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GLOSSIES

 We Must Not Ignore This Photo 

Though some are 'disgusted,' witnessing the 'Falling Man' is vital, author says

Esquire Esquire Sep 11, 08 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The “Falling Man” photo reproduced worldwide has disappeared from respectable media, Tom Junod writes in Esquire , but to avert our eyes is to pretend the horrific choices made Sept. 11, 2001, don’t exist. “We have somehow taken it upon ourselves to deem their deaths unworthy of witness,” Junod writes of “the jumpers,” “because we have somehow deemed the act of witness, in this one regard, unworthy of us.” More »

More about:  terrorism • New York City • September 11 • World Trade Center • photography • terrorist attack • Associated Press • jumpers

AP Bureau Chief Considered Job With McCain

It's the 2nd accusation
of cozying up to
right wing for Fournier

Politico Politico Jul 30, 08 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ron Fournier’s objectivity is being questioned yet again, as Politico reports that the AP’s Washington bureau chief was offered a senior position in the McCain campaign before returning to the wire service in March 2007. Fournier’s political leanings have been a hot topic lately, since a 2004 email surfaced in which the reporter told Bush adviser Karl Rove to “keep up the fight.” More »

More about:  John McCain • McCain 2008 • Karl Rove • media bias • Associated Press • Ron Fournier

Wire Service's Objectivity Under Scrutiny

AP staffer's 'breezy' email to Rove
opens can of worms

Gawker Gawker Jul 15, 08 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Deep in a House report on the circumstances of Pat Tillman's death is a juicy detail that has the chattering classes in a lather: the text of a 2004 email in which an AP reporter tells Karl Rove to “keep up the fight.” Coming on the heels of a Politico analysis of the wire service's new "accountability journalism" initiative, the tidbit is the talk of the town, Gawker reports. More »

More about:  Karl Rove • Associated Press • Pat Tillman • Ron Fournier

 AP Pulls Faked Tornado Video 

Storm chaser allegedly doctored another man's old footage into his own

Associated Press Associated Press Jul 10, 08 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Associated Press has pulled a video described as depicting a tornado that hit Nebraska last weekend after a storm chaser claimed that it was faked. After Andy Fabel sold the clip to the AP, which passed it along to 2,000 websites, another man noticed similarities between it and his own footage of a twister that hit Kansas 4 years ago. More »

More about:  tornado • Kansas • video • Nebraska • Associated Press • fake photos

ANALYSIS

AP Waffles on Blog Policies

News organization sends mixed signals over what citizen journos can lift

paidContent.org paidContent.org Jun 16, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Associated Press is struggling to hash out its policies toward bloggers who excerpt the organization's coverage, paidContent.org notes. The news agency attacked a liberal blog that posted snippets from its stories, but an AP exec later told the New York Times he regretted such a "heavy-handed" approach. Still, he's not withdrawing any demands that the blog remove the content. More »

More about:  blog • copyright • Associated Press

 Surprise, Webheads:
 Newspaper Sales Are Up 

Worldwide, that is—not in the US and Europe

Associated Press Associated Press Jun 2, 08 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Newspaper circulation is up worldwide despite slipping numbers in the US and Europe, the AP reports. Officials at a worldwide newspaper conference said today that India and China are leading the 2.6% increase, thanks to higher literacy, incomes, and more leisure time. "They say newspapers and print are dead," one official said. "Well, I just don't see it." More »

More about:  Internet • newspaper • Associated Press • advertising sales • online newspapers • circulation

'News Fatigue'
Is Symptom of Youth's Shift

Deluge of info has multi-tasking Gen Y less able to go in-depth

Associated Press Associated Press Jun 2, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Young adults find themselves so inundated with headlines and so distracted by other media that they have trouble consuming the news, the AP reports of a new study. The project followed 18 ethnically diverse 18-34 year olds, and found that though they wanted in-depth news, they had trouble sorting through a barrage of headlines and updates. More »

More about:  news • Associated Press • online news • news distribution

Opinion

Journo Picks Up Clinton's Spin

AP scribe renames
'superdelegates' and becomes 'messenger' for campaign: pundit

Talking Points Memo Talking Points Memo Mar 16, 08 6:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The AP described superdelegates as "automatic delegates" in a story last night, just as the Clinton camp asked—and turned the news service into a spin "messenger," Josh Marshall writes on the Talking Points Memo blog. The campaign wants superdelegates to sound less privileged in case they nominate Clinton this summer. But a good reporter should cut through such word-wrangling, Marshall writes. Apparently unfamiliar with adages regarding pots and kettles, however, he singles out the AP's Mike Glover without giving him a chance to respond. More »

More about:  Election 2008 • Hillary Clinton • superdelegates • journalism • journalist • Associated Press • political spin • terminology

Romney Tussles With Reporter

In SC, journalist challenges candidate about lobbyist

CBS CBS Jan 17, 08 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Mitt Romney had a dust-up with a reporter in South Carolina today, CBS News reports, when the reporter essentially accused the candidate of lying. As Romney was saying he was not beholden to lobbyists and didn’t have one “running his campaign,” the reporter interjected, “That’s not true,” referring to Romney ally and lobbyist Ron Kaufman. Video shows the back-and-forth get more animated. More »

More about:  Mitt Romney • South Carolina primary • reporter • Associated Press • press conference • Staples

News Outlets Want More Control Over Search Engines

Voluntary rules update has no enemies yet

Associated Press Associated Press Nov 29, 07 3:01 PM CST
(Newser) - News outlets with online presences are looking to add controls over how search engines index and display their material, asserting an outdated status quo doesn’t allow them to set enough terms on how their sites get crawled. A new set of guidelines proposed today, called ACAP, would allow sites greater latitude in setting rules like which content can be indexed on search engines, and for how long. More »

More about:  Internet • Google • Microsoft • Yahoo • search engine • Associated Press

Military: AP Photog Linked to Insurgents

New evidence surfaces implicating journalist held since 2006

CNN CNN Nov 20, 07 6:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The US military says it has evidence that an Iraqi photographer who works for AP is connected with the anti-American insurgency, CNN reports. Bilal Hussein Zaidon has been in custody since April 2006 and will face trial in the Iraqi court system. The Pentagon did not specify the charges but said "additional evidence had come to light that the man was a media operative who had infiltrated the Associated Press." More »

More about:  Iraq • US military • insurgents • Associated Press • Ramadi

AP Sues News Site for Copyright Infringement

Says Moreover uses copy sans permission

paidContent.org paidContent.org Oct 10, 07 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Associated Press is taking news aggregator Moreover to court, for allegedly posting and archiving AP wire stories without permission. The lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court demands a stop to the practice and unspecified damages. The service doesn’t fall under fair use, in the AP's eyes, because Moreover copies headlines wholesale, without any transformative value, explains paidContent.org . More »

More about:  lawsuit • copyright • Associated Press • VeriSign

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