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Growing up online
PBS / Frontline - By Rachel Dretzin, John Maggio - May. 16 (Special Report)
Jessica Hunter was a shy and awkward girl who struggled to make friends at school. Then, at age 14, she reinvented herself online as Autumn Edows, a goth artist and model... More »
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BBC NEWS - Middle East - Press marks Palestinian 'Nakba'
BBC News - May. 15 (Special Report)
Press marks Palestinian 'Nakba' The Palestinian press is in a mournful and bitter mood as it reflects on the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel - seen by Palestinians as... More »
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New Study Calls 'Embed' Program for U.S. Media in Iraq a 'Victory' -- for the Pentagon
Editor & Publisher - By Greg Mitchell - May. 14 (News Report)
Debate over the "embedded journalist" program run by the Pentagon since the weeks before the Iraq invasion in 2003 has long raged, with some claiming that it gave... More »
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How the military analyst program controlled news coverage: in the Pentagon's own words
Salon - By Glenn Greenwald - May. 10 (Special Report)
On the question of whether the Pentagon maintained an illegal covert domestic propaganda program -- and on the broader question of whether the American media's political coverage... More »
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Journalism, Satire or Just Laughs? "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" Examined
Journalism.org - May. 10 (Special Report)
Stewart has always insisted that his show isn't journalism...But it's also true that [in choosing] satire over playing just for laughs..... More »
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Egypt's Facebook Revolution
Washington Post - By Jack Fairweather - May. 15 (Blog Post)
although Facebook activism may not be able to spark protest - at least not yet - it has succeeded in advertising and amplifying Egyptian unrest... More »
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Google to launch Friend Connect for the social Web
CNET News - By Dan Farber - May. 11 (Blog Post)
Google is expected to join the social network data portability crowd with "Friend Connect" on Monday. TechCrunch speculates that Friend Connect will be a set of... More »
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Limbaugh: 'My impact will increase'
The Politico - By Jonathan Martin - May. 11 (Comment)
Conservatives are despondent, liberals are as enthused about a presidential candidate as they've been in 40 years, and the candidate he has long loathed won the Republican... More »
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Credibility is not binary
Buzzmachine - By Jeff Jarvis - May. 14 (Opinion)
I've seen a couple of efforts lately to help determine who's credible online and though I understand the need and the motive, these attempts are fundamentally flawed and perhaps... More »
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Gilligan's web
Rough Type - By Nick Carr - May. 14 (Blog Post)
I think we'd all agree that the Web is changing the structure of media, and that's going to have many important ramifications. Some will be good, and some will be bad, and the way... More »
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New Study Calls 'Embed' Program for U.S. Media in Iraq a 'Victory' -- for the Pentagon
Editor & Publisher - By Greg Mitchell - May. 14 (News Report)
Debate over the "embedded journalist" program run by the Pentagon since the weeks before the Iraq invasion in 2003 has long raged, with some claiming that it gave... More »
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Did Rush Limbaugh Tilt Result In Indiana?
Washington Post - By Alec MacGillis, Peter Slevin - May. 8 (Special Report)
In Indiana, 10 percent of Democratic primary voters described themselves as Republicans, a higher rate than in any state but Mississippi, and they went for Clinton by eight... More »
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Campaign Coverage: The Race Goes On and On
PBS - By Kathleen Hall Jamieson - May. 2 (News Report)
Kathleen Hall Jamieson takes stock six months from the finish line, to help us make sense of the volatile election season. This week, Jamieson looks at what has and hasn't been... More »
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How the military analyst program controlled news coverage: in the Pentagon's own words
Salon - By Glenn Greenwald - May. 10 (Special Report)
On the question of whether the Pentagon maintained an illegal covert domestic propaganda program -- and on the broader question of whether the American media's political coverage... More »
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The media render the RNC obsolete
Media Matters - By Jamison Foser - Apr. 28 (News Analysis)
McCain has reached the primary spending caps and may be breaking the law with each additional dollar he spends. (McCain's campaign asserts that he is not breaking the law because... More »
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Bowling 1, Health Care 0
New York Times - By Elizabeth Edwards - Apr. 27 (Opinion)
you know Barack Obama's bowling score. We are choosing a president...We are not buying soap, and we are not choosing a court clerk with primarily administrative duties. ..... More »
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An open letter to Charlie Gibson and George Stephanapoulos
Philadelphia Inquirer - By Will Bunch - Apr. 17 (Opinion)
With your performance tonight -- your focus on issues that were at best trivial wastes of valuable airtime and at worst restatements of right-wing falsehoods, punctuated by inane... More »
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Egypt's Facebook Revolution
Washington Post - By Jack Fairweather - May. 15 (Blog Post)
although Facebook activism may not be able to spark protest - at least not yet - it has succeeded in advertising and amplifying Egyptian unrest... More »
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Hook, Line & Sinker
Talking Points Memo - By Josh Marshall - Apr. 29 (Blog Post)
It seems the AP has fallen for the McCain campaign's and the RNC's effort to prevent anyone from using McCain's own words against him during the 2008 presidential campaign... More »
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Can Miley Turn This Thing Around?
Huffington Post - By Michelle Renee - Apr. 29 (Blog Post)
Can the Hannah Montana starlet turn the recent negative buzz into a positive? The answer is yes, if she wants to. More »
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Growing up online
PBS / Frontline - May. 16 (Special Report)
Jessica Hunter was a shy and awkward girl who struggled to make friends at school. Then, at age 14, she reinvented herself online as Autumn Edows, a goth artist and model... More »
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BBC NEWS - Middle East - Press marks Palestinian 'Nakba'
BBC News - May. 15 (Special Report)
Press marks Palestinian 'Nakba' The Palestinian press is in a mournful and bitter mood as it reflects on the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel - seen by Palestinians as... More »
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Senate Votes to Block FCC's Cross-Ownership Rule Change - 5/15/2008 8:43:00 PM - Broadcasting & Cable
Broadcasting & Cable - May. 15 (News Report)
The Senate Thursday night voted, without debate, to invalidate the Federal Communications Commission's Dec. 18 decision to loosen the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule. Sen... More »
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Facebook Responds To MySpace With Facebook Connect
TechCrunch - May. 9 (News Report)
Facebook will announce later today Facebook Connect, which has similar functionality to MySpace Data Availability, announced just yesterday... More »
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Keeping tabs on Capitol Hill
Activate - May. 8 (Interview)
Politics and the Internet share an uneasy alliance. But the "character" issues and PR minutiae that dominate this year's US election coverage inspired Aaron Swartz to... More »
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Limbaugh: 'My impact will increase'
The Politico - May. 11 (Comment)
Conservatives are despondent, liberals are as enthused about a presidential candidate as they've been in 40 years, and the candidate he has long loathed won the Republican... More »
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Federal rules give corporation-backed conservative radio all the local voices - sacbee.com
Sacramento Bee - May. 11 (Opinion)
Why are corporate dollars the sole arbiter of what information we the people get to hear on publicly owned airwaves? The answer is policy-makers, with campaigns financed by those... More »
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Pat Buchanan: Where's the what?
Seattle Post Intelligencer - May. 9 (Editorial)
"We hear the grievances," wrote Buchanan in his treatise on cluelessness, "A Brief for Whitey." He continued, "Where is the gratitude?" And for what... More »
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Credibility is not binary
Buzzmachine - May. 14 (Opinion)
I've seen a couple of efforts lately to help determine who's credible online and though I understand the need and the motive, these attempts are fundamentally flawed and perhaps... More »
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Gilligan's web
Rough Type - May. 14 (Blog Post)
I think we'd all agree that the Web is changing the structure of media, and that's going to have many important ramifications. Some will be good, and some will be bad, and the way... More »