor on 02 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Commentary, 08 Election, Media Analysis
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The Fire Bell In The Night And Our Real Terror
Posted by Danny Schechter on 01 May 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary, Economics
Pentagon Pundit Scandal Broke the Law
Posted by PR Watch on 30 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary, Iraq War, U.S. Military, propaganda
The Pentagon military analyst program unveiled in last week’s expose by David Barstow in the New York Times was not just unethical but illegal. It violates, for starters, specific restrictions that Congress has been placing in its annual appropriation bills every year since 1951.
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Post-Pennsylvania Spin Drowns Out McCain
Posted by Project for Excellence in Journalism on 29 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Commentary, Obama, Hillary, 08 Election, Media Analysis, McCain
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton generated a huge portion of the headlines last week as Pennsylvanians finally went to the polls. The issue of race re-emerged to play a substantial role in the media’s Democratic campaign narrative. And Republican John McCain struggled to be heard through the din.
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On The Anniversary Of Nelson Mandela’s Election
Posted by Danny Schechter on 28 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary, 08 Election, Democracy
