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media criticism stories: 21 news summaries

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 Bachmann: I'm Being 'Palinized' 

Calls for supporters' help against 'liberals' scorn'

Aug 14, 09 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - GOP Rep. Michelle Bachmann doesn’t want to be “Palinized”—that is, hammered with media attacks and “liberals’ scorn,” she writes in a fundraising letter to supporters. “Just as they did with Sarah Palin, the more I talk about the issues, the more they attack... More »

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Congress • media criticism • liberals • Sarah Palin • Michele Bachmann • fundraising

(Newser) - A media watchdog ad attacking CNN anchor Lou Dobbs for his "racially charged" support of conspiracy theorists who question President Obama's birth certificate is all set to run tomorrow on CNN. But there's fat chance you'll ever see it on CNN. Five of the six cable providers who sold... More »

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Barack Obama • media • media criticism • CNN • American media • Media Matters • advertisements • Lou Dobbs • birther

OPINION

 New Newsweek a Lot Like 
 Old Newsweek 


May 22, 09 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Freshly fired by Time, Michael Kinsley checked out the much-ballyhooed Newsweek makeover. Let’s just say he’s less than impressed. In his introductory note, editor John Meacham says, “We are not pretending to be your guide through the chaos of the information age.” Already, Kinsley... More »

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media • media criticism • Newsweek • magazine • Michael Kinsley • Jon Meacham

 NYT's Ethicist Rips Off 
 Colleague's Column 

Cohen nabs a previously-published question from another columnist

Nov 2, 08 3:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Is it right for an ethics columnist to steal a reader’s question from a colleague? It apparently is for the New York Times’ Randy Cohen, writes Alex Carnevale in Gawker. Today’s Ethicist column includes a question printed in another column last month. “The paper now has more... More »

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New York Times • media criticism • Gawker • journalistic ethics

OPINION

Palin's Right,
the Press
Does Stink ...

... for labeling her horrible debate performance success

Oct 7, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin doesn’t like the mainstream media, and after watching its reaction to her debate performance, neither does Richard Cohen of the Washington Post. Palin ignored questions, lied, and invented new powers for the vice president, but somehow the media wound up praising her anyway. “I... More »

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media • media criticism • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate • vice presidential debate

OPINION

McCain Accuses Couric
of 'Gotcha!' Journalism

Maybe shielding Palin from the media was a bad idea

Sep 30, 08 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain and Sarah Palin sat down for a joint interview with Katie Couric last night, and it was hard to avoid the impression that McCain was chaperoning his running mate “to keep her out of trouble” writes Time TV critic James Poniewozik. McCain accused Couric of “... More »

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John McCain • Katie Couric • media criticism • journalism • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate

New Sites Try 'Crowdfunding'
to Finance Journalism

New site solicits story ideas and funding to write them

Aug 24, 08 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - As newspapers nationwide struggle to stay afloat in the internet era, a new online venture aims to harness the power of the people—or at least their checkbooks. The San Francisco-based Spot Us site solicits story ideas and donations from the public. If enough cash is raised for a particular... More »

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newspaper • online media • media criticism • San Francisco • online newspapers • Citizen journalism

OPINION

Enquirer Boss: Edwards Saga 'Unzipped a New Era'

Mainstream media must reevaluate what news is, where it comes from

Aug 22, 08 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - When John Edwards admitted that he had indeed had an extramarital affair, “the gnashing of teeth from mainstream journalists was so loud you could barely hear the sobs of everyone who posts for the Daily Kos,” writes victorious National Enquirer editor David Perel in the Huffington Post. The... More »

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John Edwards • media criticism • National Enquirer

OPINION

Edwards 'Love Child' Story Shows Press Double Standard

Media are hypocrites about hypocrisy

Jul 24, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The press jumped all over Larry Craig’s bathroom dalliance not because he was gay, it was claimed, but because he was a hypocrite with an anti-gay voting record. But no one is piling on John Edwards, whom the National Enquirer says it caught visiting his mistress and love... More »

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John Edwards • media criticism • sex scandal • tabloids • affair • National Enquirer • Larry Craig • love child

GLOSSIES

 'Ferocious Kind of Love' 
 Behind Times-Bashing 

Hating the Gray Lady, VF finds, often mirrors how one feels about relatives

Jul 16, 08 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - It seems these days everyone’s got a beef with the New York Times these days, so Vanity Fair set out to find out why, asking a panel of experts their thoughts. Simple envy is the primary culprit, some say; others cite "a ferocious kind of love"; the paper's... More »

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newspaper • New York Times • media criticism • Jack Shafer • Michael Wolff • Jonah Goldberg

OPINION

 Five Problems With 
 Environmental Reporting 

Columbia Journalism Review assesses field's common trouble spots

Jun 29, 08 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you’re flummoxed by ever-shifting information on climate change and the environment, just think what the folks who report it must be going through. Deadline pressures and conflicting scientific papers have reporters struggling to provide editors with sellable stories, the Columbia Journalism Review reports, and the results don’t... More »

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environment • media criticism • Columbia University • global warming • journalism • reporter • Wired

Opinion

In Russert's Life,
Lessons for All

We can learn much from how he lived, writes Noonan

Jun 20, 08 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Media coverage of Tim Russert's death was unprecedented in scope—and worth every second, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal. Russert lived a life worth emulating with his emphasis on family, intregrity, faith, self-discipline, and guts. As for the journalists talking about his open-mindedness and serious approach to... More »

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media • media criticism • obituary • Tim Russert • Peggy Noonan

OPINION

 RIP, Tim... Now Get Off the Air 

Media overdid Russert's demise

Jun 17, 08 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

ANALYSIS

Sexism? Media Disagree With Clinton Backers

Hillary's supporters cry foul, but news world pleads innocence

Jun 13, 08 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Now that Hillary Clinton has suspended her presidential campaign, her most ardent supporters are hitting out at television news, proposing boycotts and setting up websites in response to allegedly sexist coverage. But as the New York Times reports, many in the media see little evidence of sexism. Rather, they accuse... More »

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Hillary Clinton • media criticism • cable TV • MSNBC • sexism • Fox News • television news

Opinion

 Sex Backlash Is Mostly Sexist 

Men, male critics just resent girls mucking up summer action flicks

Jun 4, 08 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The masses have spoken: Sex and the City is a success, a tentpole, and with a $56 million opening weekend, a blockbuster even. But if you hear men talk about it, you’d think it was the most horrible thing to ever happen to cineplexes, writes Ramin Setoodeh. They... More »

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media criticism • sexism • Sex and the City • movie review • summer • movies • Carrie Bradshaw

OPINION

 Come On, Her RFK
 Gaffe's Not So Bad 

Online journos magnified one line to rack up hits

May 25, 08 7:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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

The Filthy Rich Take Over the Small Screen

America's middle class ousted from sitcoms, relegated to reality TV

Sep 10, 07 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sitcoms, once a window into middle-class America, have been invaded by the uberrich. But the bourgeoisie hasn't disappeared from the small screen entirely: They're fighting each other on reality shows for big bucks or their 15 minutes of fame. And, Salon's Heather Havrilesky notes, it's not a healthy trend. More »

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television • reality TV • media criticism • wealth • middle class • Americans • sitcom

Critics Riding High on Western
 '3:10 to Yuma'  

Remake is fast paced, well acted, but
ending is 'murky'

Sep 7, 07 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics are saddling up for "3:10 to Yuma," a remake of a Western that “moves like a barn on fire,” according to Newsday’s Jan Stuart. It's director James Mangold's "most sustained and evocative work," touts the New Yorker. The morally nuanced film... More »

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media criticism • film • movie review • Christian Bale • 3:10 to Yuma • movies • movie remakes

Texas Woman Sues 'Predator' Over Suicide

Brother shot himself when police, camera crew burst into home

Jul 24, 07 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The sister of an alleged Texan pedophile who committed suicide when police and and an NBC camera crew tried to catch him in a sex-predator sting is suing the TV network for $105 million. Louis Conradt Jr., who was a local district attorney, was ambushed in his home when he... More »

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suicide • media criticism • lawsuit • sexual predator

Stop Crying About Anna Nicole Coverage

It's not the crime they're telling you it is

Apr 5, 07 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The all-Anna-all-the-time formula cable news networks embraced after the heiress' death was not the sin against the intellect commentators are bemoaning, argues Slate columnist Jack Schafer. In fact, he says, viewers may have actually learned something from the in-depth coverage of the complex legal issues surrounding Smith. More »

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entertainment • television • Anna Nicole Smith • media • media criticism • cable TV • celebrity

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