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Why Two White Kids Are a Senseless Tragedy but an Arab American Is Terrorism

Brian Ross | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Shootings, Army Shooting, Eric Harris, Politics News, Terrorism, Dylan Klebold, Media, Journalism, Major Nidal Hasan, Reporting, Harris, Politics, Cnn, Army, Virginia Tech Shooting, Cho Seung-Hui, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, New York Times, Fox News, Racism, Racism in Media, Colombine Shootings, US Army, Virginia Tech Massacre, Wolf Blitzer, Fort Hood Shootings, Klebold, Colombine, Media News
Brian Ross

When a couple of white kids shoot up a school, it is a tragedy. Bring on a shooting at a military base that involves an Arab-American though, and the media does everything it can to shout "terrorism."

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Five Things That Annoy Me About Your Blog

Jessica Olien | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Absurd Book Deals, Opinion, Lolcats, Bloggers, Blogs, Reporting, Technology, Journalism, Media News
Jessica Olien

LOLcatz has already been made into a book and it's likely that your bad idea makes it look like Animal Farm.

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Hello My Concubine (So-Called Trends)

Disgrasian | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: Exoticism, China Concubines, Fear of China, Mistresses, Marriage Infidelity, China Rumors, Orientalism, China Mistresses, Reporting, China Capitalism, Infidelity, Modern Concubine, Fetishes, China's Concubines Make a Comeback, Concubines, Culture of Concubines, China, Sexual Fetishes, World News
Disgrasian

I began to wonder what the difference was between a concubine and a mistress. Was it only semantics? Or was there some kind of legal difference?

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NYTimes' Distorted "Public Opinion" Reporting On Health Care Expands

OpEdNews | Dean Powers | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reporting, New York Times, Paul Krugman, Healthcare Reform, Politics News

Paul Krugman may be the liberal voice of the New York Times, but the paper is guilty of reporting about an America that doesn't exist--one that is opp...

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A Visit With Bill Lobdell, Author of Losing My Religion

Mark Joseph | Posted 09.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Reporting, Religion, William Lobdell, Atheism, Los Angeles Times, Losing My Religion, Religious Leaders, God, Bill Lobdell, Belief, Media News
Mark Joseph

For years Bill Lobdell covered religion for the LA Times and if his experience is any guide, spending too much time poking around the underbelly of American religion can be lethal to one's faith.

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Cronkite Unplugged

Allison Silver | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Reporting, Mainstream Media, Cnn, Cronkite, Walter Cronkite, CBS News, Vietnam, Media, Media News
Allison Silver

Missing from the laudatory "Appreciations" is a sense of Cronkite as a serious journalist who understand that accurately reporting the news was the most important job around.

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Corporate Jets and Executive Compensation May Not Be All Bad -- A Media House Cleaning

Brian Ross | Posted 05.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, President Obama, Corporate Jets, Media, Barack Obama, Reporting, Cnbc, Fox Business, Financial-News, Maria Bartiromo, Financial Crisis, Fox News, Wall Street Scandal, Corporate Bailout, Wall Street, News, Media News
Brian Ross

Even if Average Joe is not a wonk, surely we can tell the story in a way that presents the facts more completely, instead of the smoke-and-mirrors scandals of this airplane or that deal.

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Journalism 'Had About Enough' of All This '@#$%&'

Rip Empson | Posted 04.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Reporting, Print-Journalism, Cnbc, Sports, Print Journalism, Jon Stewart, Comedy Central, Media, Media News, Investigative Journalism, The Daily Show, Journalism, Investigative Reporting, Jim Cramer, Comedy News
Rip Empson

Of late, the traditional media in which Journalism presents itself has been suffering from what some would call a lack of 'identifiable revenue streams' and may soon be forced into early retirement.

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"This Song Ain't About You": The Media Misses the Real Message of the Stewart/Cramer Interview

Daniel Sinker | Posted 04.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Reporting, Daily Show, Journalism, Cnbc, Jim Cramer, Jon Stewart, Jon Stewart Jim Cramer, Daily Show WIth Jon Stewart, Mad Money, Jim Cramer Daily Show, Media News
Daniel Sinker

When we can't compete with a comic in terms of speaking truth to power, then it's more clear than ever that journalism in the US has lost its way. Traditional news organizations have nothing to lose right now.

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"Get Aggressive," Joanna Coles, Editor of Marie Claire, Tells Columbia J School Students

Abi Wright | Posted 03.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Reality TV, Joanna Coles, Columbia University, Maire Claire, Journalism, Running in Heels, Magazines, Reporting, Marie Claire Magazine, Investigative Journalism, Columbia Journalism School, Media News
Abi Wright

"We're not against orgasms, we just don't put them on the cover," Joanna Coles explained to the audience of Columbia journalism students who attended this week's Delacorte Lecture.

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Journalism Does Not Need To Be Saved, Newspapers Do

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 03.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Editorials, Tribune Company, Chicago Tribune Bankruptcy, Political Debates, Old Media Death Watch, Magazines, Technology, Reporting, Media News, The Internet, Wall Street Journal, Old Media, Old Media vs. New Media, Micropayments, Journalism, Television, Websites, Political Writing, Trivia, Op-Ed, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Death of Newspapers, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, World Wide Web, Walter Isaacson, Economy, Newspapers, Saving Journalism, Media News
Henryk A. Kowalczyk

I see editorial writing in U.S. mainstream media, with a very few exceptions, as propaganda deprived of intellectual reflection. The public senses this as well, distrusts the media instinctively.

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Newspapers: Shut 'em Down

James Moore | Posted 02.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Reporting, New Media, Newspapers, Old Media vs. New Media, Media, Media News
James Moore

There comes a time to stop fretting and make a decision. The only option is to act now and take control and help the future get here ahead of schedule. Do the obvious: shut down the printing presses.

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UK Couple Blames CNN For Putting Them In Danger In Mumbai... UPDATE with CORRECTION

Wales Online.co.uk | Posted 01.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Reporting, Uk, Terrorism, Cnn, Mumbai Attacks, Mumbai, Foreign Affairs, Wales, Media News

Update 12/8/08: The UK's Press Association released this statement on 12/01/08: With reference to our story TERROR India Appeal, which ran on Frida...

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CNN Anchor Threatened By Mumbai Mob (VIDEO)

CNN/Mediabistro | Posted 12.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Reporting, India, Video, Foreign Affairs, Terrorism, Cnn, Sarah Sidner, Mumbai Attacks, Mumbai, Sara Sidner Groped, Mob Cnn Reporter, Mumbai Crowd Chaos, Mumbai Live War Videos, Cnn Live Mumbai, Cnn Reporter Mumbai, Mumbai Cnn Reporter, Mumbai Video, Angry Mob Cnn Reporter Mumbai, Media News

via Mediabistro: In the second day of the siege in Mumbai, some members of the media are finding themselves in the middle of local anger. CNN's Sara ...

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South African Wildfire: An Allegory for Journalists

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Reporting, Journalists, Politics, World's Worst Disasters, Horses, Fire, Animals, South Africa, Truth, Barack Obama, Home News
Georgianne Nienaber

Journalists have an important moral responsibility to find the path of integrity through moral minefields that have opened old political wounds and ignited a firestorm of misunderstanding about small town America.

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Jason Linkins

Enough With the "Politics of P_______," Already!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Reporting, New York Times, Politics News

Titled "The Politics of Punctuality," Jeff Zeleny's piece is news from the front lines! The trenches! Where every little detail could be the deciding factor in who gets elected to what!

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