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1. November 1, 2012 06:50 AM

   A muddy Bloomberg story sets up Romney’s Jeep attack

   The wire's poorly worded story is misread

   By Ryan Chittum

   Mitt Romney's gotten in hot water with the nation's burgeoning horde of fact checkers by asserting that Jeep "is thinking of moving all production to China." That's clearly false. Chrysler is considering adding Jeep production over there, not closing up shop here and outsourcing everything to China. But Romney preceded his claim by saying he'd "seen a story" that told...

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2. July 11, 2012 03:20 PM

   Laurels for The New York Times and The Plain Dealer

   Amid some Dart-worthy coverage, a few stories stand out

   By Liz Cox Barrett and Greg Marx

   Brendan Nyhan’s post earlier this week about the lackluster coverage of President Obama’s “outsourcing” attack on Mitt Romney threw pointed darts across the media landscape, pricking outlets like the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, CBS News, and others for failing to truly examine the merits of charges. And when the Romney campaign and the Republican Party this week...

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3. August 27, 2012 02:47 PM

   Pasadena publisher launches a system for outsourcing local news

   “I’m looking for individuals I can pay a lower rate to do a lot of work,” says Journtent founder James Macpherson

   By Hazel Sheffield

   A publisher in Pasadena, CA, who said he received death threats when he started hiring workers in India to write local stories five years ago nevertheless has launched a business to help other local publishers start outsourcing. James Macpherson, who founded local news site Pasadena Now nine years ago, launched a business called Journtent last week, just a month after...

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4. July 16, 2012 05:46 PM

   Plagiarism and a resignation at Journatic

   So why is the Chicago Tribune still involved?

   By Hazel Sheffield

   When CJR wrote about local news outsourcing company Journatic 10 days ago, its CEO, Brian Timpone, called the use of fake bylines on articles published in the Chicago Tribune “a mistake.” Now, the mistake lies with the Tribune—for continuing to use Journatic content for two weeks after the initial revelations, in which time plagiarized and falsified quotes in their pages...

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5. November 13, 2012 11:00 AM

   Stories I’d like to see

   The clown-show economics of storm-hit utilities, and in search of open primaries

   By Steven Brill

   In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have received insufficient media attention. This article was originally published on Reuters.com. 1. My Alaska-Hawaii electricity repair team: It’s 10 o’clock and the lights are out. Do you know where your local utility actually lives? I have already written that...

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6. August 23, 2011 03:13 PM

   The Repatriation Tax Holiday and American Jobs

   By Ryan Chittum

   The Washington Post is good to point out that some of the big American companies pushing the government for a repatriation tax holiday, which would temporarily slash the tax on foreign earnings by 85 percent for the second time in seven years, don't reveal where their employees are based. “It’s an important piece of information that the American people should...

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