On Edward R. Murrow's 100th Birthday
Whatever new medium comes along, here's hoping it finds an Edward R. Murrow -- who was born a hundred years ago today.
Journalism
TV's Response to Pentagon Propaganda? Never Happened
Josh Silver | Posted 04.24.2008 | Media
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In the ensuing days of the revelations of pro-war propaganda on our major TV news outlets, these same outlets are either dismissing the damning revelations or pretending they never happened.
Sad Day for Journalism if Murdoch Swallows Newsday
Ruth Hochberger | Posted 04.23.2008 | Media
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Lost in the flurry of the Pennsylvania primary and the Pope's visit was a story that should bring a tear to the eye of any journalist, or any lover of independent journalism in this country.
Pamela Anderson, One Woman Brand, Reads Unmarketable by Anne Elizabeth Moore
Jennifer L. Pozner | Posted 04.15.2008 | Media
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Let Pammy read and lay off the slut jokes, why don'tcha?
Bittergate: It's Not About Mayhill Fowler
Linda Hansen | Posted 04.13.2008 | Home
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Are we bitter in Povertyland, USA? Hell, yes. That's what the story was about. We've been hung out to dry so long, we feel like ragged, abandoned laundry. All those election year promises? Please.
On Journalism
Bill Moyers | Posted 04.07.2008 | Media
What is important for the journalist is not how close you are to power, but how close you are to reality.
Experienced Reporters Unwanted
Leslie Griffith | Posted 04.07.2008 | Media
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Your local news has the money to buy a helicopter and install expensive high definition, but not the money to hire experienced investigative reporters to help protect your community?
Peabody Awards Are Ironic
Charles Warner | Posted 04.05.2008 | Media
It's ironic that the Peabody Awards committee thinks what CNN reports best on is religion, not politics.
What I Told Bill Moyers About Iraq 5 Years Ago -- As 'Victory' Neared
Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.05.2008 | Politics
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The interview would conclude with Bill Moyers asking, "Do you have a sense that when the battle is over, this story's only begun?" I answered, "We're only at the beginning." Unfortunately, I was proven correct.
Congress: A Reporter's Privilege Would Not Exempt Judy Miller From Testifying. Would It Exempt James Risen?
David Fiderer | Posted 04.04.2008 | Media
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In February, Risen was subpoenaed to appear before a Federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va. to divulge the source of information for a chapter in his book State of War.
The New Assassins Don't Use Guns
RJ Eskow | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics
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A new form of political murder has taken its place -- character assassination. Over the last two decades, the Right has learned how to destroy its enemies without leaving a body.
Eulogy for Dead Trees
Jessica Wakeman | Posted 04.04.2008 | Media
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I saw my name in print on a dead tree and I cashed a check for my months of researching, interviewing, writing and rewriting. But I'm not sure anybody's actually read my article.
Rock Criticism 101: If you can't say something nice...
Bill Wyman | Posted 04.03.2008 | Entertainment
R.E.M. have consistently topped that stirring work, each successive release being so good as to make clear the flaws of the one before it.
Aspen Environment Forum: Balancing hope and despair with big ideas
J. Carl Ganter | Posted 03.29.2008 | Politics
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ASPEN - Are we in an endgame struggle for survival or do we face the greatest opportunities in the history of civilization? Both. Granted, the mes...
How Would Watergate Be Reported Today?
Art Brodsky | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
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Until people regain trust in what they read, the long, slow decline will continue regardless of the medium through which information is conveyed.
You're Listening to NPR: National Pentagon Radio
Norman Solomon | Posted 03.27.2008 | Media
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When it comes to politics and war, the range of perspectives on National Public Radio isn't any wider than what we encounter on the avowedly commercial networks.
Obama Fathers Two-Headed Gay Terrorist Baby: The National Enquirer-ization of American Politics
John Eskow | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics
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It's beginning to seem that fish-wrapper newspapers are eerie predictors of the narratives we can expect to see in the so-called mainstream media.
Our Sound Bite Culture Should Provide More Questions than Answers
Byron Williams | Posted 03.27.2008 | Media
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When we the public make the sound bite the end and not the beginning, we risk violating what the code of ethics we also warn journalists to guard against.
Where Did McCain Get What He's Got "in the Bank" with the Press?
Jay Rosen | Posted 03.27.2008 | Home
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By demonstrating that you can say false things, refuse to correct them, and pay no real price for it, you dishearten reporters and make their efforts appear futile to themselves.
What's A Millennial To Do?
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.26.2008 | Business
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God created youth for people to do what they wanted to do. When you get a little bit older, life closes in on you and, caught in a variety of strictures produced by our ambitions, desires and needs, we each take on responsibilities that require us to do a bunch of stuff we donÂ’'t wanna.
Deep Pangs of Irony: Courting Water to Conquer War
J. Carl Ganter | Posted 03.23.2008 | Politics
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Water and war, both marked by observations last week, are bound together by more than the coincidence of time -- they are related by blood.
CNN Trivializes Iraq and Hits a New Low
Josh Silver | Posted 03.20.2008 | Media
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On Wednesday, CNN 's "Best Political Team on Television" took their vapid approach to journalism to a new level when reporter Jeanne Moos satirized demonstrations against the war in Iraq.
It's About a Lot More Than The 3 A.M. Phone Call
William Fisher | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics
It should come as no surprise to anyone that the National Newspaper Publishers Association - the organization representing the nation's 200--plus blac...
Arab Broadcast Charter Stirs Hornets' Nest
Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 03.18.2008 | Media
Lebanese broadcasters and Al Jazeera's officials were aghast when Arab governments adopted a satellite broadcasting charter meant to gag journalists' criticism of their unpopular governments.
News Blues
Bob Edwards | Posted 03.17.2008 | Media
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Are newspapers really dying or are they just no longer able to deliver a 30% margin to their owners?
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Bob Edwards | Posted 04.24.2008 | Media