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The Student Lounge
Rhymes with ‘Truck’
May 18, 2010 10:34 AMThere’s nothing the media like more than a politician’s blunder, especially if a video clip means that the gaffe goes viral. And that’s particularly so when the blunder comes courtesy of Joe Biden, who puts his foot in his mouth... Continue reading
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The Student Lounge
Good Sports?
April 12, 2010 11:47 AMWhen TMZ executive producer Harvey Levin announced plans last December to launch a sports offshoot of the notorious gossip site, the reaction in the sports blogosphere was an unusual combination of amusement and fear. “Hide the baby mamas! TMZSports.com is... Continue reading
Desks
The Audit Business
- Audit Notes: Facebook IPO edition
- The Chicago Tribune lights up the flame-retardant industry An outstanding investigation show how chemical companies preserve a toxic cash cow
The Observatory Science
- The western frontier KQED Quest, Pacific Standard keep their eyes on the other coast
- USA Today’s oily, gassy rainbow Detailed cover story a bit too rosy about ‘energy independence’
Campaign Desk Politics & Policy
- The over-covered image war Journalists are exaggerating the risk that Mitt Romney will be “defined” early
- Medicare and the $500 billion bogeyman Will a half-truth still work for the GOP?
Behind the News The Media
Blog
The Kicker last updated: Mon 3:17 PM
- The Pulitzer Prize luncheon, storified
- A game of telephone fools the Times
- What Warren Buffett sees in local newspapers
- Don’t take my traditional Internet away!
- Why China ejected Melissa Chan
The Future of Media
News Startups Guide last updated: Wed 2:13 PM
- Missouri Scout Subscription-based niche political news from a stockbroker turned political junkie
- Eye on Annapolis Unadorned, up-to-the-minute news for Maryland’s capital city

