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   “The Strangulation of the Sri Lankan Press”

   September 1, 2009 10:55 AM

   From a profile of Sri Lanka's president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, written for The (UK) Independent by a "special correspondent," "a Sri Lankan who wishes to remain anonymous because of possible threats to his life" (h/t, The Awl): If... Continue reading

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   Blame Reporters, Bloggers And Readers…

   August 31, 2009 04:21 PM

   Yesterday, Washington Post ombud Andrew Alexander wrote about readers' requests for "more explanatory journalism" on health care reform (and less "politics and process"). Alexander found that "of roughly 80 A-section stories on health-care reform since July 1, all but... Continue reading

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   Sri Lankan Journalist Found Guilty of “Creat[ing] Communal Disharmony”

   August 31, 2009 12:05 PM

   Via AP: A Sri Lankan reporter singled out by President Barack Obama as an example of persecuted journalists around the globe was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison on charges of violating the country's harsh anti-terror law.... Continue reading

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   NYT Mag’s $400K Story: A Cost Breakdown

   August 31, 2009 11:45 AM

   Clara Jeffery at Mother Jones got the New York Times Magazine's editor, Gerald Marzorati, to break down, via email, the $400K figure he put on Sunday's Sheri Fink cover story exploring, as Greg previewed last week,... Continue reading

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   “A First Television Job on Today Is” Like…

   August 31, 2009 11:04 AM

   President Bush's daughter, Jenna (Bush) Hager, has been hired as a "special correspondent" for NBC's Today show (my money would have been on Meghan McCain). According to the Associated Press's David Bauder: A first television job on Today is,... Continue reading

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   Chris Wallace, Cheney Groupie?

   August 31, 2009 09:37 AM

   Andrew Sullivan's take on Chris Wallace's interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday on Fox News Sunday: Now look: there are softball interviews; and then there are interviews like this. It cannot be described as journalism in... Continue reading

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   Dowd’s (Kinda Hollow) Who Are You

   August 26, 2009 03:16 PM

   Today, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd asks, of people who write nasty things anonymously online, "Who are these people prepared to tell you what they think, but not who they are?" I don't know. Who are they? January... Continue reading

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   NYT’s “Arab Press Roundup”

   August 26, 2009 12:52 PM

   The New York Times online has an interesting, if brief, roundup of "discussions inside the Arab world, as played out on the front pages of five major Arabic newspapers." Commenters applaud the idea, question its placement in the "At... Continue reading

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   Hoarse to Horse: Health Care Coverage “Storyline Shifted Last Week”

   August 26, 2009 11:16 AM

   Per PEJ's News Coverage Index, "the debate over health care proved to be the No. 1 story" for the fifth straight week, occupying 28% of the August 17-23 newshole. And: After several weeks of coverage driven by the town... Continue reading

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    Found: Another “Calm,” “Respectful” Town Hall Questioner

    August 26, 2009 10:01 AM

    Yesterday, New York Times readers met Bob Collier, a man who did not yell while expressing at a recent town hall his concerns about health care reform (nothing in the article, though, to help readers understand whether there was... Continue reading

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    Photo Quiz: Guess the Topic of This MSNBC Segment

    August 25, 2009 03:09 PM

    What is this? What was MSNBC reporting on here? Yes. This is an image of MSNBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman (playing catch-up!) "talking cankles" earlier today (I purposely cropped out the chyron which read: "Combatting Cankles"). And... Continue reading

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    And Maureen Dowd’s Webinar Will Be On?

    August 25, 2009 01:40 PM

    Per Nieman Lab: School’s in session at The New York Times this fall, and the professors include some big bylines on campus: Nicholas Kristof, Gail Collins, and Eric Asimov. They’re offering weeklong, largely online courses for Times readers who... Continue reading

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    NYT Profiles Man Who Uses Indoor Voice at Health Care Town Hall

    August 25, 2009 12:33 PM

    Today, a (non-TV) news outlet profiles a "calm," "respectful questioner" from a health care town hall. (Not that yelling and crazy-acting are entirely yesterday's way of getting media attention; CNN, for one, is still talking about some yellers this morning).... Continue reading

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    “Template For Future Newspaper” on Russia’s “Extremism List”

    August 25, 2009 10:03 AM

    From the Moscow Times (via Passport blog): Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Winnie the Pooh share a dubious honor: Anyone who depicts either of them with a swastika can be punished under the law. The Justice... Continue reading

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    Hoyt: NYT Must Laugh With (Not At) Readers

    August 24, 2009 01:53 PM

    New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt hears readers' complaints (including "fat hatred" and "class bias") stemming from that bitingly critical J.C. Penney "waddles[s] into Midtown in its big old shorts and flip-flops" with "the most obese mannequins I... Continue reading

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    Contest: Non-Newsiest News From Obama’s Vineyard Vacation

    August 24, 2009 01:06 PM

    The president goes on vacation; the press goes with him (some, literally). And so "news" will be filed. See a winner in the Non-Newsiest News From The President's Vacation Contest? Post it in comments. For now, a... Continue reading

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    Couric on Cankles

    August 24, 2009 12:17 PM

    In Katie Couric's "Notebook" today (which I was tricked into reading via a Twitter promo-link posted by Couric or Couric staffer), Couric discovers and decries, on behalf of women and their bodies, "a new imperfection to add to... Continue reading

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    Embeds: The Good, The Bad, and The Accurate

    August 24, 2009 11:22 AM

    From Charlie Reed of Stars and Stripes, reporters embedding with U.S. forces in Afghanistan are subject to a background profile by The Rendon Group, which gained notoriety in the run-up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq for... Continue reading

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    Filkins: “Afghan Girls Live Their Lives in Reverse”

    August 20, 2009 10:29 AM

    From the New York Times Magazine "special issue" I mentioned below, a compelling piece by Dexter Filkins, "A School Bus for Shamsia," (a follow-up to his November story -- which I wrote about then --about an... Continue reading

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    You Know It’s Late August When…

    August 19, 2009 04:37 PM

    This Sunday's New York Times Magazine, a "special issue:" Saving The World's Women Actually, I've been looking forward to reading this issue since Nicholas Kristof started teasing it on Twitter a while back (Kristof and his wife, Sheryl... Continue reading

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