The Press

Thoughts On Freedom Of Speech in Europe

Laila Escartín-Sorjonen | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Paranoid, The Press, Germany, The Internet, Finland, Respect, Historical View, Tolerance, Erikson, Media News

We cannot conceive democracy without freedom of speech. Finnish On-line magazine Journalisti.fi classifies Finland, Switzerland, Iceland and Sweden a...

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The Biggest Crime in the Anthony Weiner Scandal

Bob Cesca | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Social Media, Anthony Weiner, The Press, Twitter, Rush Limbaugh, Paddy Chayefsky, The Media, Rep. Anthony Weiner, News Cycle, Media News

The worst non-crime crime committed by Anthony Weiner is that he's successfully fed a dangerous Mobius Loop involving the news media and those of us who consume its mostly nonsensical content.

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Welcome to the New TMZ

Jim Lichtman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Sheen, Abc, The Today Show, The Press, Lindsay Lohan, Responsibility, George Stephanopoulos, Ethics, Nbc, Good Morning, Muammar Gaddafi., America, Media News

Strange. Erratic. Irresponsible. No, I'm not talking about the behavior of Muammar Gaddaffi, I'm talking about Good Morning, America's extensive, up-close-and-personal celebrity train wreck of an interview with Charlie Sheen.

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A Lack of Seriousness

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greed, Omg, The Press, Taxes, 2010 Elections, Working Life, Free Market, Iraq, Afghanistan, Deficit Commission, David Stockman, Politics News

I voted early this morning. And now I can reflect on the disaster looming ahead. Not what happens today. But what happens over the next few years, and the next decade.

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Where Do We Go From Here?

Jim Lichtman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Press, Race, Intolerance, Responsibility, Credibility, Ethics, The Media, Shirley Sherrod, Public Trust, David Mamet, Churchill, Fairness, Journalism, Media News

How will news editors and government officials translate the lessons from the Sherrod case into better ethical decision making?

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Please, Tiger, Don't Apologize any More!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Press, Apologies, Bad Advice, Public Relations, The Media, Tiger Woods, Sports News

Tiger: Be quiet. Do what you do well. Let your club do the talking. Perhaps that's an unfortunate choice of words, but you know what I mean.

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Who Is Pressing The Pressmen?

Emily Bracken | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Journalists, The Press, Politicians, Fourth-Branch-of-Government, Cnbc, Media Coverage, Comedy Writing, Vigilantes, Jon Stewart Jim Cramer, Media, Press, The Daily Show, Journalism, Edward R. Murrow, Jim Cramer, Checks and Balances, Comedians, Irony, Jon Stewart, Satire, Daily Show CNBC, Political Satire, Ombudsman, Media News, Idealism, Humor and Satire, Jim Cramer Daily Show, Comedy News

Humorists and comedians are a curious bunch. Quixotic by nature, they want so desperately to live in a world of decency, fairness and goodness, and in Stewart's case, in a world where the media grew some cajones.

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TIME's Mark Halperin: 'Extreme Pro-Obama Media Bias A Disgusting Failure'

Politico | ALEXANDER BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Press, Obama Media Coverage, The Media, President Obama, McCain Media Coverage, Mark Halperin, Barack Obama, Media Presidential Campaign Coverage, Media News

Media bias was more intense in the 2008 election than in any other national campaign in recent history, Time magazine's Mark Halperin said Friday at t...

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Spinning the Press for Obama

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Edwards, Iowa Caucuses, The Press, Hillary Clinton, David Plouffe, David Axelrod, Barack Obama, Home News

At the final Obama rally of the day, in southside Des Moines, David Axelrod lifts phrases from the stump speech Barack Obama has given not five minutes before to answer press questions.

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Poll: Over Half Of Americans Don't Trust The Press

Thinkprogress.org | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Press, Media, Media Survey, Media News

A new Harris Interactive poll finds that over half of Americans -- 54 percent -- say they tend not to trust the press, "with only 30 percent tending t...

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Ex-NYC Mayor Dinkins Breaks Silence On Giuliani

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Florida Primary, The Press, Ed Koch, Rudy Giuliani, Flaws, New York City, New York Mayor, Dinkins, Republican Primary, David Dinkins, Politics News

The collapse of Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign in Florida may have been perceived as a sudden if not spectacular political phenomenon. But the ...

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McCain Knocks Media "Vultures": "The Aging, Senile Side Of The Press Corps"

Washington Post | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Press, John McCain, John Mccain New Hampshire, Politics News

Arizona Sen. John McCain must be feeling a little punchy on the campaign trail nowadays, because he was happy to tweak one of his campaign's most valu...

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