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Monthly Archives: September 2009
NY Post Steals From, Refuses to Credit Bloggers
In looking at "all the angst over online appropriation of newspapers' work," Nieman Foundation blogger Zachary M. Seward (Nieman Journalism Lab, 9/4/09) thinks that "information actually flows in all directions, right?" As "blog posts inspire newspaper articles, newspapers lift from … Continue reading
Big Media Ponder Source of Right's 'Media Firestorms'
One of the items enumerated in Glenn Greenwald's round-up of "Various Matters" for Salon (9/4/09, ad-viewing required) addresses how NBC's "Chuck Todd this week noted the series of petty scandals the right has been manufacturing and remarked: 'The ability of … Continue reading
Posted in Media Business, Politics
Tagged Chuck Todd, executive powers, Glenn Greenwald, NBC, Salon
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Papers Still Deem Reality of War 'in Poor Taste'
Editor & Publisher's Joe Strupp (9/4/09) has an update on U.S. papers' "mixed reaction to the controversial Associated Press photo distributed today of a Marine who died in combat in Afghanistan last month." The picture's inclusion in "a group of … Continue reading
Posted in International
Tagged Afghanistan, Associated Press, censorship, Editor & Publisher, Joe Strupp, Joshua Bernard, Julie Jacobson, Robert Gates
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Big Media Shares Insurers' 'Corrupting Influence'
Having on its debut dethroned Glenn Beck from Amazon's bestseller rankings to become "the No. 1 nonfiction book in all categories," David Swanson's Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union title looks to "how we can … Continue reading
'Rumor, Gossip. . . Drivel' as 'Inside Information'
Guernica magazine has a new piece by American Prospect co-founder Robert Reich (8/28/09) describing the important cog that corporate journalism represents in the functioning machinery of Washington, D.C.'s "echo chamber in which anyone who sounds authoritative repeats the conventional authoritative … Continue reading
Way to Go, Politico!
Somehow the Drudge-friendly news site Politico managed to write an entire piece today about pressure on the White House from anti-war left ("W.H. Fears Liberal War Pressure") without actually quoting anyone who might apply that pressure. Reporter Mike Allendid gather … Continue reading
Posted in International, Media Criticism, Politics
Tagged Matt Bennett, Mike Allen, Politico, Third Way
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NPR Boosts 'Dominance of Private Health Insurance'
Analyzing "The Art of Framing at NPR" on his NPR Check blog, Mytwords (8/29/09) thinks that "there are many ways you could frame the role of Sen. Kent Conrad, one of the gang of six senators who are working very … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare
Tagged All Things Considered, Andrea Seabrook, gang of six, health insurance, Kent Conrad, Mytwords, NPR, NPR Check
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Legal Transparency Another Victim of Ailing MSM
Adam Liptak of the New York Times (8/31/09) says that we can thank Riverside, California's Press-Enterprise for having "fought ferociously" in multiple Supreme Court battles ensuring "the press and the public have nearly an absolute constitutional right to attend jury … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Media Business
Tagged ACLU, Adam Liptak, law, New York Times, Press-Enterprise
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The Washington Post's Afghanistan Debate
The Washington Post had another "Topic A" feature onAugust 31, headlined "Is the War in Afghanistan Worth Fighting?" Acrucial debate, to be sure;the Post found one person (Andrew Bacevich) to argue that it is not, which is probably a position … Continue reading
Posted in Media Criticism
Tagged Afghanistan, Andrew Bacevich, George Will, Topic A, Washington Post
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Advice for Obama–From Republicans
The Washington Post gathered severalcontributors for an August30"Topic A" featureheadlined, "How Can President Obama Regain His Political Footing?" The list of contributors, though, leaned well to the right. There were six high-profile Republicans and/or conservatives: Newt Gingrich, Christine Todd Whitman, … Continue reading
Posted in Media Criticism
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