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Frozen Planet Freezes Out Climate
BBC’s polar series unwisely sets apart episode about global warming
By Curtis Brainard Nov 16, 2011 at 02:45 PM
The BBC is taking a mild pummeling for giving foreign television networks the option not to buy an episode about... More
Frozen Planet’s Final Episode Will Air in US
Discovery Channel reverses course following wave of criticism, but what will viewers get?
By Curtis Brainard Dec 7, 2011 at 06:00 PM
Discovery Channel reversed course on Tuesday when it announced that it would air all seven parts of a BBC series... More
A Young Rupert Murdoch in Britain, Via the BBC Archives
Adam Curtis pulls fascinating archival footage that shows the tycoon on his way up
By Ryan Chittum Jul 7, 2011 at 05:49 PM
The BBC's Adam Curtis has a fascinating blog called The Medium and the Message where he digs into the network's... More
And that’s the way it was: April 1, 1957
The BBC broadcasts its now-famous spaghetti tree hoax
By Sang Ngo Apr 1, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Called "undoubtedly the biggest hoax that any reputable news establishment ever pulled," the spaghetti tree hoax refers to a three-minute... More
Audit Notes: The Milken Memory Hole, The Ax Murder and the NotW, Yahoo
By Ryan Chittum Aug 19, 2011 at 12:28 AM
Mother Jones's Nick Baumann catches the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press in some poor journalism. A businessman gives... More
BBC + PBS = YES
Why I’ll watch the new World News America
By Ann Cooper Mar 25, 2011 at 10:04 AM
While we wait for Comcast and Time Warner cable to conquer their Al Jazeera phobia, let me suggest an alternative... More
BBC in crisis over a shelved pedophile investigation
Newsnight accused of a coverup after they dropped the case
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 23, 2012 at 11:20 AM
When it emerged, a year after his death, that popular UK television personality Jimmy Saville may have molested hundreds of... More
In NYT’s search for transformation, Thompson a surprising choice
“If Thompson manages more than failure, it will, in some ways, be an astonishing achievement”
By Emily Bell Aug 16, 2012 at 05:48 PM
Is Mark Thompson the right person to be chief executive of The New York Times? The cynical might note that,... More
Letter from a Londoner
The BBC is in crisis. Should you care?
By Hazel Sheffield Nov 15, 2012 at 03:00 PM
This week, the BBC celebrates its 90th birthday. As birthdays go, it’s a rather unhappy one. In the last month,... More
Osama bin Laden, 54, Public Enemy No. 1
A review of the obits
By Lauren Kirchner May 2, 2011 at 05:10 PM
Osama bin Laden was the world’s most powerful terrorist. He was also, undeniably, the most famous. And as befits any... More
Saving Auntie: Meet the BBC’s new boss
Who is George Entwistle and what challenges does he face?
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 10, 2012 at 03:25 PM
Last Wednesday, the BBC announced the appointment of longtime employee George Entwistle to the corporation’s top post of director general.... More
Thompson has digital cred but faces challenges at NYT
The former BBC director general was hired to guide the Times to a cross-platform future
By Hazel Sheffield Aug 16, 2012 at 04:45 PM
On Tuesday, The New York Times named Mark Thompson, the outgoing director general of the BBC, as its new chief... More
UK considers stepping up Internet blocking
Home secretary Theresa May wants to prevent more “radicalization”
By Alison Langley Jun 3, 2013 at 04:27 PM
Should governments block websites that spread hardline ideology but don't explicitly advocate violence--like the ones likely read by the Tsarnaev... More
What’s happening at the BBC
The Corporation is facing a serious challenge to its future and to its independence
By Emily Bell Nov 11, 2012 at 12:09 PM
“To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.” —Oscar Wilde, The... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
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Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
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The NYT shows us why
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Questions and exercises for journalism students.
