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Is Twitter the news outlet for the 21st century?
Posted by AP on 02 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: News, CNN, Journalism, Internet, Twitter
Abstract Quality Journalism for War
Posted by Norman Solomon on 02 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: News, Bias, North America, Iraq War, U.S. Military
| By Norman Soloman The conventional wisdom of press and state insists that the US war effort must do more than go on - it must escalate - in the name of human decency. |
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The Still-Growing NPR ‘Torture’ Controversy
Posted by Salon on 02 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: News, Bias, North America, Journalism
| By Glenn Greenwald, Salon NPR’s “torture” ban and its Ombudsman’s incoherent defense of it has now turned into a significant controversy for NPR — and rightfully so. |
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Mainstream media failing to make news understandable to public, says new report
Posted by Journalism.co.uk on 01 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: News, Media Savvy, Journalism, Google, Media
| By Damian Shaibi, Journalism.co.uk New report shows audience lost trust in main stream media. |
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Q2 Cable Ratings: FNC Dominance; Up Across the Board; 10 Top Shows
Posted by Media Bistro on 01 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: News, Fox News, Journalism, Television, Cable, Bill O'Reilly, Markets
Stern ‘Wack Packer’ Nabbed In Madoff Taping
Posted by MediaChannel on 01 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, Ethics, Humor, Economy
| By Smoking Gun A member of Howard Stern’s “wack pack” was cited for violating federal court rules by recording the sentencing hearing of swindler Bernard Madoff. |
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The Corporate Media Circus: The Truth Alone Will Not Set You Free
Posted by Truth Dig on 01 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: News, Bias, Ownership, North America, Commentary, Journalism, Agenda Cutting
The modern world has become a world where lies become true. And facts alone will be powerless to thwart the mendacity spun out through billions of dollars in corporate advertising, lobbying and control of traditional sources of information.
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Why the New York Times Co. Will Be in Business Until at Least 2012
Posted by Ad Age on 29 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, North America, New York Times, Journalism, Newspapers
| By Nat Ives and Bradley Johnson, Ad Age Revolving credit facility due date looms, but Sulzbergers should be able to retain control. |
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Huffington Post vs. Washington Post
Posted by MediaChannel on 29 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, VIDEO, Blogs, Politics, Obama, Journalism, New Media, Newspapers
Nico Pitney of the Huffington Post and Dana Milbank of the Washington Post debate Nico’s question to President Obama.
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FBI Arrests White Supremacist Blogger Hal Turner For Threatening To Kill Federal Judges
Posted by Think Progress on 26 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, Blogs, New Media, Radio, Talk Shows
| By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress FBI agents went to the New Jersey home of white supremacist blogger/radio host Hal Turner and arrested him “on a federal complaint filed in Chicago alleging that he made internet postings threatening to assault and murder three federal appeals court judges in Chicago.” |
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Google Briefly Blocked As China Expands Porn Crackdown
Posted by InformationWeek on 26 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, Asia, Blogs, Google, Indecency, Censorship, Internet
| By Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek Google.com and Gmail were offline in China on Wednesday as Chinese authorities try to exercise more control over Internet content. |
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Colbert: Commonsense Health Care Reform Infomercial
Posted by MediaChannel on 26 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, VIDEO, Politics, Ethics, Obama, Humor, Health Care
Barack Obama promotes his health care plan on ABC, while Republicans propose their own health care reform with an infomercial.
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Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer: Traditional media will not bounce back
Posted by MediaChannel on 25 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, North America, New Media, Newspapers
| By Mark Sweney, Guardian Steve Ballmer says the global advertising economy has been permanently “reset” at a lower level, warning that media companies should not plan for revenues to bounce back to pre-recession levels. |
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Katrina Vanden Heuvel on the Crisis of Journalism (Video)
Posted by MediaChannel on 25 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, Bias, North America, Journalism, New Media, Newspapers
| By Russia Today Katrina Vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation magazine, shares her views on the American mass media with Russia Today. |
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CNN’s Iran Timeline Omits US-Backed ‘53 Coup
Posted by MediaChannel on 25 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, Bias, North America, Politics, Journalism, Media Analysis
| By Media Bloodhound In the mother of all omissions, CNN leaves out how the US government was directly involved in bringing the Shah to power in a 1953 coup that toppled the democratically elected Iranian government of Prime Minister Mossadegh. |
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