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   Don’t Judge A Protester (Or a Pundit) By His Hair

   July 13, 2009 02:21 PM

   Twitter. I was just about to post about what Glenn Greenwald Twittered that someone else (Toure!) Twittered that Chris Matthews said on MSNBC about a protester who popped up during the Sotomayor hearings earlier. Then I decided -- phew!... Continue reading

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   Palin Was Just Neck Candy. And, “Whatever,” Weymouth

   July 13, 2009 01:18 PM

   Richard L. Connor, CEO of Wilkes-Barre Publishing and MaineToday Media, is not the only opinionated newspaperman to weigh in disapprovingly over the weekend on the Washington Post's SalonGate. (Las Vegas Review-Journal editor Thomas Mitchell did, too.) Or... Continue reading

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   Meacham: “[Maziar Bahari] Was Doing His Job”

   July 13, 2009 11:42 AM

   In today's Washington Post, Newsweek editor Jon Meacham writes in support of Maziar Bahari, the Newsweek reporter who was taken into custody in Iran last month: Maziar Bahari is a Newsweek reporter, a documentary filmmaker, a playwright, author, artist... Continue reading

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   Froomkin Is The New Nipples?

   July 13, 2009 10:56 AM

   The HuffPo's Arianna Huffington http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/business/media/13froomkin.html?_r=2">told the New York Times yesterday she "has no doubt that Dan [Froomkin, former washingtonpost.com columnist, new HuffPo hire]...will be a traffic magnet for us." (Sort of like, as Amanda Hess recently... Continue reading

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   “Nerd Super Bowl” (Again)

   July 13, 2009 09:48 AM

   It's all pundits on deck for the The Sotomayor Show today on cable news! To Jeffrey Toobin, one of many around CNN's table today (and a confirmed sports enthusiast), these confirmation hearings are "The Nerd Super Bowl," a phrase... Continue reading

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   No Mug Shots on A1 of Your Local Paper*? BuyOneAnyway…

   July 9, 2009 11:33 AM

   From SlateV, a new foundation to aide ailing newspapers and the (very gaunt) people behind them: (*An update on how mug shot-funded journalism is working so far for... Continue reading

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   If G8 Press Coverage Stinks…

   July 9, 2009 11:05 AM

   ... blame this? From Fox News's Eve Zibel, in Italy: This is [the White House press corps] area in L'Aquila. It's actually a converted volleyball court and we are sectioned off from the overall press corps. All of a... Continue reading

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   Today, In Death

   July 9, 2009 10:25 AM

   Two days post-MJ memorial service and so many angles still to pursue, like: ""How Will Michael Jackson's 'White' Kids Get Along With Black Family?" (Quote from expert: "Madonna has black kids and Michael Jackson has white kids."); "Debate... Continue reading

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   “We’ll See How Much Viewers Are Interested…” (And?)

   July 9, 2009 09:49 AM

   Moments before Michael Jackson's memorial service began on Tuesday -- and with blocks of seats in the Staples Center still empty -- Fox News's Shep Smith and Greta Van Susteren shared (as I noted then) this exchange: SMITH: I... Continue reading

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    To Live and Report in Mexico

    July 8, 2009 03:38 PM

    From Charles Bowden's piece in the current Mother Jones, telling the story of Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, a Mexican reporter who sought political asylum in the U.S.: The reporter may die for committing a simple error. He wrote an... Continue reading

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    “Myth*”-Busting at Mediaite

    July 8, 2009 01:11 PM

    The Dan Abrams Post wouldn't run this headline (or...would it?): Did Dan Abrams Contribute to the Downfall of Journalism? *See Jack Shafer on how "the 'un-interfering publisher' is one of journalism's great myths." Continue reading

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    Kristof Suggests “‘Student Driver’ Sign” On Some Kristof Columns

    July 8, 2009 12:54 PM

    Columnist Nicholas Kristof is doing the "Talk to the [New York] Times" reader Q&A this week. One reader asks why there hasn't been more news about the two American journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, being held in... Continue reading

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    Last Week’s Network News: 30% Jackson Coverage

    July 8, 2009 11:05 AM

    From the latest PEJ study of news coverage for the week of June 29-July 5: The Jackson story filled 30% of the airtime studied on network news and 28% on cable news last week. Within the network news universe,... Continue reading

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    Get Caught Up on the “Uighur Sitch”

    July 7, 2009 04:01 PM

    After you read Greg's post on the situation in western China, here's more background info (recommended via Twitter by Rachel Maddow, one media personality who actually tweets sparingly and who calls it an "awesome backgrounder on Uighur... Continue reading

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    Vatican Radio, Powered by Enel…

    July 7, 2009 01:46 PM

    The BBC reports that "Vatican Radio, the voice of the Roman Catholic Church, is starting to air advertisements for the first time in the station's nearly 80-year history," and that the first company to air a commercial is Enel,... Continue reading

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    Share Your Jackson Coverage Highlights (Lowlights) Here!

    July 7, 2009 11:48 AM

    As I flip between cable news stations, I've decided to start a list of Very Special Snippets From Today's Michael Jackson Coverage. Please add your own high- (or low-lights), in the comments, if you see or hear anything of note.... Continue reading

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    “Hearse, La Toya Visit Cemetery…”

    July 7, 2009 10:02 AM

    Thank you, CNN news ticker. CNN's Don Lemon: "I've covered a lot of events and I've never seen this much media..." (Hurry, politicians, business titans, b-list celebs! Take advantage of today's news vacuum, this "no-accountability window." Let those skeletons... Continue reading

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    Anniston Star’s Bad Wrap (Might Mug Shots Save Journalism?)

    July 6, 2009 04:35 PM

    The front page of last Monday's issue of The Anniston (Alabama) Star was particularly, um, arresting. Have a look: Ten mug shots of "Calhoun County's MOST WANTED" splayed across page one of the Star’s... Continue reading

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    Mediaite Launches (Loads…)

    July 6, 2009 10:20 AM

    Maybe this --Michael Calderone's description of Mediate.com Mediaite.com, the media-centric site founded by Dan Abrams and launched today -- helps explain why I've been waiting minutes now for the site to load on my computer: [Mediaite] brings navel-gazing... Continue reading

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    “That Turns Out to be Pretty Close to the Truth”

    July 2, 2009 08:56 AM

    MSNBC viewers have suffered no shortage of discussion of Todd Purdum's anonymous source-heavy Vanity Fair article exploring "the pheromonal reality" of the "[Sarah] Palin phenomenon." Yesterday, Clint highlighted (see post below) a comment from MSNBC's Chuck... Continue reading

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