Monthly Archives: September 2009

NY Post Steals From, Refuses to Credit Bloggers

Posted on 09/05/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

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 →

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Big Media Ponder Source of Right's 'Media Firestorms'

Posted on 09/04/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

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 →

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Papers Still Deem Reality of War 'in Poor Taste'

Posted on 09/04/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

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 →

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Media Welcome for 'Baroque Conspiracy Theories' Not Unprecedented

Posted on 09/04/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

What "surprises" Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik (8/30/09) more than this summer's news full of "baroque conspiracy theories" and "weepy hysteria" is "the idea that these are somehow unprecedented." Hiltzik looks back to an earlier era of supposed presidential … Continue reading →

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Big Media Shares Insurers' 'Corrupting Influence'

Posted on 09/03/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

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 →

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'Rumor, Gossip. . . Drivel' as 'Inside Information'

Posted on 09/02/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

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 →

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'Personal Responsibility' Over 'Legacy of Racism'

Posted on 09/02/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Printing a letter to the editor from Leila McDowell (8/26/09), the New York Times has "Another Look at Obama's Speech to the NAACP"–from the group's on vice president of communications. McDowell starts with the fact that the "Times distinguished itself … Continue reading →

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Way to Go, Politico!

Posted on 09/01/2009 by Peter Hart

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 →

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NPR Boosts 'Dominance of Private Health Insurance'

Posted on 09/01/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

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 →

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Legal Transparency Another Victim of Ailing MSM

Posted on 09/01/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

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 →

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Joe Klein Advises Obama on Afghanistan

Posted on 09/01/2009 by Peter Hart

In his Time column this week, Klein writes: So what should Obama do about Afghanistan? His dilemma isn't as stark as has been posed in recent press accounts, with screamers on the right demanding slavish devotion to the military's wish … Continue reading →

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The Washington Post's Afghanistan Debate

Posted on 09/01/2009 by Peter Hart

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 →

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Advice for Obama–From Republicans

Posted on 09/01/2009 by Peter Hart

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 →

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