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Report: Online Journalists Now Most Jailed

Committee to Protect Journalists | Posted 12.04.2008 | World

Read More: Internet, Freedom of Speech, Bloggers Jailed, Suppression of Online Journalists, Bloggers, Online Journalists, Media, Censorship, Committee to Protect Journalists, Civil Rights, World News

New York, December 4, 2008--Reflecting the rising influence of online reporting and commentary, more Internet journalists are jailed worldwide today t...

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The Media's Liberal Reverse Bias

J. L. Ballinger | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, The Washington Post, Liberal Media, National Journal, Afp, Associated Press, The AP, Washington Post, Obama Cabinet Picks, Media, Media Bias, Calgary Herald, Politics News

Obama could pick almost anybody for his cabinet and it would represent something new from the current lame ducks.

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My Response to Dorothy Rabinowitz and the WSJ

Gotham Chopra | Posted 12.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Mumbai Attacks, Deepak Chopra, Isi, War on Terror, Terrorism, Dorthy Rabinowitz, Islamic Fundamentalists, Media Coverage, Taliban, Media, Wall Street Journal, War in Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Mujahadeen, Media Pundits, Fox News, Us Foriegn Policy, Afghan Taliban, Media News

As concerned citizens it's our responsibility to challenge our leaders to think of new ideas, learn from our past mistakes, and be very conscious of the world they are shaping for our children.

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Building the Creative Economy

Andy Burnham | Posted 12.04.2008 | World

Read More: Government, Creativity, Education, Liverpool, Content, Cabinet, United Kingdom, Economy, Media, Business, Universal Music, Conde Nast, BBC Worldwide, Ideo, World News

International debate has not kept pace with the speed of technological change and globalization. We need businesses and governments that have a much stronger understanding of the creative process.

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What Obama Will Do for Africa: A Conversation with Salim Amin

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 12.03.2008 | World

Read More: Muslim World, Video Journalism, Salim Amin, Last King of Scotland, Cuban Missile Crisis, Somalia, News Xchange, Media, Arab World, Reuters, Ethiopia, Gordon Brown, Saudi Arabia, Zanzibar, Mohamed Amin, Ethiopian Famine, Tanzania, Bob Geldof, Danny Glover, Africa, Somali Pirates, Palestine, Barack Obama, Tom Brokaw, New Media, Israel, Sudan, India, Julius Nyerere, Kenya, Idi Amin, Rwanda, a24, World News

At the News Xchange international broadcast conference... I talked with Salim Amin, a Kenyan and the founder of A24 Media, Africa's first online agency for video and photography.

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CNN Memo About Britney's Vagina Leaked to Press

Lee Camp | Posted 12.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Cnn, Britney Spears, Britney Spears Naked, Britney Spears Media, Spears' Vagina, Britney's Vagina, Britney Spears CNN, Media, Press, Britney Spears Vagina, Britney Spears Nude, 236.Com, Media News

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My Uncensored Interview with Deepak Chopra

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 12.03.2008 | World

Read More: Islamic Militants, India, War on Terror, Islamic Extremists, Dorothy Rabinowitz, Media, Wall Street Journal, Mumbai Hotel Shootings, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Saudi Arabia, Mumbai Deaths, American Muslims, Deepak Chopra, Muslims, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Mumbai Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Terrorism, Pakistan, The View, Mumbai, Shock and Awe, Mujahideen, Mainstream Media, Iraq War, Patriot Act, Patriotism, Islamic Radicalism, Cnn, Mumbai Attacks, Deepak Chopra Mumbai, Anti-Muslim Bias, Iraq, World News

I spoke to Chopra Tuesday and gave him the opportunity to speak candidly about censorship in the media, the new patriotism, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, and latent anti-Muslim racism in the United States.

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Insurance Industry Releases Their Plan -- Will the Media Question It?

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health Care for America Now, Media, Health Care, Ahip, Politics News

We have 10 questions we're hoping members of the media will ask America's Health Insurance Plans, the insurance industry front group, tomorrow morning when AHIP presents their new plan.

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Media Drunk Tank: Things We've Learned from Bill O'Reilly's Dad

Joseph Minton Amann and Tom Breuer | Posted 12.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Hillary Clinton Supporters, Pumas, Bill O'Reilly Idiot, Obama Inauguration, Ed Hale, Plains Radio Newtork, Fox News, Media, Bill O'Reilly Father, Steve Doocy, Fox and Friends, Bill O'Reilly, 236.Com, Cristi Adkins, Brian Kilmeade, Media News

If you've read any of O'Reilly's books, you know that his pop sounds like an abusive prick. Now we find out he was cheap to boot. So what did Bill glean from the financial teachings of his flinty, hard-boiled Yoda?

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Let's Take a Breath...

Peter Clothier | Posted 12.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Change, Media, Buddhism, Talking Heads, Barack Obama, Obama Inauguration, President Obama, Obama Administration, Political News Coverage, Obama White House, Media Obama, Obama Calm, Obama Speculation, President Elect Obama, Staying Calm, Media News

Obama's not even in the Oval Office yet. The media are running around like a bunch of chickens, clucking wildly about those things they don't know and those things they do.

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The Zell Smell

Charles Warner | Posted 11.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Sam Zell, Layoffs, Tribune Company, Jeff Jarvis, Rupert Murdoch, Media, Real Estate, Media News

Sam Zell doesn't understand his employees or his consumers. He thinks they are like he is -- dumb, self-interested, and greedy. And they're not.

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A Scenario for the Future of News

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 11.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, News, Journalism, Layoffs, Internet, Websites, Reporters, New Media, Media, Media News

Could journalism die? Yes, but I have faith and optimism that it will survive, evolve, and grow. I believe there will be a growing market demand for journalism; I know there is a growing need.

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Mumbai Massacre: More Coverage = More Attacks.

Mira Veda | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mumbai Attacks, India, Mumbai, Media, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Mumbai Terrorism, Politics News

The ruthless terrorist attacks aimed at high profile luxury establishments in Mumbai were specifically orchestrated towards Britons and Americans to get premium media coverage.

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Media Industry Gives Thanks And Gives Back. Support The John A. Reisenbach Foundation

Jack Myers | Posted 11.27.2008 | Media

Read More: John A. Reisenbach Foundation, Media, Charity, New York City, Thanksgiving, Media News

On Thanksgiving, we give thanks for our blessings. In the media business we share the blessing of being a part of a community that understands the importance of giving back and contributing to the greater good.

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Conservatism's Hope: the Tubes

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Media, Politics, Conservatives, Social Networking, Grassroots, Media, Progressive Movement, Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News

The hope for Republicans is that bloggers will predicate a conservative grassroots movement removed from the Christian arm of the Party--a base as intellectually responsive as the Daily Kos.

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Why George W. Bush Made Me Sick Yesterday

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.26.2008 | Media

Read More: George Bush, Matthew Arnold, Patriotic Gore, President Obama, George W. Bush, 9/11, Dover Beach, Democracy, Taliban, Media, Barack Obama, Osama, Fort Campbell, Politics, Totalitarian, Bin Laden, New York Times, Afghanistan, Iraq, Media News

For George Bush, democracy is bulling through a Florida decision which makes his government only borderline legitimate from the gitgo. It is forcing "change" with soldiers rather than friendly persuasion. It is pandering.

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The IFC Media Project

Meghan O'Hara | Posted 11.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Ifc, Television, Critique, Bill Kristol, Gideon Yago, Pete Hamill, IFC Media Project, New York Times, Panel Discussions, Journalism, Entertainment, Media, Media News

The goal of The IFC Media Project is to delve into the media, to look at the forces and interests that shape our news, at how it is gathered and how it is packaged.

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The Politico Pimps Global Cooling for Congressional Deniers

Joseph Romm | Posted 11.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Congress, Media, Global Warming, Climate Change, Politico Global Warming, Politico, Green News

In a piece that wins the 2008 prize for a press release masquerading as journalism, Politico treats those who understand the actual state of climate science as if they are the ones in the dwindling minority.

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Reading The Pictures: It's Nice To See A Brown Girl Get Some Attention

Michael Shaw | Posted 11.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Photos, Photography, Michelle Obama, Photo, Allison Samuels, News Photos, Newsweek Cover, Obama Photos, Obama News, Obama, Media, Brown, Beauty, Brown Skin, African-American, Politics, Newsweek Obama, Political Photos, Obama Race, Obama Politics, News, Media News

I thought it was quite contradictory -- and a lost opportunity -- that Newsweek's cover was black-and-white ... and Michelle is so (bathed in) light.

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The New Power Girls: Business Women That Live, Do, and Think Bigger

Patricia Handschiegel | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Women's Entrepreneurship, Women, Women in Business, Media, Entrepreneurship, Business Trends, Business, Women's Business, Start-Ups, Business News

Today's driven girls have their sights fixed on this and beyond. They expand on the legacy of women who've opened the doors of the past to reach for the sky more than ever.

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People Magazine's Take on International News: FINALLY All the News in One Place

Lee Camp | Posted 11.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Celeb Quotes, People, International News, People Magazine, What the Stars Are Saying, Media, Media Mash-Ups, 236.Com, Media News

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Recession Strategy for the Radio Industry: Cut Spot Costs Now and Make Long-Term Deals

Jack Myers | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Clear Channel, Money, Radio, Media Business, Advertising, Radio Advertisements, Radio Industry, Media, Business News

The time for radio, newspaper, magazine, local television, yellow pages and other media companies to institute turnaround strategies has long-since past.

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Friday Talking Points [56] -- Turkeys Everywhere!

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Turkey Slaughter, Leadership, Turkey, Leadership Battle, John Dingell, Media, Charlie Rangel, Waxman, Chairman, Bush, Lieberman, Television, Pelosi, Last-Minute, Video, Midnight Regulations, Clinton, Regulations, Networks, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Turkeys, Palin Turkey, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Leadership Fight, Reid, Detroit, Committee, Butcher, House, Framing, Charles Rangel, Homeland Security, Rules, 60 Days, Dingell, Democrat, Henry Waxman, Democrats, 2008 Election, Interview, Slaughterhouse, Rangel, Mddotw, Hillary, Chris Weigant, Palin, Sarah Palin, Leak, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman, News, Meat, Leaks, Secretary of State, Senate, Politics News

While today is not officially Turkey Day, I will warn you in advance that it's going to be a theme running through today's column, like gravy through ...

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"HOLLYWOOD GOES GREEN" SUMMIT

Stefanie Michaels | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

The Hollywood Event to Focus Sustainable Innovation and Corporate Responsibility It seems like everyone is hopping on the "Go Green wagon" today, so ...

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Gender, Politics and Media Redux

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Media

Last week, New York Women In Communications presented The Spin Room: Gender, Politics & Media in the 2008 Election.

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