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The Miami Herald, the CIA, and the Bay of Pigs scoop that didn’t run 1 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1479

They Have ‘Propaganda,’ US Has ‘Public Diplomacy’–and a Servile Private Sector 1 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1508

NBC’s Conduct in Engel Kidnapping Story is More Troubling than the Brian Williams Scandal 0 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1451

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 1686

Media Were Already Running With Police Fantasy When Video Exploded It 2 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1886

Seymour Hersh on My Lai and the state of investigative journalism 1 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1708

‘Emergency alert’ sparks panic among TV viewers nationwide 1 jakeXT Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 3392

Towards a Media That Is "Good and Just" 1 Thaddeus Mar 2015 Mar 2015 2 1598

10 Places Google Earth Is Hiding From You 0 Electric Monk Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 1881

So sick of Faux and CNN broadcasting recruiting films for ISIS and the KKK 1 Still In Wisconsin Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 1876

Matthew Dowd parrots GOP Propaganda re Clinton on PBS Newshour 1 Bill USA Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 1923

Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links 11 jakeXT Mar 2015 Mar 2015 7 3594

Native ads and the new journalism economy 0 Thaddeus Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1479

PBS Newshour 'rediscovers' the word "filibuster" after 6 yrs --- now that the Democrats have used it 3 Bill USA Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 2152

Peter Oborne: Why I have resigned from the Telegraph 3 T_i_B Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 1910

Did CNN just annex Ukraine for Russia? 4 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2321

CBS makes a swing and a massive miss 5 JayhawkSD Feb 2015 Feb 2015 12 2352

Former NBCUniversal boss comes to the defense of Brian Williams 3 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2144

CNN Apologizes for Calling Ukrainian Troops ‘Pro U.S.’ 4 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1951

64% of journalists surveyed believe that the U.S. gov. has probably collected data about their phone 0 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1768

NBC’s Brian Williams Recants Tale of Helicopter Attack 0 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1752

Saudi prince sells most of his News Corp stock for £125m 0 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1596

British army creates team of Facebook warriors 1 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1875

Before Net Neutrality: The Surprising 1940s Battle for Radio Freedom 2 Thaddeus Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1791

It is being reported that one of the Mayors of the UK will start 3 sammy750 Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 2309

The history of America’s news media and what went wrong 3 Thaddeus Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1934

Fox apology for Birmingham 'Muslim-only city' claim 1 Eugene Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 1791

No Teachable Moment as Jim Clancy Leaves CNN 0 jakeXT Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1710

New York Post and UPI Twitter accounts hacked 0 Eugene Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 2620

U.S. News Fox affiliate fires reporter and cameraman who deceptively edited video of police brutali 3 jakeXT Dec 2014 Jan 2015 12 2795

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Dangerous year for journalists as 2014 death toll reaches 60 0 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1416

Link hoping led me to Aj-Jazeera and Bush's apparent hatred for them is fascinating 2 JonLP24 Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1794

Bloomberg Rescinded Offer To Writer Jessica Pressler After New York Magazine Hoax 0 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1733

Why is the comments section on Yahoo articles a cesspool for right-wing fanatics? 7 gmb92 Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 22277

A Book for Now 0 Thaddeus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1419

CNN: While running a live, silent background feed of Obama speaking, anchor asks CNN on-air analyst 3 pinto Dec 2014 Dec 2014 2 2086

Torture Report Reveals CIA’s Manipulation of US Media 1 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1635

Big News Outlets Are Fighting A Gag Order To Access An Indicted Coal Baron’s Court Records 1 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 1584

America's Battle for Media Democracy 0 Thaddeus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 2046

Writer fired for calling Mike Brown an animal who needed to be put down 1 Eugene Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1689

How the Washington Press Turned Bad 2 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 9 1723

alt-weekly in Tucson Hiring a Staff Writer 3 Kali Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2005

The obstacles and dangers of reporting on Syria 0 Lady Freedom Returns Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1408

Journalists Remember Legendary Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee 0 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1306

IAPA says access to public information continues to be setback for the press 0 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1368

is Talking Points Memo basically a dead website? Everytime i go there the page just freezes. 4 Bill USA Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2253

www.oreilly-sucks.com 0 stewert Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 3253

Obama Met Privately With Top Journalists Before ISIS War Speech 1 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1712

Hannity guest: Rice’s wife ‘knocked herself out’ on elevator railing so he’s the ‘bigger victim’ 7 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 2666

Jay Carney joins CNN 1 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1617

The CIA’s Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With Agency Before Publication 0 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 7 1532

NBC pays for Matt Lauer’s helicopter rides to work 4 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2076

Online media should treat Kremlin troll army comments like what they are: Spamming 15 True Blue Door Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 3516

Obama: Media makes you think ‘world is falling apart’ 0 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1679

Is The Guardian "fauxgressive"? (Poll) 2 True Blue Door Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2573

NBC News President Rouses the Network 4 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 2144

Fareed Zakaria gets even more plagiarism accusations 3 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2129

Facebook to tag satirical articles to stop users falling for the Onion's jokes 5 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2068

does anyone else watch msnbc on their computer? 4 barbtries Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2229

MSNBC’s Touré slammed for tweet touting white privilege of Holocaust survivors 5 obama2terms May 2014 Aug 2014 2 2563

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A discussion on the dos-and-don'ts of Data Journalism 1 petronius May 2014 Aug 2014 2 1768

CNN destroyed by huge asteroid 8 jakeXT May 2014 Aug 2014 5 2220

A new message from the international bankers to Greece 0 no more banksters Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1691

The relationship between the government and the media is like a marriage; it is a dysfunctional marr 1 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1593

Uproar over Beyonce's Time magazine cover: 'Why is she in her underwear?' 9 rocktivity Apr 2014 Jul 2014 1 6785

White House Press Secretary Faces Reporter Revolt After Criticizing Media At Briefing 0 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1577

Sky News Apologises After Presenter Rifles Though MH17 Passenger’s Luggage Live On Air 2 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1936

NBC Correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin Is Returned to Gaza 0 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1706

CNN Removes Reporter Diana Magnay From Israel-Gaza After 'Scum' Tweet 1 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 1667

NBC Pulls Ayman Mohyeldin From Gaza Despite Powerful Reporting 4 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 1906

Rupert Murdoch Said to Have Made Offer for Time Warner 0 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1418

Gaza, Israel, it’s easy as ABC 0 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1493

Wither(ing) Journalism? 5 Thaddeus Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1891

AP and AP Excite seem to have a majority of the Breaking News stories at DU...why is that? 22 Fred Sanders Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 6240

NBC's McFadden services GOP in interview of Valerie Jarrett - what happened with Obama's ratings? 0 Bill USA Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1866

Why the absolute decimation of progressive radio? 7 tech3149 Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2199

RE: Ukraine. I discovered this blog. the Saker. Just putting it out here... 0 truth2power May 2014 May 2014 0 1580

Fox News Demo Ratings Lowest In 13 Years - TV Newser 4 Fred Sanders May 2014 May 2014 2 2434

Associated Press Asks For Shorter, 'Tighter' Stories 0 jakeXT May 2014 May 2014 1 1355

Ukraine located in Pakistan - CNN blunder 0 jakeXT May 2014 May 2014 1 1536

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