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So working on a story on...taxes. 2 nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 Jul 2015 3 1788

Why do news reports - at least at print - refer to the shooter as "suspect" 5 question everything Jun 2015 Jul 2015 0 2028

Help Support Street Documentary Film and Photography 0 votesparks Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1551

Anyone remember the story where Tamir Rice was decribed as "man" 2 hadrons Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 2620

Fox News is Light on Substance but Heavy on Legs 0 Nasty Jack Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 2342

Fox News Decides to Help Duggar Family Sugar Coat Son's Molestation 2 Nasty Jack Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 2135

Fox News Has Become a Retirement Community 0 Nasty Jack May 2015 May 2015 7 2092

It's Official-Fox News Viewers Are Really That Dumb 9 Nasty Jack May 2015 May 2015 35 4505

Lapdogs, redux: How the press tried to discredit Hersh’s bombshell reporting on CIA domestic spying 1 jakeXT May 2015 May 2015 9 1936

CIA Officer J. Sterling Sentenced to Prison: The Latest Blow in the Government’s War on Journalism 3 jakeXT May 2015 May 2015 4 1822

“I Am Not Backing Off Anything I Said” An interview with Seymour Hersh. 2 jakeXT May 2015 May 2015 13 2014

My fave invest Journalist 0 Miigwech May 2015 May 2015 0 1842

Watching Shadows of Liberty 0 jakeXT May 2015 May 2015 1 1804

Nice job BBC... 2 LunaSea May 2015 May 2015 0 1962

Periscope's livestreaming revolution is nowhere to be found in Baltimore 0 Renew Deal May 2015 May 2015 0 1634

Reasons why the British press are so desperately partisan this general election 0 T_i_B Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1812

New York Times Leads Pulitzer Pack, Washington Post Honored Despite Correction 0 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1770

Norway announced it will be the first country to shut off FM radio 4 Renew Deal Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1967

Ben Affleck asked PBS to edit slave-owner relatives out of show on his family history 2 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2086

The Miami Herald, the CIA, and the Bay of Pigs scoop that didn’t run 1 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1613

They Have ‘Propaganda,’ US Has ‘Public Diplomacy’–and a Servile Private Sector 1 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1636

NBC’s Conduct in Engel Kidnapping Story is More Troubling than the Brian Williams Scandal 0 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1575

CBS’s “Late Show With David Letterman” Announces Lineup Of Guests For Dave’s Final 28 shows 0 Renew Deal Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1809

Media Were Already Running With Police Fantasy When Video Exploded It 2 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 2038

Seymour Hersh on My Lai and the state of investigative journalism 1 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1856

‘Emergency alert’ sparks panic among TV viewers nationwide 1 jakeXT Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 3602

Towards a Media That Is "Good and Just" 1 Thaddeus Mar 2015 Mar 2015 2 1734

10 Places Google Earth Is Hiding From You 0 Electric Monk Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 2072

So sick of Faux and CNN broadcasting recruiting films for ISIS and the KKK 1 Still In Wisconsin Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 2073

Matthew Dowd parrots GOP Propaganda re Clinton on PBS Newshour 1 Bill USA Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 2133

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Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links 11 jakeXT Mar 2015 Mar 2015 7 3943

Native ads and the new journalism economy 0 Thaddeus Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1618

PBS Newshour 'rediscovers' the word "filibuster" after 6 yrs --- now that the Democrats have used it 3 Bill USA Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 2387

Peter Oborne: Why I have resigned from the Telegraph 3 T_i_B Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 2095

Did CNN just annex Ukraine for Russia? 4 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2514

CBS makes a swing and a massive miss 5 JayhawkSD Feb 2015 Feb 2015 12 2520

Former NBCUniversal boss comes to the defense of Brian Williams 3 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2331

CNN Apologizes for Calling Ukrainian Troops ‘Pro U.S.’ 4 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 2128

64% of journalists surveyed believe that the U.S. gov. has probably collected data about their phone 0 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1909

NBC’s Brian Williams Recants Tale of Helicopter Attack 0 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1907

Saudi prince sells most of his News Corp stock for £125m 0 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1791

British army creates team of Facebook warriors 1 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 2066

Before Net Neutrality: The Surprising 1940s Battle for Radio Freedom 2 Thaddeus Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1970

It is being reported that one of the Mayors of the UK will start 3 sammy750 Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 2575

The history of America’s news media and what went wrong 3 Thaddeus Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 2121

Fox apology for Birmingham 'Muslim-only city' claim 1 Eugene Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 1940

No Teachable Moment as Jim Clancy Leaves CNN 0 jakeXT Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1841

New York Post and UPI Twitter accounts hacked 0 Eugene Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 2769

U.S. News Fox affiliate fires reporter and cameraman who deceptively edited video of police brutali 3 jakeXT Dec 2014 Jan 2015 12 2953

Dangerous year for journalists as 2014 death toll reaches 60 0 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1557

Link hoping led me to Aj-Jazeera and Bush's apparent hatred for them is fascinating 2 JonLP24 Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1943

Bloomberg Rescinded Offer To Writer Jessica Pressler After New York Magazine Hoax 0 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1857

Why is the comments section on Yahoo articles a cesspool for right-wing fanatics? 7 gmb92 Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 22519

A Book for Now 0 Thaddeus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1593

CNN: While running a live, silent background feed of Obama speaking, anchor asks CNN on-air analyst 3 pinto Dec 2014 Dec 2014 2 2255

Torture Report Reveals CIA’s Manipulation of US Media 1 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1767

Big News Outlets Are Fighting A Gag Order To Access An Indicted Coal Baron’s Court Records 1 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 1745

America's Battle for Media Democracy 0 Thaddeus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 2199

Writer fired for calling Mike Brown an animal who needed to be put down 1 Eugene Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1880

How the Washington Press Turned Bad 2 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 9 1876

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alt-weekly in Tucson Hiring a Staff Writer 3 Kali Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2196

The obstacles and dangers of reporting on Syria 0 Lady Freedom Returns Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1517

Journalists Remember Legendary Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee 0 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1434

IAPA says access to public information continues to be setback for the press 0 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1497

is Talking Points Memo basically a dead website? Everytime i go there the page just freezes. 4 Bill USA Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2526

www.oreilly-sucks.com 0 stewert Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 3397

Obama Met Privately With Top Journalists Before ISIS War Speech 1 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1852

Hannity guest: Rice’s wife ‘knocked herself out’ on elevator railing so he’s the ‘bigger victim’ 7 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 2904

Jay Carney joins CNN 1 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1773

The CIA’s Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With Agency Before Publication 0 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 7 1669

NBC pays for Matt Lauer’s helicopter rides to work 4 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2259

Online media should treat Kremlin troll army comments like what they are: Spamming 15 True Blue Door Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 3947

Obama: Media makes you think ‘world is falling apart’ 0 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1868

Is The Guardian "fauxgressive"? (Poll) 2 True Blue Door Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2803

NBC News President Rouses the Network 4 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 2311

Fareed Zakaria gets even more plagiarism accusations 3 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2294

Facebook to tag satirical articles to stop users falling for the Onion's jokes 5 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2239

does anyone else watch msnbc on their computer? 4 barbtries Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2418

MSNBC’s Touré slammed for tweet touting white privilege of Holocaust survivors 5 obama2terms May 2014 Aug 2014 2 2759

A discussion on the dos-and-don'ts of Data Journalism 1 petronius May 2014 Aug 2014 2 1967

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