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One Month Blogging (and other things)

amoussako wrote 1 day ago: In which your writer reflects on a month of writing and shares his thoughts on Syria and reporting o … more →

Tags: On Media, Politics, Media Coverage, CBS, Media Criticism, Politics 2, wnyc, NYPD, Stop and Frisk

Fox News makes an anti-Obama attack ad: How production value impacts perception1 comment

Dylan wrote 2 days ago: Take a moment to watch this video: Entitled “Four Years of Hope and Change,” you get dramatic visual … more →

Tags: media, Politics, Fox News, Bias, Cable, Barack Obama, Perception, election, persuasion

New Book Dents Walter Cronkite's Image

kmbc9blogz wrote 4 days ago: Noted author Douglas Brinkley has justed finished a biography of iconic CBS News anchor Walter Cronk … more →

Tags: Politics, walter cronkite biography, Dailey Beast

Unethical Quote of the Month: Howard Kurtz7 comments

Jack Marshall wrote 5 days ago: “Brinkley’s book will undoubtedly tarnish the Cronkite legacy. But my admiration for the man i … more →

Tags: Character 2, Government & Politics, Professions, Bias, Broadcast Journalism, CBS News, conflict of interest, Dan Rather, dishonety

Tucker Carlson: Reporters have ‘slavish, dog-like loyalty’ to Obama1 comment

kstreet607 wrote 1 week ago: Republicans try to be as crude as possible when critically referring to President Obama.  History wi … more →

Tags: Tucker Carlson, obama, Mitt Romney, BarackObama, Romney, Project for Excellence in Journalism, Carlson

Cronkite

DK Fennell wrote 1 week ago: Says Yahoo News: To millions of TV news viewers, Walter Cronkite might well have been the most trust … more →

Tags: Politics, History, Bill O'Reilly, glenn beck, Walter Cronkite, Ruch Limbaugh, Michele Malkin

The Dark Side of Walter Cronkite

David Hoffman wrote 1 week ago: It seems that there is a new biography of Walter Cronkite out. It was written by Douglas Brinkley an … more →

Tags: Politics, History, What's Happening?, CBS, Walter Cronkite, Douglas Brinkley, daily beast

On Media: Imagining a “peace” correspondent

amoussako wrote 1 week ago: The “Retired General” as cable news fixture; Is it high time for a counterbalance? (from … more →

Tags: On Media, Fair, New York Times, CNN, Iraq War, Peace correspondent, abc, Media Criticism, Media Bias

Why newspapers need to lose the ‘view from nowhere’

mjsigol wrote 1 week ago: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett may be buying newspapers — a move that is probably as much about … more →

Tags: news & trend, New York Times, Washington Post, Warren Buffett, MarketWatch, USA Today, Larry Kramer, Dan Froomkin

Obama’s Gay Marriage Moment: looking at the media reaction1 comment

amoussako wrote 2 weeks ago: This screen-cap here just begs the Xzibit “yo dawg” meme. Or perhaps a rage-comic face. … more →

Tags: On Media, Media Coverage, Jay Rosen, Barrack Obama, CNN, CBS, meet the press, Gay Marriage, NBC

The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery

counterirritant wrote 3 weeks ago: On the May 6, 2012 edition of CNN’s Reliable Sources, there was a discussion about the damage … more →

Tags: watching the watchmen

Chen case offers Americans a dose of reality on limits of U.S. power

Kelly McParland wrote 4 weeks ago: The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz has an apt assessment of the dilemma the U.S. was put in by Che … more →

Tags: Full Comment, Policy, U S Politics, Chen Guangcheng, China, Chinese Government, daily beast, diplomatic relations, hillary clinton

Current TV Files a Blistering Countersuit Against Fired Anchor Keith Olbermann1 comment

kstreet607 wrote 1 month ago: Poor Keith Olbermann, he even admitted that he “screwed up” just taking the job over at … more →

Tags: Al Gore, Keith Olbermann, Olbermann, Media 2, Michael Moore, Current TV, Joel Hyatt, KeithOlbermann, David Bohrman

Rich Lowry says what we all know about conservative media. 1 comment

keanesthoughts wrote 1 month ago: In Howard Kurtz’s April 2nd piece (worth a read) about how the conservative media is having a … more →

Tags: Conservative media, america, Daily Caller, Conservatives, Racists, The Blaze, breitbart, Rich Lowry, obama

Howard Kurtz Says MSNBC should crack down on Al Sharpton’s activism, not allow him to organize political rallies

prestonlowe wrote 2 months ago: “Folks, we criticized Hannity when he went to Tea Party rally & was yanked back by Fox,” “MSNBC … more →

Tags: MSNBC, Al Sharpton, Crack down, activism

Social Networking Goes Viral | Veterans Today

Gunny G wrote 2 months ago:   Image via Wikipedia The election of Barack Obama ushered in the use of political networking t … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, YouTube, Pew Research Center, Social Media, Joseph Kony, Social Networking Service, Marshall McLuhan

On Closed Information Loops2 comments

belindasgallery wrote 2 months ago: There is a very interesting piece by Howard Kurtz over on The Daily Beast today, entitled “Unf … more →

Tags: US Politics, Reflections, uk politics, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, Television News, Bias, Social Networking Sites

Random thoughts on speech

@stevenadamswv wrote 2 months ago: I have so many thoughts and opinions on things. I want to much to respond to everything I see on Twi … more →

Tags: Personal, Politics, Adam Carolla show, facebook, google reader, Penn Jillette, Republican, Rush Limbaugh, twitter

WTF!1 comment

The Confirmation Files wrote 3 months ago: When did prisons become a good idea for revenue? A company, Corrections Corporations(CCA) that benef … more →

Tags: Politics, Society, President Obama, CNN, WTF, prisons, Spike Lee, death, Whitney Houston


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