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17 Jul

Media causing confusion over global warming

Jonathan Wolff, head of philosophy at University College London and columnist for The Guardian, says the media is largely to blame for the public’s confusion over the global warming debate.

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17 Jul

The Daily Show teaches real journos lessons

Rachel Smolki, American Journalism Review’s managing editor, points out the lessons Jon Stewart’s fake news program, The Daily Show, can teach real journalists.

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16 Jul

Murdoch buys WSJ, says report

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has reached a tentative agreement to purchase of Dow Jones & Co.  The story on the web site was […]

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14 Jul

Massive media coverage of Black verdict

A Canadian Press story by Merito Ilo takes a look at the international media coverage of Conrad Black’s conviction, noting that “stories published Saturday in the U.S., British and Canadian […]

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13 Jul

Conrad Black convicted; expected to appeal

Conrad Black has been convicted on four criminal charges, including obstruction and three counts of mail fraud. He was found not guilty on nine other charges. He now faces the […]

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9 Jul

Murdoch and the WSJ

Ken Auletta takes an in-depth look at the takeover attempt of the WSJ by Rupert Murdoch — which seems to be proceeding like a juggernaut — and how Murdoch keeps […]

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9 Jul

An inside look at HuffPost

Howard Kurtz at the Washington Post examines the “blog that made it big”: “When Arianna Huffington launched her group blog in 2005, skeptics dismissed it as a vanity outlet for […]

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4 Jul

The future of magazines

Nara Schoenberg, a Chicago Tribune staff reporter, looks back at the many changes the American magazine industry has undergone in the past year, and then looks ahead to the future.

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3 Jul

Sicko coverage fair?

The Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) web site takes issue with USA Today’s recent coverage of Sicko, Michael Moore’s well-publicized documentary about the state of the U.S. healthcare system.

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3 Jul

Canada’s big three anchors talk about future of news

Poynter Online columnist Al Tompkins provides summaries and podcast links to Canada’s “Big Three” network news anchors, Lloyd Robertson of CTV, Peter Mansbridge of CBC and Kevin Newman of Global, […]

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