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  • July 2008

    • NBC Chafes Under Olympic Restrictions

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 21, 08 3:07 AM CDT

      NBC Chafes Under Olympic Restrictions

      NBC paid a record $900 million to cover the Beijing Olympics, but it and other networks are already nervous about how much Chinese officials will actually allow them to cover, reports the New York Times . If political protests erupt, networks will also face the dilemma of covering them and angering the Chinese—or ignoring them and facing charges of censorship from the West. Reporters are already facing intimidation and harassment. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • NBC  • Beijing  • Olympic protests  • media coverage

    • Jamie Lynn 'Glorifying' Teen Pregnancy

      newser  |  Infos Jeunes  |  Jul 17, 08 12:23 PM CDT

      Jamie Lynn 'Glorifying' Teen Pregnancy

      Jamie Lynn Spears’ gushing OK! magazine spread, with its poetic waxings about motherhood, sends the exact wrong message—telling teens it's “perfect” to have a baby, critics say. “There's no way I would describe caring for a new baby as “fun.” “Fulfilling,” maybe, but it's possible Jamie Lynn lacks the vocabulary to explain how she's feeling exactly,” writes the French Infos Jeunes. More »

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      teen pregnancy  • Jamie Lynn Spears  • media coverage  • OK! magazine

    • Pitt, Jolie Foil Tabloids With Baby Scoop

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 15, 08 11:36 AM CDT

      Pitt, Jolie Foil Tabloids With Baby Scoop

      In a style befitting a couple of action-movie stars, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt outfoxed the tabloids by allowing a local newspaper to break the story of their twins’ birth, the AP reports. The daily Nice-Matin got a heads-up before the big event, the scoop that the delivery was  moved up “for the mother’s comfort,” and a post-delivery photo of Pitt. More »

  • June 2008

    • Time for Mac to Get Interesting Again

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 27, 08 9:15 AM CDT

      Time for Mac to Get Interesting Again

      John McCain is getting lost in the giant media shadow thrown by Barack Obama, but there's plenty of time to fix things, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal . For every two Obamania stories, there's one "deadly" boring report declaring: "McCain Unveils Proposal.” Now would be a good time for McCain to get interesting again, Noonan says. To the McCain who in 2000 spoke with unblinking candor, she pleads: Please step up. More »

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      John McCain  • election 2008  • media coverage  • Peggy Noonan  • American media

    • Minutes Dwindle for Networks' War Coverage

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 23, 08 1:45 PM CDT

      Minutes Dwindle for Networks' War Coverage

      Middle East correspondents are struggling to get stories on the nightly news as TV networks scale back war coverage, the New York Times reports. With violence in Iraq declining and the US public tiring of an open-ended conflict, network execs have focused on hot topics like the contentious presidential primaries. Keeping, and securing, bureaus in violent areas is also quite costly. More »

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      Iraq war  • business  • NBC  • CBS  • ABC  • Afghanistan war  • media coverage  • network news  • reporting

    • RIP, Tim... Now Get Off the Air

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jun 17, 08 12:20 PM CDT

      RIP, Tim... Now Get Off the Air

      Tim Russert was an extraordinary journalist, and his passing is a sad loss, but the news media went a bit overboard this weekend, writes Debra Saunders in the San Francisco Chronicle . “We now know more about Tim Russert than Vladimir Putin,” she points out. Did the country really need hours parsing Russert’s relationship with his dad, son, and hometown? More »

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      Tim Russert  • Meet the Press  • media coverage  • media criticism

    • The Most Overrated VP Traits

      newser  |  Time  |  Jun 10, 08 1:25 PM CDT

      The Most Overrated VP Traits

      Fed up with a focus on local ties and attractiveness in vice presidential selection coverage, Mark Halperin of Time lists the qualifications most under- and -overvalued by the media. Among other things, don't overlook: A candidate ready to be president from Day One. A candidate trusted and liked by the nominee. A candidate trusted and liked by the nominee's wife. More »

    • China Silences Media on School Collapses

      newser  |  Financial Times (UK)  |  Jun 2, 08 6:27 AM CDT

      China Silences Media on School Collapses

      China has called on domestic media to quit reporting on widespread school collapses in the Sichuan earthquake, the Financial Times reports. Some parents hold the government accountable for poor construction they say claimed thousands of children’s lives, and the furor has hurt the positive reviews of China’s response to the quake. Parents continued to highlight the issue this weekend. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • school  • Sichuan province  • collapse  • media coverage

  • May 2008

    • Come On, Her RFK Gaffe's Not So Bad

      newser  |  Politico  |  May 25, 08 7:53 PM CDT

      Come On, Her RFK Gaffe's Not So Bad

      Why have reporters turned Hillary Clinton's RFK flub into a huge story? To generate online hits with more political gossip, John Harris writes in Politico. Sure, it's hot news to hear about, but if you watch the remark on video, it's "deflating," Harris writes—it's just a calm, analytical statement made deep into a 20-minute conversation. More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • journalism  • media coverage  • media criticism  • online journalism  • print journalism  • online newspapers

    • Quake Moves Xinhua Past Propaganda

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 13, 08 7:01 PM CDT

      Quake Moves Xinhua Past Propaganda

      Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency, is better known for People’s Republic propaganda than hard-hitting journalism. But in the aftermath of the catastrophic Sichuan earthquake, the Wall Street Journal reports, the agency has published hundreds of up-to-the-minute accounts, many of them on the anguish of the victims and the grievances of provincial officials—a deviation from the usual focus on the government’s response. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • natural disaster  • news  • propaganda  • media coverage  • Xinhua

    • Pentagon Emails Detail TV Propaganda Plans

      newser  |  Salon  |  May 10, 08 4:23 PM CDT

      Pentagon Emails Detail TV Propaganda Plans

      Need more proof that the Pentagon coached ostensibly impartial military analysts about what to say on TV? In Salon, Glenn Greenwald reveals emails from one top defense staffer who suggested developing a core group of insiders who are “most reliably friendly” and that “we can count on to carry our water.” A Rumseld aide agreed, adding, "We're already doing a lot of this." The allegations first surfaced in a New York Times investigative piece. More »

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      Pentagon  • military  • Donald Rumsfeld  • media coverage  • Department of Defense  • TV networks

  • April 2008

    • Sports Coverage a Tangled Web

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 21, 08 9:40 AM CDT

      Sports Coverage a Tangled Web

      As bloggers multiply and media outlets aim to put more audio, video and photo content on their websites, tensions mount with professional sports leagues. Leagues argue that outlets making such content widely available steps on the toes of the broadcasters who have paid to present games—but, the New York Times reports, limiting the media's scope might impinge on free speech. More »

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      MLB  • NBA  • NFL  • sports  • blogger  • online videos  • media coverage  • Mark Cuban  • press

    • Pro-China Cyberattack on CNN Cancelled

      newser  |  ComputerWorld  |  Apr 20, 08 5:53 PM CDT

      Pro-China Cyberattack on CNN Cancelled

      A group of cyberattackers called off a planned virtual onslaught of CNN's main webpage yesterday as excess publicity caused confusion, ComputerWorld reports. A group called Revenge of the Flame wrote that "Our original plan for 19 April has been canceled because too many people are aware of it and the situation is chaotic," but threatened a renewed offensive sometime soon. More »

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      China  • Tibet  • hackers  • CNN  • media bias  • media coverage  • cyberattack

    • Chinese Get No Independent News on Tibet

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Apr 2, 08 1:46 PM CDT

      Chinese Get No Independent News on Tibet

      China's media outlets have been getting their information about the recent unrest in Tibet solely from the state-controlled news agency, Xinhua. As a result, most Chinese citizens are buying the government's handling of what has been portrayed as mob violence plotted from abroad—when it's been covered at all, the Christian Science Monitor reports. More »

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      China  • Tibet  • censorship  • media coverage  • Xinhua  • Great Firewall of China

  • March 2008

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