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American media stories: 45 news summaries

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ANALYSIS

 Where Bush Was 
 Bashed, Obama 
 Gets Free Pass 

GOP faithful can't fathom why press goes so easy on new president

Oct 27, 09 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supporters of George Bush are miffed about the passes the media has given President Obama for trespasses the former president would likely have been excoriated for. “We have a joke about it. We’re going to start a website: IfBushHadDoneThat.com,” former Bush counselor Ed Gillespie tells Politico.... More »

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Bush administration • White House • Fox News • journalist • American media • George W. Bush • Obama administration • President Obama

 Times Co. Takes 
 Globe Off Market 

Boston paper's finances have 'significantly improved'

Oct 14, 09 6:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times Company has decided not to sell the Boston Globe after all, its chairman told workers in a late-afternoon email today, saying that the financial picture has “significantly improved” for the 137-year-old newspaper in recent months after various cost-cutting and revenue-boosting moves. Two groups did bid... More »

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American media • New York Times Company • bid • Boston Globe • print journalism • newspaper industry

 Media Lose Interest in War 
 Dead: Only AP Shoots Coffins 

Photo ban lifted, but photographers aren't bothering

Sep 29, 09 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Back when George W. Bush was president, the media made a big fuss about the administration’s refusal to allow the press to photograph soldiers’ coffins, saying it hid the true cost of the war. President Obama lifted the ban in April, and the media flocked to snap shots of... More »

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Bush administration • coffin • American media • Obama administration • war dead • media ban

ANALYSIS

Leakers Have Agendas—That Journos Hide

From gossip to war,
the press is too kind
to its sources

Sep 28, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the past few days the New York Times and Washington Post broke three major stories with the help of leaks: John Edwards' readiness to declare paternity, Stanley McChrystal's blunt assessment of the Afghanistan war, and Barack Obama's intervention in the New York governor's race. For Post media columnist... More »

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John Edwards • New York Times • Washington Post • Bob Woodward • American media • press leaks • David Paterson • Stanley McChrystal • Howard Kurtz

Analysis

Beck Didn't Need Mainstream Help to Oust Van Jones

Damage was done by the time the New York Times, USA Today, others, even noticed

Sep 14, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Traditionally the script goes like this: Pundit attacks someone, the mainstream media notices, and the sap is quickly shown the door. The Van Jones affair was a lot like that, only without that mainstream middleman, writes Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. Glenn Beck’s assault took out Jones... More »

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American media • Glenn Beck • conservative media • Howard Kurtz • Van Jones

 Jackson Doc: 
 'I Have Faith 
 the Truth 
 Will Prevail' 

'I told the truth,' Murray says in YouTube post

Aug 18, 09 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dr. Conrad Murray posted a YouTube message today thanking friends and patients for support through the trial-by-media that has all but convicted him of complicity in Michael Jackson’s death, the Los Angeles Times reports. Murray says that the current frenzy means he can’t return calls or use email.... More »

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LAPD • American media • manslaughter • Michael Jackson • Conrad Murray

OPINION

 Right-Wing Crazy 
 Is All-American 

Birthers, tea parties—it's nothing new

Aug 16, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the left back in power, we’re seeing right-wing "crazies"—the “birthers, tea-partiers, town hall hecklers”—getting louder. But that’s nothing new, writes Rick Perlstein in the Washington Post. In America, “the crazy tree blooms in every moment of liberal ascendancy, and elites... More »

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media • American media • town hall meeting • conservatism • right-wing attacks • tea parties • right-wing extremism • American history • birther • death panel

(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

 Media Should 
 Learn From 
 Cronkite: Grow 
 a Backbone 


Today's press too cozy with Washington

Jul 26, 09 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - It wasn’t Walter Cronkite’s “avuncular persona” or his reaction to the JFK assassination that made him “the most trusted man in America,” Frank Rich writes in the New York Times—it was his willingness to challenge the halls of power. That’s become increasingly rare... More »

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media • Washington Post • press • Frank Rich • American media • Iraq war • Walter Cronkite • Mark Sanford

 Forget Best: Colbert 
  Wants to Be Worst  

Demands title from Olbermann over sweet-talking email to Mark Sanford

Jul 16, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stephen Colbert is a glutton for punishment. Keith Olbermann dished some out to conservative media outlets Tuesday, spanking them for plying Gov. Mark Sanford with email offers of friendly treatment, and awarding them “Worst People in the World” honors. But he omitted Colbert, despite Colbert’s email offering Sanford... More »

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entertainment • press • journalism • Keith Olbermann • American media • Stephen Colbert • The Colbert Report • Mark Sanford • conservative media

(Newser) - There's been lots of media chatter about Mediaite.com, the website Dan Abrams rolled out this morning, most of it sight-unseen, challenging the former MSNBC host's intention to continue to run a media strategy firm alongside the site. Howard Kurtz, one of those critics, now takes a look at the... More »

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blog • American media • Dan Abrams • media coverage • digital media • Twitter • Mediaite

 Reader's Digest 
 Shifts to the Right 

Struggling magazine aims for new niche market

Jun 19, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Reader's Digest is no longer going after Middle America, reports the New York Times. Instead, the slimmed-down magazine will be "aiming a little more to the right," hoping to carve out a niche among conservatives, writes Stephanie Clifford. “It’s traditional, conservative values: I love my family,... More »

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media • conservative • American media • right-wing media • magazine industry • Reader's Digest • conservative media

OPINION

Krauthammer Hails Fox News as 'Alternate Reality'

Krauthammer calls network an American treasure

Jun 10, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Post awarded Charles Krauthammer a prize yesterday, and the veteran neocon columnist used his acceptance speech to praise "the genius of Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes" for the miracle of Fox News. The network "created an alternate reality," he said, offering an alternative to... More »

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New York Post • Fox News • American media • News Corp • cable news • neoconservatives • Charles Krauthammer

Papers Can't Ask for Bailout, Seek Rule Change Instead

Handout would violate journos' watchdog role

Jun 3, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the industry in dire straits, some in the journalism business want government help—but they’re not looking for a financial bailout, Reuters reports. “That is so clearly contrary to what our role is as a watchdog that it’s just not acceptable,” said a former newspaper... More »

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media • newspaper • antitrust • journalism • American media • newspaper industry

OPINION

Fawning Press Glosses Over Obama's Agenda


Jun 1, 09 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has enchanted the media more than any president this side of Jack Kennedy, writes Robert Samuelson of the Washington Post. A recent Pew study concluded that Obama had enjoyed “substantially more positive media coverage,” than either Bush or Clinton during their first months. “On... More »

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Barack Obama • press • American media • media bias

 Playboy 
 on Block 
 for $300M 

Hef said to be loathe to part with firm

May 22, 09 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the magazine at its heart struggling against the tide of the Internet, Hugh Hefner’s Playboy empire is seeking a buyer for $300 million, the New York Post reports. That’s three times its current market capitalization, but sources say Hef won’t sell unless he can get the... More »

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magazine • American media • Playboy • sale • magazine industry • adult magazines • Hugh Hefner

OPINION

 Hey, Media: 
 US Jails Journos, Too 

'First duty' of press is to hold own gov't accountable

May 11, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The American media are celebrating Iran’s release of journalist Roxana Saberi in a case the press doggedly pursued. But today’s back-patting is hypocritical, writes Glenn Greenwald in Salon: the US media have all but ignored foreign journalists imprisoned by our own government, often with little reason. Case in... More »

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media • propaganda • press • photographers • journalist • American media • freedom of press • media bias • American press • Roxana Saberi • Jay-ZTV

OPINION

 Media Let 
 Specter Off 
 the Hook 

Didn't he sort of betray voters?

May 4, 09 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the Arlen Specter story broke last week, “most journalists assumed the role of handicappers,” writes Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. The value-neutral reporting focused on how powerful this would make Democrats, and what it meant for the wilderness-dwelling Republicans. “Little attention was devoted to... More »

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media • Arlen Specter • Republican Party • American media • media bias

(Newser) - Republican calls for the selective release of memos on torture techniques is a naked political ploy, Greg Sargent writes on the Plum Line. “The emerging official position of the GOP on torture is that the only classified information about torture that should be released is that which can bolster... More »

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War on Terror • Dick Cheney • Department of Justice • American media • interrogation techniques • Obama administration • torture memo

Analysis

 Obama Thrives On 
 Disintegrating Media 


Apr 27, 09 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House is watching the old media paradigm disintegrate with just a touch of opportunistic glee, reports Jon Ward of the Washington Times. “There are so many places that are driving the news that, in the end, nothing gets driven,” says press secretary Robert Gibbs.... More »

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Barack Obama • media • newspaper • American media • Obama administration

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