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Why Can't We All Just Shut Up?

Lynn Grossman | Posted 02.21.2008 | Media

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Lynn Grossman

Thanks to the need to supply content to what seems like two million cable stations, the blather is everywhere and all the time.

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Media Sacrifice the Nuances of Our Reality for the Sake of Ratings

Rashad Robinson | Posted 02.21.2008 | Media

Read More: The O'Reilly Factor, Gays Taking Over, Glaad, Sensationalism, Media Watchdog, Media, Bill O'Reilly, Lesbian Gang Epidemic, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Lesbian Gangs, Sweeps, Media News
Rashad Robinson

With millions of dollars on the line each day, networks are desperate to attract the largest audiences during Sweeps. This too often translates into pandering to the lowest common denominator.

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NY Times Holds Stories Because They're Afraid of Conservatives

Cenk Uygur | Posted 02.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Vicki Iseman, New York Times, Media, Fisa, Scandal, James Risen, John McCain, Iseman McCain, McCain Scandal, New York Times McCain, Media News
Cenk Uygur

The only thing worse than being bullied by Republicans is getting scooped by your competitors. The story here isn't that the Times is trying to hurt conservatives, it's the exact opposite.

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AP Should Start Reporting the Real Delegate Count

Cenk Uygur | Posted 02.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Democratic Primary, Barack Obama, Delegate Count, Associated Press, Super Delegates, 2008 Campaign, Media, Pledges Delgates, Hillary Clinton, Ap Delegate Count, Superdelegates, Media News
Cenk Uygur

Giving an account of the race with the super delegates counted in as if they have already voted is very misleading.

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Putin's Broken Promise

Nina Ognianova | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Ivan Safronov, Russian Media, Vladimir Putin, Committee to Protect Journalists, Media, Putin, Andrei Piontkovsky, Anna Politkovskaya, Journalism, Paul Klebnikov, Media News
Nina Ognianova

Putin may not be personally responsible for his government's hostility toward the press, but one thing is certain: he has not lived up to his pledge to protect journalists.

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Who Blogs? (Maybe Not Who You Think)

Ann Handley | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media

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Ann Handley

A study released this week busts some myths, confirms some hunches, and generally sheds some light on just who blogs.

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Why Are So Many Bigshot Political Reporters Apologizing Now?

Eric Deggans | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Elections, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, Media, Apology, Mark Halperin, Diversity, Journalism, Hillary Clinton, David Shuster, Cable News, Ed Rendell and Race, David Shuster Chelsea Clinton, Mark Halperin Pussy, Ed Rendell Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama Race, David Shuster Pimp, Ed Rendell, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Ed Rendell and Obama, Chris Matthews and Hillary Clinton, Chris Matthews Apology, Media News
Eric Deggans

The presence of a black man and woman as important presidential candidates is forcing these guys to rethink how they talk about politics. And some of them are failing miserably.

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Guerrilla Bloggers and the Old Elite

Erik Ringmar | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Blogosphere, CNN Chez Pazienza, First Amendment, Citizen Journalism, Bloggers, Chez Pazienza, Democracy, Media, Capitalism, Journalism, Freedom of Speech, Media Elite, In Support of Erik Ringmar, Cnn, London School of Economics, Blogger Fired, Erik Ringmar, Blogging, Media News
Erik Ringmar

Last Tuesday, CNN fired a producer for American Morning for maintaining a blog. Yes, that's right. CNN, a leading news channel, sacked one of its journalists for exercising his First Amendment rights.

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Alessandra Stanley: No Credibility

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Gawker, Msnbc, Alessandra Stanley Errors, Alessandra Stanley, Alessandra Stanley Corrections, Alex Pareene, Wolf Blitzer, Credibility, Cnn, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Media, Journalism, Media News

Stanley's error -- attributing the slogan "the best political team on television" to MSNBC and not CNN -- is so egregious, and leaps off the page at the reader who is even remotely familiar with this stuff.

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The Stories You Will Be Seeing In The News

Dave Johnson | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Propaganda, Media, Media News
Dave Johnson

Think up something that will divide the Democrats and cause a lot of hurt, hopefully to the point where many voters will decide not to even vote.

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Shame TV: Why Humiliation Sells on American Idol and Others

Tom Alderman | Posted 02.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Schadenfreude, Stuart Fischoff, Reality TV, Journal of Media Psychology, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Addiction, Zeitgeist, Media, Debasement, Elliot Aronson, The Original Amateur Hour With Major Bowes, Taxi TV Show, Talent Search, Television, Addiction Treatment, The Apprentice, Randy Jackson, Vh1, Truth Gun, Celebrities. Rehab, Richter Scale, Shame TV, Simon Cowell, Shame, Geoffrey White, Paula Abdul, Celebrity Rehab, Jeff Conaway, Self-Esteem, Humiliation, Watch and Discuss, Your Fired, Psychologist, American Idol, Spirit of Our Times, Webmd, Media News
Tom Alderman

Our media is shaped by the content of our culture, so how do we account for this coarsening of our culture, this growth of Shame TV?

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Why I'm Starting to Hate Facebook

Ann Handley | Posted 02.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Internet, Social Media, Relationships, Online Behavior, Facebook Privacy, Parenting, Media, Technology, Facebook, Rolodex, Living News
Ann Handley

Almost a year ago, I set up a Facebook profile and began greedily gathering armfuls of friends like Dorothy gathering poppies in Oz, plucking them fro...

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David Shuster's Emails

Taylor Marsh | Posted 02.09.2008 | Media

Read More: David Shuster, Media, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Sexism, David Shuster Pimp, David Shuster's Emails, David Shuster Chelsea Clinton, David Shuster MSNBC, David Shuster Suspended, Media News
Taylor Marsh

The truth about Shuster is that he never intended to apologize; didn't want to; was made to. This exchange reveals it. It's also why he ended up getting suspended.

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The Mystery Machine: Why Can't TV News Get Enough of Natalee Holloway?

Chez Pazienza | Posted 02.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Natalee Holloway, Greta Van Susteren, TV News, Britney Spears, Gary Condit, Anna Nicole Smith, Nancy Grace, 9/11, JonBenet Ramsey, Media, Sharks, Media News
Chez Pazienza

In the few short years since 9/11 and the quiet recommitment to quality news that immediately followed it, we've witnessed hours and hours of airtime being hijacked by relative triviality.

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New Rule: We Only Talk To Bloggers We Like

Michael Roston | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: State Departement, Justice Department, George W. Bush, Bloggers, Bloggers Roundatlbe, New Media, Michael Mukasey, Talking Points Memo, Media, Press, Defense Department, Politics News
Michael Roston

Try calling the White House press office sometime as a representative of an organ with ".com" in your name, and see if you'll get a call back.

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MSNBC's David Shuster: Chelsea 'Pimped Out' by Hillary

Taylor Marsh | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: David Shuster, Msnbc, 2008, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, Media, Keith Olbermann, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Misogyny, Misogyny, Chelsea Clinton Stumps With Mom, Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton Sexism, Pimping Out Chelsea, Sexism, Chelsea Clinton Campaign, Politics News
Taylor Marsh

This frat boy, anti-Clinton wingnut-channeling tirade targeting Chelsea Clinton has proven that Shuster's not up to the job or the position to which MSNBC has bestowed on him.

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Sam Stein

Mark Penn's Firm Paid $4.3 Million By Clinton Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Consulting, Mark Penn. David Axelrod, Firms, Schoen & Berland Associates, AKP Media, Hillary Clinton, Media, Democratic Primary, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Penn, Politics News

Even if his candidate fails to secure the Democratic nomination, Mark Penn, the chief strategist for Sen. Hillary Clinton, has profited quite handsome...

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Study: McCain Owned Coverage Heading Into Super Tuesday

Journalism.org | Posted 02.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Mccain, John McCain, Media, Media News

The media's coverage of the campaign last week seemed to reflect a growing consensus that the Republican and Democratic nomination fights were moving ...

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Is This Town Big Enough For the Two of Us?

Adam Conner-Simons | Posted 02.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Media Conglomeration, Media Conglomerates, Media, Joint Operating Agreements, Media News
Adam Conner-Simons

The print market in big cities like Chicago and Boston may soon revolve around a single major newspaper.

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Super Duper Surg(e)imiento: How Obama Is (Finally) Cutting Into Clinton's Latino Advantage

Roberto Lovato | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Immigration, Clinton, Media, Latino Politics, New York, Elections, Obama, Labor, Latino Vote, Race, Black-Latino Relations, Super Duper Tuesday, Arizona, California, Primaries, STRATEGY & TACTICS, Politics News
Roberto Lovato

Whether or not the Obama campaign is successful in dropping the Clinton tally among Latinos, Super Tuesday will provide more than a few of the object lessons.

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Beyond the Mama's Chi-chi Theory: Latino Vote Lust Previews Growing National Sophistication

Roberto Lovato | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: California Primary, Primaries, Clinton, Super Duper Tuesday, Media, Latino Vote, Uber-Hypocrisy, Humor, Obama, 2008 Election, Politics News
Roberto Lovato

The coverage of and interest in the Latino electorate may well be remembered as one of the most important new developments of this year in media and politics.

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Reading The Pictures: Air Reagan

Michael Shaw | Posted 01.31.2008 | Media

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Michael Shaw

2008-01-31-shaw_reagan_fp.jpgIt's no surprise that the Reagan Library (with the able assistance of ratings-hungry CNN) would go out of the way to boost the cred of the GOP candidates by virtually embossing them onto the side of Air Force One.

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The Epic 2008 Election (So Far)

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Out of the frozen tundra of Iowa, out of the snowy mountains of Vermont, out of the brightly-lit casinos in the Nevada desert, out of the churches of ...

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Media Manuvers: Magic Mountain

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 01.26.2008 | Business

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Yvette Kantrow

"Will the Fed's move signal a determined effort by policymakers around the world to avoid economic catastrophe?" asked The Independent of London last ...

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That Good Ole Rush to Judgment

Star Jones | Posted 01.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Joel Brodsky, Drew Peterson, Media, Media News
Star Jones

I've been very critical of Drew Peterson, because quite frankly he's acting like an ass. But even for this ex-prosecutor, it shouldn't make him someone we convict before all the facts are in.

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