Journalism

Has Fake News Become the Real News?

by Anne Landman — August 18, 2008 - 4:16pm

An article in the New York Times asks whether Jon Stewart of Comedy Central's Daily Show has become the most trusted man in America, pointing out that his fake news

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New York Times, August 15, 2008

Fridays with Tory

by Sheldon Rampton — August 14, 2008 - 2:38pm

Canada's Tory government is taking heat for using Friday afternoons to release negative news to the public. "The Tories took office promising clean, open governance and vowing not to practice the same old politics as previous government," reports the Canadian Press.

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CTV News, August 5, 2008

Ethical News Director Receives Award

by Judith Siers-Poisson — August 12, 2008 - 12:41pm

As CMD previously reported, Eau Claire, Wisconsin news director Glen Mabie quit his job in January. Instead of going along with a deal that his station had struck with a local hospital to guarantee coverage of medical issues featuring personnel from that hospital and not others, Mabie left his position. The station later cancelled the agreement. Mabie is now being recognized for his stance.

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Leader-Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), August 4, 2008

The Anthrax Cover-up

by Sheldon Rampton — August 5, 2008 - 8:25am
  • Topics: Iraq, Journalism, Terrorism

    • Bruce Edwards Ivins, a top anthrax researcher at the U.S. Government's biological weapons research laboratories, died of an apparent suicide last Tuesday, just as the Justice Department was about to charge him with responsibility for the September 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people in the United States. Glenn Greenwald has written an important piece for Salon.com in which he demonstrates, with copious evidence, that a major government scandal lurks behind the anthrax story.

    Marketers Admit to Engaging in Media Pay for Play

    by Diane Farsetta — August 4, 2008 - 11:29am

    According to a survey of 252 U.S. chief marketing officers, nearly one in five "say their organizations have bought advertising in return for a news story." The survey was conducted on behalf of the public relations firm Manning, Selvage & Lee (MSL) and the trade publication PR Week (which doesn't appear to have reported on the results).

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    Manning Selvage & Lee, July 30, 2008

    Who Is Doing Real Journalism?

    by Sheldon Rampton — August 2, 2008 - 12:01am

    If you're looking for "real reporting" these days, Glenn Greenwald thinks a lot of it is coming from whistleblowers and advocacy groups rather than from journalists.

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    Salon.com, July 24, 2008

    Private Spooks Court Journalists

    by Bob Burton — July 31, 2008 - 9:04pm

    Melissa Sweet, a freelance Australian health journalist, reports that she recently received an email from a staffer with the private intelligence company Hakluyt.

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    Crikey (Australia, sub req'd), July 31, 2008

    4,000 U.S. Deaths and a Handful of Images

    by Sheldon Rampton — July 27, 2008 - 8:14pm

    Zoriah Miller, a freelance photojournalist who published images of marines killed in a June 26 suicide attack in Iraq, has been forbidden to work in Marine Corps-controlled areas of the country and may be barred from all United States military facilities throughout the world. His case "has underscored what some journalists say is a growing effort by the American military to control graphic images from the war," write Michael Kamber and Tim Arango.

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    New York Times, July 26, 2008

    Will Global Warming Revive Good Journalism?

    by Sheldon Rampton — July 24, 2008 - 4:47pm

    "Media coverage of climate change is at a crossroads, as it moves beyond the science of global warming into the broader arena of what governments, entrepreneurs, and ordinary citizens are doing about it," reports Cristine Russell.

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    Columbia Journalism Review, July/August 2008

    Time for a Federal Shield Law for Journalists

    by Judith Siers-Poisson — July 18, 2008 - 4:57pm

    The New York Times editorial board supports a proposed federal shield law for journalists that is currently in the Senate. The bill, which would provide journalists with protections against having to reveal sources in federal court, also makes allowances for genuine needs on the part of law enforcement and security concerns. Despite those exceptions, the bill faces "near hysterical opposition from the Bush administration. ...

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    New York Times, July 17, 2008
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