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Beijing Olympics Most-Watched Event in TV History
Posted by Hollywood Reporter on 25 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Asia, NBC Universal, Television, Sports, Agenda Setting
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By Hollywood Reporter NBC says its official: The Beijing Games has become the most-watched U.S. television event of all time. |
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Chaos marks Paris Olympic torch relay
Posted by MediaChannel on 09 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: VIDEO, CN, Sports
Al Jazeera’s Tim Friend reports on another day of chaos on the route of the Olympic torch. The massive French police deployment was not enough to contain demonstrations against China’s human-rights policy and treatment of Tibet.
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Daily Show: Super (Bowl) Tuesday
Posted by MediaChannel on 06 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: VIDEO, Humor, 08 Election, Sports
Politics as Sport
Posted by Columbia Journalism Review on 31 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, 08 Election, Giuliani, Sports, Media Analysis
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By Clint Hendler , Columbia Journalism Review Rudy Tuesday and Super Sunday |
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24/7 and Countdown: Docudrama or Infomercial?
Posted by Thomas Hauser on 08 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Sports
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By Thomas Hauser The line between programming and marketing in sports is often blurred. Two HBO offerings — 24/7 and Countdown - exemplify this circumstance. |
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Assessing the ‘Collective Failure’
Posted by Danny Schechter on 17 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Commentary, Sports
The news machine went into overdrive when the Mitchell Report came out, because there were more fallen celebrities to exploit and divert public attention to.
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Media frenzy as Bonds pleads not guilty to multiple counts
Posted by AP on 07 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, Pop Culture, Sports
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By AP via SI.com Television satellite trucks lined the streets around the courthouse - some having staked out a spot more than 20 hours before. |
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Keith Olbermann’s ‘Countdown’ Grows
Posted by LA Times on 07 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: News, Media Savvy, Bias, Ownership, USDemocrats, Free Speech, Commentary, Ethics, Journalism, Television, 08 Election, Pop Culture, Comedy Central, Talk Shows, MSNBC, Sports
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By Paul Brownfield, LA Times More than any other news show on cable, MSNBC’s “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” is us. |
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Manufacturing a Villain: Sports Illustrated’s Vilification of Barry Bonds
Posted by Counterpunch on 30 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Bias, Commentary, Sports
As Barry Bonds stands one home run away from tying the all-time record, many media outlets have been quick to vilify him for his alleged “performance enhancing” drug use. But what distinguishes Sports Illustrated from other media sources is that this is part of a long series of Bonds-biased coverage that goes back at least 15 years.
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