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The Vigilant Lens | November 21st 2009 by Lens1
JIHAD? Wake up America! Remember 9/11, remember Afghanistan, Iraq, Bailouts, the Patriot Act, war crimes, Katrina, Depression 2008-2015 and the deaths of hundreds of thousands. And furthermore, I want to know who this Bush criminal is. I’m proba read more
Why MTV can never befriend Indian indie rock
Bijoy Venugopal | November 21st 2009 by Yan
Disclaimer: I write for Thermal And A Quarter. But despite my own leanings, I cannot take seriously any article on the Indian rock music scene that dwells in the era of imitative cover performances, or performances of so-called originals that are so read more
You Wanna Get High Man?
The Vigilant Lens | November 20th 2009 by Lens1
Does Howdy Doody got wooden balls man? Thanks to Homeland Security, almost 316,000 bongs made in China of all places, will never see the light of a lighter. I say almost 316,000, because you know some of the Customs humans took a few home. GL-5 p read more
Some Rather Unfortunate Remarks, Wouldn't You Say?
An American Lion | November 20th 2009 by norman rogers
This is what got a couple of announcers suspended from calling NBA games for the Los Angeles Clippers: Smith: “Look who’s in.” Lawler: “Hamed Haddadi. Where’s he from?” Smith: “He’s the first Iranian read more
Rupert Murdoch gets the Internet… really, he does
DogWalkBlog | November 20th 2009 by Gerard McLean
My BFF Rupert Murdoch* has been taking some hits lately about him wanting to block Google from indexing his sites and putting up pay walls. I understand his reasoning and don’t think he is too far off the mark. In order to explain my thinking, read more
Robert Fisk on Stones and Semantics in the Occupied Territories (…
Little Alex in Wonderland | November 20th 2009 by Little Alex
Today, at Strike the Root, I posted an article by Jonathan Cook at The Electronic Intifada of an Israeli judge’s “historic ruling… when he decided that an Arab teenager needed ‘protection’ from the justice system and ord read more
Party on Kabul
The Vigilant Lens | November 20th 2009 by Lens1
President Hamid Karzai and several of his closest allies partied last-night like it was 1999! My man Hamid was just “re-elected” by the CIA, the DOD and Xe, for another five year contract worth billions. Word filtered down through the ran read more
Mainstream Media Misleading on Purpose?
Joe Gullo | November 20th 2009 by Joe
The media has turned from a once credible source of information to a biased projection of thoughts. Cable news has become outlets for opinion and entertainment then actual journalism. The higher ups wonder why people are turning away from the media. read more
Links for 22/11/09
Framing the Dot | November 20th 2009
Karen Miller Russell with some very useful notes on an US conference session on teaching social media in public relations education. Bente Kalsne’s list of case studies of how blogs, forums, public data and other online technologies that are b read more
Drudge Manifesto still relevant today
Marketing and New Media Blog | November 20th 2009 by Ross Fattori
I’ve just finished reading Drudge Manifesto, a book by Matt Drudge (New American Library), published in 2000. Okay, it’s 10 years on, but many of the issues in the book are still relevant and discussed today. For those who’ve never heard of Mat read more
Building trust online: transparency and process journalism
Freelance Unbound | November 20th 2009 by Simon Clarke
Part 1;   Part 2;   Part 3;   Part 4;   Part 5; Last in this series of videos and write-ups of Reed Business Information editorial development director Karl Schneider’s talk to journalism students at UCA Farnham. The discussion com read more
In the belly of the headless donkey piñata (Otra vista)
clusterflock | November 19th 2009 by clusterflock
La venganza. Looking for sweetmeats, are you, little greedy-guts? Have a load of violence and scandal and grimy fingers for your pains. That’ll learn ya. read more
How long before the honeymoon is over and the press turns on Obam…
usweekly | November 19th 2009 by John Parrish
The Notorious P.I.G asked: How long before the honeymoon is over and the press turns on Obama? Come on, they suspended their profession and natures just long enough to see him elected, now will they actually do their jobs and ask him piercing tough read more
Oprah Winfrey to call it quits on talk show in 2011
Lucire: Insider | November 19th 2009 by Jack Yan
The Oprah Winfrey Show will broadcast its final episode on September 9, 2011, according to sources. Oprah Winfrey’s company, Harpo, Inc., officially announced the end of the show on Thursday. A public announcement will be m read more
update, Ukraine, update, Ukraine, update....
documentaris | November 19th 2009
I know, I promised to write more... well, this is more! I'm still getting back into the swing of it... and it's not as if I don't mean to write, I just don't find the time... Or rather, I'm going to blame it on that. So, last time I was excited abo read more
How should a journalist look?
Write Thinking | November 19th 2009
Picture bylines are a trick to make journalism more human. If you know what the writer looks like, the theory goes, you are more likely to relate the the writing. I prefer the reader to be thinking about the subject rather than the writer's dress sen read more
Rogue News Pushers, Klingon’s and a Lackluster California Riot
The Vigilant Lens | November 19th 2009 by Lens1
We start the day with Fox News! showing us video of thousands of Obama FEMA camp fodder, lined up and ready to slap down $1.99 for the book of Roguenss. There goes the college fund! Being the lying Oligarchies that they are, Fox News! was showing v read more
Daily Show Is Serious About Media Criticism
The Moderate Voice | November 19th 2009
With Joe Biden Tuesday, Lou Dobbs last night, and Hannity caught faking the news last week*, The Daily Show continues on it’s long hot roll. Here’s a Poytner look inside the most effective media criticism shop in America: “I feel li read more
Always Pick an Attack Dog When You Want to Go Bi-partisan
An American Lion | November 19th 2009 by norman rogers
Dana Perino I never would have expected former Press Secretary Dana Perino to receive an Obama Administration appointment: Former press secretary to President George W. Bush Dana Perino was appointed as a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governor read more
eBay founder Pierre Omidyar dropping Twitter project for local ne…
Global journalism and new media | November 19th 2009 by Andy Soloman
Pierre Omidyar, Image via CrunchBase Billionaire eBay founder Pierre Omidyar has announced that he’s abandoning Ginx, his Twitter client project, in favour of developing a new online local news service in Hawaii where he lives. Peer News read more
How the social web has changed the journalist’s working day
Freelance Unbound | November 19th 2009 by Simon Clarke
Part 1;   Part 2;   Part 3;   Part 4;   Part 5; How does a cutting edge, web-aware journalist’s average working day compare to how it was five years ago? More from Reed Business Information editorial development director Karl Schne read more
Old-School Foreign Correspondence
Sullivan Words | November 18th 2009 by Timothy Sullivan
I started out as a journalist 34 years ago in the newspaper business. I’m now a television producer, but my heart is still in print. Today, as newspapers and magazines face the specter of obsolescence, print journalism is poised at read more
Jack Bauer’s To-Do List
The Vigilant Lens | November 18th 2009 by Lens1
Get drunk. check Tell the President that there are no WMD’s. check Go ahead and start the war on Iraq’s lack of WMD’s. check Bribe, build and maintain a network of horse stables and Taco Bells to torture people to death in. read more
Nett Magazine: relevance, ethics and buzz
Atomik Soapbox | November 18th 2009 by Kimota
A few more of my recent articles and contributions to Nett Magazine are now freely available online for those of you yet to pick up a copy. I haven't updated this blog with Nett articles for a while, so it's time to remind you all why I am so proud read more
Blame MoveOn and McCain
The Vigilant Lens | November 18th 2009 by Lens1
Today’s quotes that might shock a democrat/independent or three…off their couches of apathy. Frank Schaeffer is a former evangelist turned human. Franks says the religious right is trawling for assassins. “The situation that I fin read more
Cutbacks at Haymarket Brand Media
Freelance Unbound | November 18th 2009 by Simon Clarke
Just spotted at FleetStreetBlues (via Jon Slattery) – Haymarket closes Media Week. Well, it’s going online only – but as FleetStreetBlues is so right to point out, the other two marketing titles that went online only this year have just bee read more
Calm Down, Poindexter
An American Lion | November 18th 2009 by norman rogers
Is this a parody? I don’t know anything about parodies, so that’s why I’m asking: This is only the second time in its nearly ten-year history that the Dish has gone silent. The reason now is the same as the reason then. When deali read more
A Funny Thing Happens When You Work For the Moonies
An American Lion | November 18th 2009 by norman rogers
I guess some people have to be clued into the obvious: The former opinion editor of The Washington Times has filed a religious discrimination complaint against the paper. Richard Miniter says the company president “coerced” him in read more
The Stabbing Knife Vol. 3: Steve Dahl
Fancy Plans... and Pants to Match | November 18th 2009 by Capitalist Lion Tamer
Roberto prepares to "cut a bitch," Chicago-style. The Stabbing Knife is back after a brief resting period. [Wait for applause to die down.] We’ve stabbed before here on Fancy Pants. Here’s a very brief list of the previous victi read more
Associated Press job losses update — AP layoff list
Global journalism and new media | November 18th 2009 by Andy Soloman
Further to my posting earlier on job losses at US wire agency the Associated Press, Gawker has been keeping a running total of job losses in both the United States and in news bureaux elsewhere in the world. The list is being constantly updated as mo read more
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