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The Audit
Chronicle Jumps on ‘Huge’ Story - From Last Month
May 9, 2006 05:39 PMIt's by and large a 24/7 news world now, though occasionally one still comes across certain exceptions. This morning, for instance, the New York Times ran its first story reporting on the grand jury subpoenas issued last Friday to... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Los Angeles Times Produces An Investigation That Pays Off
May 8, 2006 12:30 PMAmid all the Pulitzer hubbub a few weeks back, one major newspaper in particular was noticeably absent from the list of winners. While the Washington Post hauled home four Pulitzers and the New York Times three, the Los... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Chronicle Kills Babe Ruth Prematurely, Then Hints at Time Travel
May 4, 2006 02:45 PMLast month we took copy editors at the Washington Post to task for managing to add -- thanks to a miswritten blurb on washingtonpost.com -- one million people to the nation's tally of illegal immigrants with a single mouse... Continue reading
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The Audit
CNNMoney Delves Into Problem of Mom Salaries
May 3, 2006 03:18 PM"Being mom could be a six-figure job," one of the top headlines on CNN's homepage teased this morning. We were intrigued -- had CNN figured out a solution to the age-old economic inequity of motherhood? Could post-feminist American women, torn... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Disaster Season Upon Us; Dispatch Boiling Lava Reporters Soonest!
May 1, 2006 03:43 PMReporting on disasters -- especially disasters yet to occur -- offers up endless possibilities for the mainstream media, which sometimes seem to like nothing better than considering the manifold catastrophes that might befall us. This morning, online readers... Continue reading
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The Audit
Aaaaaaaa!!!! CNN’s Online Gatekeepers Let One Slip Through
April 28, 2006 04:46 PMNot long ago we criticized ABC News for publishing on its Web site a piece of work that was presented like a standard news story but featured "the minimal reporting and uninspired, overblown writing one might expect from a... Continue reading
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The Audit
Someone is Lying. Is it Forbes or Baseball Owners?
April 27, 2006 09:40 AMForbes magazine published its annual financial rankings of America's big league ball clubs last week, drawing a strong reaction from Major League Baseball. "Baseball owners continue to slam the ball out of the park. Team values increased... Continue reading
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The Audit
Inquirer Digs Into a Juicy, but Largely Ignored, Story
April 25, 2006 02:08 PMIt is a story that could not be more illuminating: the carefully considered, complex tale of the troubled finances of Sedona Corp., a software firm that claims it was crippled by an elaborate stock fraud orchestrated by a major backer... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Todd Heisler on Winning a Pulitzer, Photographic Serendipity, and Stepping Back
April 21, 2006 05:25 PMTodd Heisler Todd Heisler of the Rocky Mountain News won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography this week for the intense and intimate moments he captured in "Final Salute," a Continue reading
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Blog Report
Brit Hume Fans Come Out of the Woodwork
April 20, 2006 02:05 PMIn an age of instant criticism, any attempt by a mainstream media writer to deal directly with the touchy subject of political bias in the news is bound to stir up strong sentiments from bloggers right and left, who tend... Continue reading
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Politics
In the ‘Sphere, Pulitzer Win Not Necessarily a Good Thing
April 19, 2006 02:39 PMThe Pulitzer Prizes were announced this week, provoking lively and thought-provoking commentary from bloggers. (If only every Blog Report could draw from such a wealth of source material.) The most intense post-Pulitzer debate in blogland has centered... Continue reading
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Behind the News
This Week, Round 3,804 Goes to Time
April 18, 2006 03:15 PMWhither Donald Rumsfeld? With a half-dozen retired military generals having gone public with scathing criticisms of the secretary of defense, the man at the center of the conflict (and his future job prospects) are very much on the minds of... Continue reading
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Politics
Post Profiles Angry Blogger, Who Then Goes Forth and Multiplies
April 17, 2006 11:26 AMThe Washington Post, a conspicuous target of irate leftist bloggers lately, took it upon itself to daringly profile rising blogstar Maryscott O'Connor, a woman who describes her writing output as "One long, sustained scream." Quite naturally, David... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Women Like Sex! Jobs Are Hard Work! Menopause Is No Fun!
April 14, 2006 06:10 PMYesterday, in a groundbreaking report on CNN's American Morning, senior medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta delivered some startling news: women like sex. They like love. And -- brace yourself -- they want intimacy. In his report, "Sex and... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Los Angeles Times Uncovers a Major Security Breach
April 13, 2006 03:56 PMWhile the war in Iraq sputters and flares, and concern grows over Iran's long-term nuclear ambitions, a Los Angeles Times reporter has been busy this week unearthing a smaller but shocking security threat to the U.S. military: a market... Continue reading
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Politics
Wash. Times Conjurs a Silent Majority on Immigration
April 11, 2006 04:57 PMAmid the swarm of stories dissecting Monday's nationwide protests by immigrants demanding legal status and citizenship, the first few paragraphs of a Washington Times piece struck us as a little off. "Democrats on Capitol Hill favoring citizenship for... Continue reading
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Politics
Little Guys Score a Big Scoop
April 7, 2006 05:35 PMIn the latest unpredictable twist to the messy Valerie Plame narrative, a certain New York broadsheet scooped its competitors yesterday morning by reporting that the CIA leak probe, which had previously cost I. Lewis Libby his job and enveloped Vice... Continue reading
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Politics
Post Adds a Million Immigrants With Single Mouse Click
April 6, 2006 04:16 PMThe terms of the nation's immigration debate are complex and confusing -- not least for copy editors at the Washington Post. Last week we noted that the country's major newspapers have been citing estimates putting the number... Continue reading
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Politics
Dobbs Pins Down Illegal Immigrants, Give or Take 9 Million
March 31, 2006 05:18 PMCNN's Lou Dobbs has been drawing a lot of attention lately for his passionate arguments in favor of stronger immigration enforcement. In a New York Times profile on Wednesday, Dobbs told the paper, "I know whereof I speak on... Continue reading
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Behind the News
One Good Plug Deserves Another … and Another, and Another
March 29, 2006 08:00 AMIt's hardly unusual for a local TV news outlet to promote one of their own network's shows. We're used to the occasional fawning interview with the lead actress of a new sitcom, or the soft feature about how a show... Continue reading
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- Environment coverage TBD The Times says it’s committed, but only time will tell
- Call in the math club Science reporters can help ward off a “Big Data bubble”
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- The Frank Luntz script for Congressional Republicans A guide to phrases journos should look for (and scrutinize)
- Hey readers: They’re bluffing! (maybe) The need to put political bargaining positions in context
Behind the News The Media
- German bill would charge for aggregation The potential law would provide content creators with a portion of the profits search engines make by aggregating them
- Gun permit data wasn’t maximized The choice that faced the Journal News was not simply whether to map gun permit holders’ addresses, but how
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