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Political Media's Access-for-Independence Tradeoff

Daniel R. Schwarz | Posted 11.28.2012 | Media
Read More: Reporting, Quotes, Obama Remarks, Huffington, Attribution, Huffington Magazine, Huffmag, Political Journalism, Media, Anonymous Sources, Censorship, Media News
Daniel R. Schwarz

We all want to be quoted accurately, but that is very different from allowing sources to delete substantive remarks. We should be concerned about that practice in a democracy, and we should expect reporters to resist that kind of control.

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The Science of Seinfeld

Sam Sommers | Posted 02.11.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, Television, Situations Matter, Daily Show, Media, The Daily Show, Irs, Tax Writeoff, Dvds, Social Norms, Ethnicity, Race, Human Nature, Love and Relationships, Context-Dependent, Fabric of Society, Attraction, Attribution, Identity, Love, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Elaine Benes, Curb Your Enthusiasm, George Costanza, Kramer, Video, Entertainment News
Sam Sommers

Far from a "show about nothing," Seinfeld was actually an analysis of the ins and outs of daily human interaction-of the mundane social experiences previously not deemed worthy of exploration in front of a mass audience.

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Famed Media Blogger Quits After Site Publishes Post Critical Of Attribution

The Huffington Post | Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 01.10.2012 | Media
Read More: Poynter Institute, Jim Romenesko, Romenesko Poynter, Romenesko Retires, Jim Romenesko Quits, Attribution, Romenesko+, Media News

Just weeks shy of his planned semi-retirement, famed media blogger Jim Romenesko has resigned from his position at Poynter after being accused of impr...

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Can Nuclear Terrorists Be Deterred?

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Terrorist Groups, Islamic, Nuclear Weapons, Attribution, Disarmament, Nuclear Forensics, Deterrence, World News
Russ Wellen

Terrorists, according to conventional thinking, are immune to deterrence. If they ever obtained nuclear weapons, they'd suffer few qualms about using them.

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