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Nobel Obama, Noble Gandhi ... and These Ignoble Times

Vamsee Juluri | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: Politics, Nobel Prize Reactions, Obama Nobel, Media Criticism, Nobel Peace Prize, Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Media, Media News, Spirituality, Barack Obama, President Obama Nobel, World News

It may be true that President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for promise rather than achievement, but let us not forget that there is at least one point on which he has already proven himself -- civility.

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High-Tech Harassment in Social Media

Robert Siciliano | Posted 10.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Social Media, Media, Social Networking, Identity Theft, Social-Networking-Websites, Online Identity Theft, Online-Harassment, Protect Yourself From Online Identity Theft, Media News

Technology keeps providing new opportunities for harassment: social media identity theft, cell phone abuse, online bullying, the list goes on.

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What Brands Can Learn From Online Dating

Christine Huang | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Relationships, Humor, Advertising, Branding, Marketing, Media, Online Dating, Brands, OKCupid, Business News

No one likes to be talked down to -- whether by a suitor or a company. Speaking with humor and candor will sometimes work; but in general, what we want and expect is intelligent messaging.

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Talked to Death

David Latt | Posted 10.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Nbc, John Wells, Media, Jay Leno Primetime, Southland-Canceled, Television, Cop-Shows, Lapd, Media News

Jay Leno killed Southland but whether NBC is the better for that remains to be seen.

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The Era of Media Objectivity Is Over. Deal With It.

John McQuaid | Posted 10.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Washington Post, Media, Journalism, Media Objectivity, Newspapers, Media Bias, Media News

The era of the media-as-honest broker is over. The Washington Post and other establishment outlets just haven't realized it yet. But this is actually a good thing.

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Rethinking David Letterman: Exactly How Are We Supposed to Feel About All This?

Eric Deggans | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill Clinton, Sex Scandal, Monica Lewinsky, Today Show, Maureen Dowd, Blackmail, Tabloid TV, Cbs, Media, David Letterman, Media News

We have not yet, as a pop culture-breathing, tabloid-fueled nation, decided how we feel about powerful older guys seducing the young women who work for them.

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Climate Lobby Investigation Goes Global — and Digital

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: International Journalism, Digital Media, Twitter, Corporate Globalization, Climate Lobby, Lobbyists, Climate Change, Environment, Globalization, New Media, Investigative Journalism, Media, Corporate Greed, International Reporting, Facebook, Investigative Reporting, Green News

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has been raking in the awards for its international tobacco smuggling investigation. Now it's targeting the lobbying effort to influence the treaty on climate change.

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"Can't We All Just Get Along?" -- A Manifesto of Sorts

Steve Ross | Posted 10.08.2009 | Books

Read More: E-Books, E-Reader, Publishing, Amazon Kindle, Media, Books, Technology, Ereaders, Books News

I have noticed over the past few years a troubling trend entering the picture, a trend that is encapsulated in the blogs posted by Chip O'Brien and Mark Coker.

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Reading The Pictures: Artful New Attack Meme: Obama's "Indecision"

Michael Shaw | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Leisurely, Ed Rushca, Art, White House Residence, Mccain Obama Attack, White House Art, Obama, Mccain, Afghanistan, Media, Obama Attack, Politics News

Are the Republicans and the media finally discovering a critique that hits Obama at the core of his personality?

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Ted Williams Head: How SI and the Mainstream Sports Media Gave John Henry Williams a Bum Rap

Brian Ross | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media

Let us finally put to rest one myth: Ted Williams was not frozen by his evil son, John Henry Williams.

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You Don't Have to Be Barbie: Girls and Media Literacy

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Leadership, Logan Levkoff, Teens, Media Literacy, Teenage Girls, Media, Celebrity, Living News

In the last year, I joined the Board of Directors of Women's Expressive Theatre and Risk Takers. How could I not get involved? I have a daughter and I want her to know that she is unstoppable.

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Separating the Journalism Baby from the Newspaper Bathwater

Rob Kall | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Death of Newspapers, Newspapers, Investigative Journalism, Media, Citizen Journalism, Blogging, Journalism, Bailout Newspapers, Bailout Journalism Industry, Media News

If the US government invests directly in journalists, so that their writings and reports can be freely used by any media organization or site, that investment will yield big results.

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Life After Print: URB Magazine 2.0

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Magazi, Print Journalism, Music Business, Print, Web, Death of Print, Websites, Death of Newspapers, Media, Music, Hip-Hop, Paper, Print Media, Web 2.0, Social Media, Pop Music, Hip Hop, New Media, Media News, Music Industry, Web Video, Media News

While many have quickly lamented URB's print hiatus or reminisced about our long legacy, there is also an unfortunate feeding frenzy on even the hint of print's presumed, imminent demise.

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Good Morning Moms: Who's Going To Replace Diane on GMA?

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Lisa Earle McLeod, Media News, Media, Forget Perfect, Diane Sawyer, Kate Snow, Good Morning America, Media News

The mom factor has been one of the major underpinnings behind some of TV's most successful morning hosts (think Katie Couric and Joan Lunden).

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Sarah Palin's Much-Anticipated Assault On Literature Slated For November

Julie Farby | Posted 10.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Media, Tell-All Books, Memoirs, Ghostwriters, Alaska Governor, Going Rogue, Sarah Palin, Media News

While Sarah's juicy, soon-to-be-released memoir (do I smell Pulitzer?) may be soaring up the bestseller lists, her success on the lecture circuit hasn't exactly fared as well.

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Alert The TV News Media: Obamanomics Isn't Working

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.01.2009 | Media

Read More: John Cassidy, Job Losses, The New Yorker, Ronald Reagan, Unemployment Rate, New Deal, Fdr-New-Deal, Jobs, News Media, Media, Franklin Roosevelt, Diane Tucker, Barack Obama, Recession, Barack Obama Ronald Reagan, Cnn, Unemployed, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Fox News, Unemployment Benefits, Work Projects Administration, Charles Gibson, Banks, NBC News, Layoffs, Msnbc, Bank of America, Aig, Cnbc, Citibank, Bankruptcy, Timothy Geithner, Financial Crisis, The Recession, The Bailouts, Careers, Labor, CBS Evening News, ABC News, Small Business, Economy, Michelle Obama, Capitalism: A Love Story, Media News

Ronald Reagan governed over high unemployment numbers, and he was covered by a hyper-critical media. Yet today, most TV news outlets are giving President Obama a free pass on equally bleak statistics.

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Democrat Calls Republicans "Knuckle Dragging Neanderthals." Is Berlusconi One Too? You Bet!

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: Nagger Party, Socio Spiritual Liberation and Joyful Justice, Politics, Progressives, Media, Drew Westen, Headline News, Keith Olbermann, Alan Grayson, Predatory Politics, Democrats, Acorn, Rachel Maddow, Health Care Reform, Arianna Huffington, The Politcal Brain, Glenn Beck, Naggers, The Situation Room, Gloria Borgia, Cnn, Wolf Blitzer, Berlusconi, National Alliance, Chris Matthews, Positive Agenda, Alex Castellanos, Fox News, Socio-Spiritual Liberation, Nag, Republican, Repubblichini, American Enterprise Institute, Michael Ledeen, Timothy McVeigh, Obama, Black Shirts, Nancy Pelosi, American Terrorism, Oklahoma Federal Building Bombing, Milita Movement, Waco, Birthers, Tea Parties, Mobs, Mussolini, Republican Waco Hearings, Karl Rove, Daily Kos, Extremism, World News

Being progressives and promoting a positive agenda of Socio-Spiritual Liberation and Joyful Justice doesn't mean being wimpy.

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Stopping the Presses: What Will Journalism Resemble in the Post-Print Age?

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 10.01.2009 | Denver

Read More: Print Media, Rocky Mountain News, USA Today, Media, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, Internet Media, Denver Post, Death of Newspapers, Washington Post, Denver News

As I picked up several copies of the shrunken final edition of the Rocky Mountain News, I felt a sadness not only for that issue, but also for the physical transformation of the newspaper.

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The Murder of a Young Asian Woman You've Never Heard Of

Disgrasian | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media

As much as the details of Felicia Lee's life and death would seem sensational enough for widespread media coverage, unlike Annie Le's murder, Lee's has largely failed to capture the public's imagination.

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Washington Post Looking for "America's Next Great Pundit" -- Could It Be You?

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogosphere, Op-Ed Page, Newspapers, Washpost, Bloggers, Writing, Msm, Pundit Contest, Newspaper, Opinion, Froomkin, Media, Journalism, Prize, Blogs, Mainstream Media, Politics, Contest, Wapo, Chris Weigant, Blog, Essay, Newspaper Industry, Post, Washington Post, America's Next Great Pundit, Editorial, Op-Ed, Huffington Post, Pundit, Dan Froomkin, Media News

Newspapers seem to be clinging to blandness as a viable business model in an exciting new world of opinions available to their potential customers -- to their detriment. And then they wonder why they're failing.

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The Internet Ate My Twenties

Anna Jane Grossman | Posted 10.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Newspapers, Party of Five, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Media, Belgium, Gossip, Affirmations, Living News

I'm so glad we have the Internet to feed us so, so much well-edited, well-culled information.

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Back to the Future -- The Tension Over Tense

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

With investments, mob psychology takes over. People get greedy at the top and afraid at the bottom. At the end of the day, they almost always default in favor of sleeping at night.

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American In Worldland: Have-It-Your-Way Truth

Mort Rosenblum | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

Read More: Associated Press, Obama, Hannah Arendt, Media, Al Jazeera, Press, Truth, Afghanistan War, Foreign Policy, Torture, World News

Our blindness is voluntary. In an overheating world, literally and figuratively, complacent citizens shape whatever reality suits them best.

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Media Drops the F-Bomb Into Its Headlines

Danny Groner | Posted 09.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogs, Television, Newspapers, Video, Language, Entertainment, Ernie Anastos, Tv, Online Video, Snl, Saturday Night Live, F-Bomb, Media, Obscenity, Jenny Slate, Media News

By the looks of it, the "F-Bomb" has been lurking for some time now, but it took the Slate incident on SNL to help propel it further. Call me old-fashioned, but what ever happened to the old, reliable, and charged F-Word?

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Doom, the Rerun

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Ben Bernanke, Great Recession, Great Crisis of 2008, Media, Dick Fuld, Media News

With a few exceptions, the Lehman coverage consisted of the usual anniversary fare, from the pedestrian where-are-they-now stories to the handwringing what-have-we-learned pieces.

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