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Politics
Zbigniew Brzezinski Gets Pelted and Praised
April 24, 2006 12:20 PMWe've always wanted to get the words "Zbigniew Brzezinski" into a headline, and, thanks to the Los Angeles Times, the time is now. Yesterday, the Times published an op-ed by Brzezinski, a former national security advisor to... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Pulitzers Draw a Line in the Sand
April 17, 2006 03:58 PMThe 2006 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded this afternoon, with a few old standbys cleaning up in several categories. Kicking things off is the Public Service award, which was shared by the Biloxi, Mississippi Sun Herald and the New Orleans Times-Picayune... Continue reading
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The Audit
Tighter Money Blocks Oxygen Flow at USA Today
April 14, 2006 03:29 PMThursday, 10-year Treasury notes crept above 5 percent for the first time in several years -- a development which had many news organizations scrambling to explain the wide-ranging implications for consumers and borrowers, from potentially higher credit card rates to... Continue reading
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The Audit
Pssst: Want a Copy of BusinessWeek?
April 12, 2006 03:24 PMIn recent years, BusinessWeek, like many of its rivals, has slogged through a tough environment for business magazines in the wake of the dot.com meltdown. This past December, for instance, executives of the McGraw-Hill-owned magazine shuttered its print editions in... Continue reading
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The Audit
Why CEOs Get Paid the Big Bucks
April 11, 2006 09:30 AMNot long ago, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Treasury Secretary John Snow took a stab at explaining the recent astronomical rise in CEO compensation. Snow, a former well-compensated CEO himself, credited soaring executive salaries and benefits... Continue reading
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The Water Cooler
Steve Hymon on the Los Angeles River, the Mayor and a Pair of Goldfish
April 7, 2006 05:40 PMLittle Ed and Little Antonio Steve Hymon is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Since 2003, he has reported on various beats for the paper including the... Continue reading
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Blog Report
News That Can Use You
April 6, 2006 01:40 PMToday the Center for Media and Democracy, a nonprofit group based in Wisconsin, released the findings of its 10-month-long investigation into the addiction that local broadcast stations have to video news releases (VNRs), those industry-produced press releases dressed up... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Times Redesigns Web Site, Bloggers Credit Selves
April 5, 2006 01:00 PMOn Sunday night, the New York Times launched a redesign of its Web site, including wider pages, additional multimedia and video features, and expanded lists of the most emailed and most blogged articles. "Our goal when we set... Continue reading
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Behind the News
American Magazines Caught in Immigration Sweep
April 4, 2006 01:45 PMThe current issue of Time magazine features a special report on immigration that leaps off the newsstand with an illustration of the Statue of Liberty flashing a bit of universal, unfriendly sign language -- specifically, the old talk to... Continue reading
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Politics
Bloggers Send “Mixed Messages” Over Green Email
April 3, 2006 02:28 PMOn Friday, ABC announced that it was suspending John Green, the executive producer of the weekend edition of Good Morning America, for one month without pay. His transgression? In a pair of private emails -- later leaked to the press... Continue reading
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Behind the News
“I’ve Got Your Back - As Long As No One Sees Me With You”
March 31, 2006 04:33 PMAnonymous sources are a slippery bunch. In some cases, it can take days, months, even years to judge the validity of their claims. Other times, all it takes is a few seconds. So it was today,... Continue reading
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Behind the News
On 44th Street, the Debt Piles Up - and So Do the Reporters
March 30, 2006 05:42 PMReporting on the national debt is a daunting task. Deadly, slumber-inducing phrases lurk at every turn. Long-term interest rates. Entitlement reform. Fluctuations in the national savings rate. Yaaaaaaaawn. In recent months, however, reporters have stumbled onto... Continue reading
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The Audit
The Pit, the Pendulum and Michael Eisner
March 29, 2006 03:47 PMThe American media generally falls into two camps: content providers, and business managers who come up with godforsaken terms like "content providers." Last night, Michael Eisner, former head of Disney and ABC, officially switched teams, making his content-providing... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Surprise! Caffeine + Alcohol = Drunk
March 28, 2006 02:30 PMIt's not every day that a news organization gets to report on a study so controversial that it threatens to tear asunder the prevailing scientific paradigm of the age. Yesterday, however, MSNBC published a Reuters article... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Pixie Dust, Promises and Bizarre Side Effects
March 21, 2006 05:02 PMYesterday, producers at CNN broke a wacky story about a Manhattan resident who paints pictures in his sleep. "For several weeks we have been bringing you incredible stories from people who say Ambien, the nation's most widely... Continue reading
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Politics
Snow Tries to Snow WSJ, Gets Blowback
March 20, 2006 04:06 PMThese days, it would appear that most Americans aren't feeling too chipper about the state of the U.S. economy. "Majorities of Americans rate economic conditions at the moment as 'only fair' or 'poor,' say economic conditions in the U.S. are... Continue reading
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Politics
Bush Flops as Press Critic
March 15, 2006 10:49 AMOn Monday, during a speech at George Washington University, President Bush spoke at length about the U.S. strategy to combat what the military refers to as improvised explosive devices (IEDs) -- aka roadside bombs -- in Iraq. Along the way,... Continue reading
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The Audit
The Real Nano-Tech Story
March 13, 2006 04:18 PMThe subject of nanotechnology exists at a special crossroads--that hollowed place where journalism dances with science fiction and, inevitably, spins off thousands of dizzying predictions for the future. "This new science is the next step that will... Continue reading
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The Audit
Sure, It’s All About the Emotions
March 13, 2006 01:34 PMSometimes the most perplexing questions about the American economy come from the least likely of sources. Several years ago, for instance, a theatrical comedian named Kristin Garrison posed a real stumper. "If our entire economy relies on consumer confidence," asked... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Pondering More News Outlets, Fewer Reporters, and the Plight of Jill Carroll
March 13, 2006 12:56 PMThe Project for Excellence in Journalism recently released the State of the News Media 2006. This year's study noted, among other trends, that while the number of news outlets in this country has been rapidly expanding, the amount of... Continue reading
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- Environment coverage TBD The Times says it’s committed, but only time will tell
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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
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- 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
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