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Sharknado week

By The Editors Jul 12, 2013 at 02:50 PM

Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More

Speech in Israel Is Not Free

There’s more to democracy than just holding regular elections

By Justin D. Martin Nov 4, 2011 at 02:17 PM

Both Israeli and US policymakers are fond of calling Israel and the United States likeminded democracies. “America has no better... More

The pen and the pump

Why are nations that rely on selling resources so often free-speech poor?

By Justin D. Martin Jun 13, 2012 at 03:37 PM

Doha, Qatar—The rent goes up, the democracy goes down, or so they say. This small Arab Gulf nation is what... More

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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”

A Big Mac miss by The Huffington Post (116)

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John Stossel's poor logic on minimum wages and jobs (15)

Sympathy for the Walmart flack (10)

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Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’

“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”

The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit

Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything

The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy

How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”

Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement

Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation

Beijing subway at rush hour

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