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Oh My Blog: What's The Big Deal About "New Media" Influence?

Richard Laermer | Posted 06.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Web 2.0, Blogs, Friday Night Lights, New Media, Blogosphere, Media, Old Media, Media News
Richard Laermer

Sometimes blogs elevate the dialogue, sometimes they're clutter. The nature of the blog itself is that there is no nature. It's like the Bush Administration's risible War on Terrorism: terrorism is not warring with us.

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I'm Mad as Hell and I'm Not Going to Take It Any More

Norman Horowitz | Posted 06.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Big Brother, Media Consolidation, Radio, The Fairness Doctrine, Media, Censorship, Media News
Norman Horowitz

Certainly I do not want the government defining "fairness". What could be more frightening then the government trying to impose their definition of "fairness" on America's radio stations?

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Media Under Intense Scrutiny During Campaign

Posted 06.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Presidential Election, Msnbc, Fox News, Cnn, News and 2008 Election, Media, Media News

The media is taking a real beating today from... the media. Below are two reports. The Wall Street Journal reports on the increased scrutiny towards...

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Vietnamese Community Tests Free Speech

Peter Scheer | Posted 06.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Editorial Independence, Footbath, Ethnic Media, Vietnam, Flag Desecration, Free Speech, Little Saigon, Newspaper, First Amendment, Media, Journalism, Diaspora, Media News
Peter Scheer

When the biggest Vietnamese-language newspaper in the country, gave offense to its readers in an obscure but controversial article about a work of art, it triggered an explosion of protests among readers.

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J-Lo Backing Obama?

Roberto Lovato | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Culture, Media, Latino Politics, Jennifer Lopez and Obama, J-Lo and Obama, Elections, Obama, Mccain, Latino Vote, Race, Latinos and Obama, Entertainment, Politics News
Roberto Lovato

Lopez would be the latest -- and most famous -- among the throng of Latino celebrities that have already come out in support of the Illinois Senator.

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America's First Blogger: Anne Royall

Jeff Biggers | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Religion, Washington DC, Appalachia, Anne Royall, Women, Politics, Blogger, Feminist, Media, Media News
Jeff Biggers

The "grandmother of the muckrakers" Anne Royall was an American original and one of the nation's most daring, impassioned and indomitable social critics.

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The Outsider: My Brief Adventure in the Fortress of Mega-Media

Chez Pazienza | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media

Read More: New Media, Media, Jacki Schechner, David Bohrman, Cnn, Nyc Internet Week, Media News
Chez Pazienza

As someone who violated the accepted protocol -- and slipped from the warm embrace of corporate media -- I wasn't sure of my personal place in the Internet Week festivities.

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Moyers vs. Murdoch: Journalism vs. Megalomania

Josh Silver | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Free Press, Media Consolidation, FCC Media Consolidation, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Media, Bill O'Reilly, Media Bias, Media News
Josh Silver

The O'Reilly ambush is typical cable news entertainment-posing-as- journalism whose purpose is to sell eyeballs to advertisers, not to inform citizens or better society.

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Mr. Russert, Will You Ante Up For War Victims Like You Asked Of Scott McClellan?

Linda Milazzo | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Television, Shock and Awe, Meet the Press, War on Iraq, Corporate Media, Scott Mcclellan, Tim Russert, George W. Bush, What Happened, Dana Milbank, Washington Post, Media, Pundit, Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney, Media News
Linda Milazzo

Meet The Press provided a national platform for the Bush administration to push its war with minimal challenge from Tim Russert.

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FOX Ambushes Bill Moyers; Journalists Ambush FOX

The Uptake | Posted 06.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Politics, Fox News, Video, Media, Bill O'Reilly, The Uptake, Bill Moyers, Offthebus, Home News
The Uptake

An "O'Reilly Factor" producer cornered PBS's Bill Moyers at a conference on media reform this weekend, leading Moyers to demand an unedited interview about Iraq. Angry journalists piled on.

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One Interview, Two Gaffes

Mark Kleiman | Posted 06.09.2008 | Media

Read More: Lying, John McCain, Presidential Power, Media, Clinton, Telcom Immunity, Kenner, Media News
Mark Kleiman

John McCain gave an interview to Newsweek and flip flopped twice, which may be a single-interview record.

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I'm Not a Cry-Baby, I'm Not

Jeremy Gerard | Posted 06.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Media, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Jeremy Gerard

My sense of loss over Hillary has as much to do with my age as with her sex. If she symbolized anything, it was that the aspirations of a generation still had meaning.

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Dan Rather Admits Press Failure on Iraq -- and Hits Corporate Media

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Scott McClellan George Bush, Mcclellan, Media, Dan Rather, Corporate Media, War, Media News
Greg Mitchell

McClellan's criticisms about the media been met with denials from TV news anchors. But Dan Rather offered a strong critique of the journalists' performance in his Saturday speech.

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Hillary Loses Again

Jeremy Gerard | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Politics, Barack Obama, Political Pundits, Media, Politics News
Jeremy Gerard

As Hillary Clinton spoke, my 16-year-old son came into the living room, saw what I was watching and asked if Clinton had officially announced her withdrawal. I nodded, unable to speak, and he noticed for the first time that there were tears on my cheeks.

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What I Said About Iraq and the Media on Bill Moyers' Show Last Night

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, Wmd, Mcclellan, Moyers, Scott Mcclellan, War, Iraq, Media, Mcclatchy, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

I was a guest last night on BIll Moyers Journal along with two stalwarts from McClatchy (formerly Knight Ridder), John Walcott and Jonathan Landay, fa...

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News Hunt Update: Breaking Records, But Still Not Done

NewsTrust | Posted 06.07.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Review, Elections, Rating, News Hunt, Newstrust, Mccain, Media, Journalism, Johnmccain, International Issues, Warrantless Surveillance, Fourth Amendment, Home News
NewsTrust

Together, we've broken several new records for NewsTrust -- thank you all! When we checked your stats the morning of June 6, the 'Off The Bus 10+ Reviews Club' had grown dramatically as well.

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I'm on Bill Moyers' Show Tonite -- Here is Preview

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Warwire, Mcclellan, Wmd, Scott Mcclellan, Moyers, War, Coverup, Iraq, Media, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

On Bill Moyers' Journal tonight I will be featured along with with two of the few journalistic "heroes" of prewar Iraq coverage from Knight Ridder/Mc...

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What Bill O'Reilly Is Really Afraid Of

Timothy Karr | Posted 06.06.2008 | Media

Read More: National Conference for Media Reform, Newscorp, Media Consolidation, Media Reform, Media, Bill O'Reilly, Dan Rather, Rupert Murdoch, Media News
Timothy Karr

Fox News' trash-talking, prime-time headliner is little more than an apologist for those in power -- and especially for his boss Rupert Murdoch.

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Master Media Manipulations and the Art of War(-selling)

Rachel Haimowitz | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media

Read More: George Bush, Scott Mcclellan, Phil Donahue, Propaganda, Freedom of Information Act, Valerie Plame, Media, Barack Obama 2008, Listening Post, Bush Administration, Katie Couric, Anna Nicole Smith, Iraq War, Armstrong Williams, Al Jazeera, Keith Olbermann, Ashleigh Banfield, Media News
Rachel Haimowitz

Tthe story of Obama's victory has and will continue to drown out all the other recent news. And boy, was there some big news made by Scott McClellan this week.

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Secret McCain Website Edits Leaked to Press

Lee Camp | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, John McCain, McCain Campaign Leaks, John McCain Website, McCain Campaign, Election 2008, Media, McCain Website, 236.Com, Politics News
Lee Camp

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Did Hillary Clinton's Media Missteps Help Doom Her Campaign?

Eric Deggans | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Media, Presidential Campaign, Hillary Clinton, Sexism, Bill Clinton, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, 2008 Election and Gender, Gender, Media News
Eric Deggans

It remains an enduring legacy of the conservative media machine -- and their own past mistakes -- that a couple so admired by the public has such awful relations with the Fourth Estate.

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Microsoft's Ballmer: All Media Consumption Will Be On Internet Within 10 Years

Washington Post | Peter Whoriskey | Posted 06.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Internet, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft, Media, Business News

In an animated discussion with Washington Post editors and reporters yesterday, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer offered his far-ranging views ...

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Editorials Across Country Hail Obama Win

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Clinton, Media, Press, Barack Obama, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

Editorials across the U.S. on the morning after largely hailed Barack Obama's win over Hillary Clinton. Here is a sampling of what they had to say.

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What if They Jailed a Reporter and Nobody Noticed?

Bill Wyman | Posted 06.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Child Pornography, Media, R. Kelly, Crime, R. Kelly Sex Video, R. Kelly Trial, Media News
Bill Wyman

R. Kelly's professional work -- his albums and singles and videos -- gets loving treatment, generally with a dismissive aside about those pesky, if un-detailed, legal problems.

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Why Digital Media Investments are Under-Performing and How to Improve Their Value

Jack Myers | Posted 06.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Digital, Media, Advertising, Business News
Jack Myers

Advertisers are being pulled in multiple directions; there are new media alternatives virtually every day and ad budgets are splintering into micro-fragments.

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