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   Taking Back the Swift Boat

   June 30, 2008 08:41 AM

   Remember when a Swift boat was just a Swift boat -- or, if you prefer, a Patrol Craft Fast -- rather than a political attack? The New York Times has a piece today on the Swiftboating of "Swift boat"... Continue reading

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   Even The Distracted…

   June 26, 2008 11:17 AM

   ...can be forced still, to think for a moment. At least once a month the New York Times stops me cold and breaks my heart with a mere photograph on their front page (and I know they're not even close... Continue reading

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   Is All Settled with NBC’s To Catch A Predator Series?

   June 26, 2008 10:47 AM

   Per the New York Times, "NBC has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who killed himself when confronted with cameras for the documentary series To Catch a Predator." As you may recall, back in February... Continue reading

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   Found: An “Old Media Triumph”

   June 26, 2008 08:38 AM

   McClatchy's John Walcott would like us all to see its "Guantánamo: Beyond the Law" series, in part, as evidence of what large, old-school, mainstream media organizations can still bring to the table. Says Adam Reilly at The Boston... Continue reading

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   Butt, MSNBC!

   June 25, 2008 01:20 PM

   Last week, Megan ">wrote about what she called MSNBC's "thong day's journey into night," wherein a report about a woman suing Victoria's Secret after suffering a scratched cornea allegedly caused by faulty thong underwear made the leap... Continue reading

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   AP: OC Register To Outsource Copy Editing

   June 25, 2008 11:00 AM

   "Outsourced Edit?" is the headline of a short piece by Ben Frumin in the current issue of CJR about Express KCS, an "Indian back-office company that designs and produces advertisements for more than one hundred U.S. publications, many... Continue reading

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   NYT Goes National Geographic

   June 25, 2008 09:56 AM

   That (New York Times goes National Geographic) was the reaction of one of my co-workers to the Times completely fascinating A-1 piece on the 40-some remaining "sworn Virgins" in rural Albania --now-elderly women who took an oath of virginity... Continue reading

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   Men Covering Men (Covered By Men)

   June 25, 2008 09:25 AM

   Elizabeth Holmes, of the Wall Street Journal's "Washington Wire," notices she's the only woman in the McCain traveling press corps at the moment and counts three females "among the McCain staff on the plane," which, she writes: [C]ontinues... Continue reading

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   Let’s Simplify And Go With “Talking Head”

   June 25, 2008 08:36 AM

   If you always suspected that those cable talking head classifications (political contributor? strategist? analyst?) were arbitrary and about as meaningful as the segments on which your average "GOP Strategist" goes head to head with his Democratic counterpart, Politico's Daniel Libit... Continue reading

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    Pop-Up Video, Meet the Press

    June 24, 2008 01:12 PM

    When asked on Sunday's Meet The Press if he's "interested in being vice president," after some back-and-forth with Brian Williams, Sen. Joe Biden said: BIDEN: If asked I will do it. I made it clear I do not want... Continue reading

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    Two More Media Players On Russert’s Replacement

    June 24, 2008 11:43 AM

    For people who find this sort of thing urgent. Arianna Huffington has broken her silence. And waded carefully into the speculation of who might/would/should permanently replace the late Tim Russert. Before getting into naming names, Huffington reminds everyone... Continue reading

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    That Obama Guy? He’s Totally Talking About You

    June 24, 2008 09:07 AM

    Anything that Karl Rove says in an election year is news. And so, on blogs and on cable everyone is discussing, as ABC News' Christianne Klein first reported, that "at a breakfast with Republican insiders at the Capitol Hill... Continue reading

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    MSNBC Hits FW on RNC Attack Email

    June 23, 2008 04:24 PM

    Sigh. We've reached the part of the campaign season (if we hadn't already, I've lost track) where the RNC issuing a press release -- or, the "RNC sends out an email attacking Obama," as was reported on MSNBC just now... Continue reading

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    Broder, Woodward, WaPo (Surprise!?)

    June 23, 2008 10:55 AM

    A deep cynic might read Ken Silverstein's recent reporting on David Broder and Bob Woodward having collected speaking fees (and other perks) from organizations that might sometimes lobby decision-makers and think, what's so shocking about a couple... Continue reading

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    Fox & Friends’ Advocacy Journalism

    June 23, 2008 10:25 AM

    Yes, morning news shows offer ripe, low-hanging fruit for media critics. Yes, Fox News in particular revels in the Regular American Screwed by The Man! story. Still. This morning, Fox & Friends reported that a Florida woman was fired from... Continue reading

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    NYT Public Editor Misses The Trouble With Dowd

    June 23, 2008 08:40 AM

    "[B]y assailing Clinton in gender-heavy terms in column after column" -- 28 of 44 columns since Jan. 1 --"[Maureen Dowd] went over the top this election season." So said the New York Times's public editor, Clark Hoyt, yesterday. Hoyt... Continue reading

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    Politico: Press’s “Dear Obama” Letter on Lack of Access

    June 19, 2008 10:57 AM

    Per Politico, the late Tim Russert was one of several journalists who signed a June 6 letter to the Obama campaign complaining about stingy access to the candidate, about having been "misled" by aides who flew the press corps... Continue reading

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    We’ve Got -Gate!

    June 19, 2008 09:53 AM

    Yes, this campaign season has already suffered a SnubGate. Yes, we've already had a -Gate involving Muslim (or at least suspiciously Muslim-looking) head gear (TurbanGate). Now again, we've got -Gate! And it's got both snub-by and head... Continue reading

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    No Al Roker Live from Tiananmen Square?

    June 19, 2008 09:14 AM

    For anyone looking forward to seeing Al Roker do a stand-up from Tiananmen Square this summer when the Today show ramps up into Olympics mode, the Wall Street Journal regrets to inform you: TV crews from around the... Continue reading

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    Big Bird-Inspired Investigative Incubator

    June 19, 2008 08:16 AM

    Charles Lewis, who founded the Center for Public Integrity, is launching the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University’s School of Communication and explains to PBS's Marc Glaser how Children's Television Workshop (Big Bird's Baby Mama) inspired the idea for... Continue reading

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