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Pulitzer Prizes announced

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Columbia Journalism Review - Apr. 16 (Editorial) - Columbia University announced the winners of the 97th annual Pulitzer Prizes on Monday afternoon. Big winners included: the Sun Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale, FL, which won the prize for public service reporting for its investigation of police officers who drive recklessly while off duty; the Denver Post, which won for breaking news reporting for its coverage of the movie theater...

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Iraq War Actors Have No Shame

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Consortium News - By Adil E. Shamoo - Apr. 04 (Opinion) - As wretched as the Iraq War was, the absence of any meaningful accountability for the U.S. policymakers and pundits who made the catastrophe happen is nearly as stomach-turning. Every day the same faces show up on the TV talk shows and Op-Ed pages spouting more of their “wisdom,”

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National Review heralds the ‘wonderland’ of tar sands with a photo of a blighted hellscape

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Grist - By Jess Zimmerman - Apr. 04 (Opinion) - this is the first time I’ve seen the magazine run a cover that literally looks like a Photoshop someone mocked up to make everyone on the masthead look like assholes.

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What Is an Assange?

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

truth-out.org - By John Cusack, Jonathan Turley - Jan. 19 (Interview) - the material released by WikiLeaks ticked off the US government primarily because it showed that the government had been routinely lying to the American people. That produced tremendous anger from government officials who are not used to being exposed in this way, including members of Congress. These are people who tightly control what the public knows and what information is allowed out of the government.

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What journalists need to know about guns and gun control

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Poynter Institute - By Al Tompkins - Dec. 14 (Comment) - Even in places like Texas and Oklahoma, a tiny percentage of the journalists I talk to own a gun or say they know much about them, but they cover stories that involve guns all the time.

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Whitewashing Hamas

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

The Times of Israel - By David Eliezrie - Dec. 10 (Opinion) - One has to wonder about both the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times lately. In two articles that appeared this past weekend they took a strange parallel view of Gaza that raises serious questions.

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The Big Lie: (or I used to think fact checkers were a good thing. Until I had one follow me)

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

readersupportednews.org - By John Winters - Dec. 04 (Comment) - There was only one way to learn the answer: a personal fact checker. His name is Mario (not his real name), and I asked him to follow me and exclaim whenever a mistruth of any kind passed my lips. He was an eager fellow and seemed to me like someone who relished perhaps a little too much the prospect of the job ahead. Truer words have never been spoken.

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The Washington Post needs a paywall

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Columbia Journalism Review - Nov. 26 (Comment) - The not-so-gentle ejection of Marcus Brauchli from the top editor’s chair at The Washington Post has cast a bright spotlight now on senior leadership, including his boss, Katharine Weymouth, the newspaper’s publisher, who pushed him aside, and her uncle, Donald Graham, chairman of the parent company’s board. That the editorial change was awkwardly implemented is...

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How Fox News Created a New Culture of Idiots

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Aaron James - Nov. 02 (Opinion) - hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue

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Mitt Romney Wins All-Important BS Contest

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Matt Taibbi - Oct. 06 (Opinion) - I didn't watch the debate - I just couldn't. I read it in transcript form afterwards. I know it is widely believed that Mitt Romney won, but I don't agree. I think both candidates lost. I think they both sucked. Romney told a series of outright lies - the bit about the pre-existing conditions was incredible - while Barack Obama seemed unaccountably disinterested in the intellectual challenge of the exercise, repeatedly leaving the gross absurdities hurled his way by Romney unchallenged.

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Ten Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Writers Who Weren't Disclosed As Romney Advisers

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Media Matters - By Eric Hananoki - Sep. 26 (Opinion) - The Wall Street Journal has published op-eds from 10 writers without disclosing their roles as advisers to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. The op-eds attack President Obama and his administration or discuss Romney on a range of topics like the economy, health care, education and foreign policy.

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'Chaos On Bullshit Mountain' (VIDEO)

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Christine Friar, Jon Stewart - Sep. 20 (Comedy News) - on Wednesday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart was far more interested in the network that's going out of its way to give a positive spin to the story: Fox News. He debuted a new segment called "Chaos on Bullshit Mountain," and used the news network as a shining example of "turd containment." See, the whole scandal won't look so career-ending if you just scramble to find a flattering angle.

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In-Person Voter Fraud: Not Really a Matter of Opinion

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Mother Jones - By Kevin Drum - Sep. 15 (Opinion) - After running a story about voter access laws last Sunday, the New York Times got some complaints from readers about its he-said-she-said treatment of whether voter fraud is a serious problem. Margaret Sullivan, the Times' public editor, asked the report

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Brought to You by...Big Oil?: Washington Post hides industry sponsorship of energy debate

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

FAIR - Sep. 14 (Comment) - The Washington Post had a two-page spread in its September 11 edition devoted to a "debate" on energy policy. But industry critics were missing from the picture. Why? Perhaps because the oil industry, undisclosed to Post readers, was sponsoring the discussion.

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You Can't Ever Stop Being Vigilant: The Role of Alternative Media in Protecting Democracy

Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

truth-out.org - By Beverly bell - Sep. 09 (Interview) - I would define alternative media as media not controlled by mega-corporations or big business or very wealthy people. It is not necessarily progressive. Probably there are some AstroTurf alternative media out there, outlets that appear to be independent but are funded by the people who fund right-wing think tanks and other ideological ventures.

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Jon Stewart Mocks Fox News For 'Certain Discrepancies' In Convention Coverage (VIDEO)

Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jon Stewart - Sep. 09 (Comedy News) - Stewart took aim at "certain discrepancies" between the network's take on the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention. He said that Fox News slammed the Democrats in Charlotte over exactly what they praised the Republicans for in Tampa.

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Amy Goodman Questions Top GOP Donor David Koch: Does Concentration of Wealth Subvert Democracy? (transcript)

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Sep. 01 (Interview) - "Mr. Koch, do you think unchecked concentration of wealth will undermine democracy?" While Koch started to answer, the delegates and security around him stood up, one by one, creating a human wall between them. One of those who stood up was Ed Cox, chair of the Republican Party of New York and the son-in-law of President Richard Nixon. Eventually, Goodman was asked to leave due to "security issues" with keeping the walkway clear

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Don't Let'em Persecute Wikileaks, It'll Make Journalists Criminals Around the Globe

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Michael Moore, Oliver Stone - Aug. 25 (Opinion) - We have spent our careers as filmmakers making the case that the news media in the United States often fail to inform Americans about the uglier actions of our own government. We therefore have been deeply grateful for the accomplishments of WikiLeaks, and applaud Ecuador's decision to grant diplomatic asylum to its founder, Julian Assange, who is now living in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.

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The Kingdom Of Fear: Remembering Hunter

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

internetocracy.co - Aug. 24 (Opinion) - even though Thompson was an entertainer (a lot like Stephen Colbert), what people know of him is mostly a carefully cultivated act. But occasionally, he would reveal who he truly was: a journalist who had spent decades monkishly studying politics, and who was disgusted and heartbroken by the descent into ignorance and militarism of the country he loved so much.

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'Daily Show' Supercut: The Economy (VIDEO)

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jon Stewart - Aug. 22 (Comedy News) - Continuing in this week of Daily Show-less-ness, we present a supercut of Jon Stewart and The Best F#@$king News Team's best economy moments. Because if there's one thing they're good at, it's taki... Continuing in this week of Daily Show-less-ness, we p

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Stewart Ridicules Huge CNN, Fox News Flub

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jon Stewart - Jun. 29 (Comedy News) - On Thursday, the US Supreme Court finally ruled on President Obama's Affordable Healthcare Act, saying that its central provision can be upheld and that the...

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Journalism education cannot teach its way to the future

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Poynter Institute - By Howard Finberg - Jun. 16 (Opinion) - As we think about the changes whipping through the media industry, there is a nearby storm about to strike journalism education. The future of journalism education will be a very different and difficult future, a future that is full of innovation and creative disruption. And, I believe, we will see an evolution and uncoupling between the value of a journalism education and a journalism degree. When we think about the future, there’s not a single future. The future for a 20-year-old is clearly very different than the future of a 60-year-old. Each will bring a very different perspective. The future of journalism education is linked to the future of journalism itself. Each is caught within the other’s vortex, both spinning within today’s turmoil of change. The disruption in the economic models of news organizations, rippling out from the United States to Europe and elsewhere, is well documented.

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Journalism: The best of times, and the worst of times

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

GigaOM - By Mathew Ingram - Jun. 03 (Interview) - Journalism professor Tim McGuire, a long-time newspaper editor and Pulitzer Prize judge, says there is much upheaval in the media industry but a lot of potential as well -- provided media entities give up their gatekeeper role and learn to serve their readers better.

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Responding to Shirky on the Washington Post

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Columbia Journalism Review - By Ryan Chittum - Jun. 02 (Opinion) - Thanks to Clay Shirky for responding to my piece on the financialization of the Washington Post Company, which during the financial crisis has handed more than a billion dollars back to shareholders via dividends and share buybacks while its newspaper crumbles. I've got a couple of thoughts in response. First, it's seriously good news to see an Internet...

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This I believe about journalism, newspapers and the future of media

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona State University - By Tim McGuire - Jun. 01 (Opinion) - The idea that legacy media can find a silver bullet such as tablets, or pay walls, or reinvigoration of old advertising models is silly and reckless. The only silver bullet is dramatic reinvention.

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