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The Best 2008 Political Convention Coverage Online
Posted by MediaShift on 29 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, Blogs, 08 Election
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By Mark Glaser, Media Shift The following is a guide to some of the better sites covering the conventions. |
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Al Jazeera reception less than Golden in Colorado
Posted by Reuters on 29 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, 08 Election, Agenda Cutting
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By Reuters The English-language channel of the Arabic news network Al Jazeera is getting a Colorado reception as frosty as a cold Coors Light. |
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Network coverage shifts to New Orleans
Posted by Hollywood Reporter on 29 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, Environment, Journalism
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By Paul J. Gough, Hollywood Reporter As soon-to-be Hurricane Gustav churns toward New Orleans, the first network big names are leaving the political conventions for the hurricane zone. |
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IFJ Calls on Bulgarian Media Owners to Act over Racism and Withdraw “Shameful” Prize
Posted by IFJ on 29 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Europe, Awards
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By IFJ IFJ called for a ‘wide-ranging and honest’ debate within Bulgarian journalism over intolerance in media following the presentation of a journalism prize by press owners to a reporter who has a reputation for hate-speech. |
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Egypt: Crackdown On Internet Use Widens
Posted by IFEX on 29 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Media Freedom
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By IFEX As its blogosphere burgeons, Egypt is finding new ways to crack down on bloggers and other Internet users. |
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Report: Millions of Young Chinese Addicted to ‘Unhealthy’ Internet Games
Posted by Agence France Press on 29 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, New Media
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By AFP Around four million Chinese youngsters are addicted to the Internet, mainly attracted by “unhealthy” online games, state media reported, citing a top legislator. |
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Bertelsmann eyes sale of RTL stake
Posted by Financial Times on 29 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Europe
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By Gerrit Wiesmann, Ben Fenton, and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Financial Times Bertelsmann, Europe’s largest media group, suggested it could sell 15 per cent of RTL, the TV group, to finance a large acquisition, possibly the UK’s ITV. |
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Viewers Don’t Seem to Tune Out Overkill
Posted by Boston Globe on 28 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, Agenda Setting
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By Joanna Weiss, Boston Globe Politics is serious business, and yet, what these conventions really are, besides free commercials for the presidential campaigns, are loud and rarefied gathering places for hobbyists. |
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The 15,000
Posted by Columbia Journalism Review on 28 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, Journalism
Meet Obama’s Media ‘Enforcer’
Posted by Wall Street Journal on 28 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, 08 Election
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By Monica Langley, Wall Street Journal As the Obama campaign enters a crucial phase, beset by tightened polling numbers and the prospect of a tough race for the next two months, Robert Gibbs has emerged as Sen. Obama’s advocate-in-chief with the media, and therefore the voters. |
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DNC to Give Reporters McCain Convention ‘Survival Kit’
Posted by ABC News on 28 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, Agenda Cutting
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By Jennifer Parker, ABC News Inside an envelope labeled “DNC at the RNC: The McCain Files: A Survival Kit for Reporters,” are press credentials to the Democratic Party’s “More of the Same Media War Room” in St. Paul. |
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FCC Anounces 80 City “We’re Not Listening” Digital TV Tour
Posted by Black Agenda Report on 28 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, North America, Policy, FCC
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By Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report In a final act of brazen misdirection to conceal this grand theft digital, FCC Commissioners are scheduled to tour dozens of cities between now and February 18, 2009, doing a lot of talking, but not much listening. |
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Georgia: Blogging the War
Posted by Global Voices on 28 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Europe, Iraq War
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By Onnik Krikorian, Global Voices Global Voices’ Caucasus Regional Editor Onnik Krikorian speaks to Giga Paitchadze, a veteran Georgian blogger, about the blogs that were set up to report on the conflict. |
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West Africa: Governments Turn Against Media, Nigerian Killed
Posted by IFEX on 28 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Media Freedom
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By IFEX In the last week, many West African governments have shown an unwillingness to protect or respect the rights of their journalists. |
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Wikileaks Touts Information on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
Posted by Guardian Unlimited on 28 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, South America, New Media
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By Jemima Kiss, The Guardian The whistle-blowers’ website Wikileaks has marked a change in strategy, calling for media organisations to bid for what it claims is exclusive and confidential information that gives insights into the government of Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president. |
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