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Lapdogs, redux: How the press tried to discredit Hersh’s bombshell reporting on CIA domestic spying 1 jakeXT May 2015 May 2015 9 1913

CIA Officer J. Sterling Sentenced to Prison: The Latest Blow in the Government’s War on Journalism 3 jakeXT May 2015 May 2015 4 1801

“I Am Not Backing Off Anything I Said” An interview with Seymour Hersh. 2 jakeXT May 2015 May 2015 13 1993

My fave invest Journalist 0 Miigwech May 2015 May 2015 0 1822

Watching Shadows of Liberty 0 jakeXT May 2015 May 2015 1 1780

Nice job BBC... 2 LunaSea May 2015 May 2015 0 1946

Periscope's livestreaming revolution is nowhere to be found in Baltimore 0 Renew Deal May 2015 May 2015 0 1610

Reasons why the British press are so desperately partisan this general election 0 T_i_B Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1791

New York Times Leads Pulitzer Pack, Washington Post Honored Despite Correction 0 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1740

Norway announced it will be the first country to shut off FM radio 4 Renew Deal Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1940

Ben Affleck asked PBS to edit slave-owner relatives out of show on his family history 2 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2060

The Miami Herald, the CIA, and the Bay of Pigs scoop that didn’t run 1 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1594

They Have ‘Propaganda,’ US Has ‘Public Diplomacy’–and a Servile Private Sector 1 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1617

NBC’s Conduct in Engel Kidnapping Story is More Troubling than the Brian Williams Scandal 0 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1552

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 1793

Media Were Already Running With Police Fantasy When Video Exploded It 2 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 2013

Seymour Hersh on My Lai and the state of investigative journalism 1 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1826

‘Emergency alert’ sparks panic among TV viewers nationwide 1 jakeXT Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 3562

Towards a Media That Is "Good and Just" 1 Thaddeus Mar 2015 Mar 2015 2 1712

10 Places Google Earth Is Hiding From You 0 Electric Monk Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 2029

So sick of Faux and CNN broadcasting recruiting films for ISIS and the KKK 1 Still In Wisconsin Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 2035

Matthew Dowd parrots GOP Propaganda re Clinton on PBS Newshour 1 Bill USA Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 2105

Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links 11 jakeXT Mar 2015 Mar 2015 7 3908

Native ads and the new journalism economy 0 Thaddeus Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1596

PBS Newshour 'rediscovers' the word "filibuster" after 6 yrs --- now that the Democrats have used it 3 Bill USA Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 2359

Peter Oborne: Why I have resigned from the Telegraph 3 T_i_B Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 2064

Did CNN just annex Ukraine for Russia? 4 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2475

CBS makes a swing and a massive miss 5 JayhawkSD Feb 2015 Feb 2015 12 2498

Former NBCUniversal boss comes to the defense of Brian Williams 3 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2287

CNN Apologizes for Calling Ukrainian Troops ‘Pro U.S.’ 4 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 2097

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64% of journalists surveyed believe that the U.S. gov. has probably collected data about their phone 0 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1881

NBC’s Brian Williams Recants Tale of Helicopter Attack 0 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1879

Saudi prince sells most of his News Corp stock for £125m 0 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1751

British army creates team of Facebook warriors 1 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 2033

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

It is being reported that one of the Mayors of the UK will start 3 sammy750 Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 2523

The history of America’s news media and what went wrong 3 Thaddeus Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 2091

Fox apology for Birmingham 'Muslim-only city' claim 1 Eugene Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 1915

No Teachable Moment as Jim Clancy Leaves CNN 0 jakeXT Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1816

New York Post and UPI Twitter accounts hacked 0 Eugene Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 2740

U.S. News Fox affiliate fires reporter and cameraman who deceptively edited video of police brutali 3 jakeXT Dec 2014 Jan 2015 12 2930

Dangerous year for journalists as 2014 death toll reaches 60 0 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1527

Link hoping led me to Aj-Jazeera and Bush's apparent hatred for them is fascinating 2 JonLP24 Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1928

Bloomberg Rescinded Offer To Writer Jessica Pressler After New York Magazine Hoax 0 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1842

Why is the comments section on Yahoo articles a cesspool for right-wing fanatics? 7 gmb92 Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 22485

A Book for Now 0 Thaddeus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1567

CNN: While running a live, silent background feed of Obama speaking, anchor asks CNN on-air analyst 3 pinto Dec 2014 Dec 2014 2 2226

Torture Report Reveals CIA’s Manipulation of US Media 1 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1753

Big News Outlets Are Fighting A Gag Order To Access An Indicted Coal Baron’s Court Records 1 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 1719

America's Battle for Media Democracy 0 Thaddeus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 2172

Writer fired for calling Mike Brown an animal who needed to be put down 1 Eugene Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1839

How the Washington Press Turned Bad 2 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 9 1853

alt-weekly in Tucson Hiring a Staff Writer 3 Kali Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2166

The obstacles and dangers of reporting on Syria 0 Lady Freedom Returns Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1503

Journalists Remember Legendary Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee 0 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1416

IAPA says access to public information continues to be setback for the press 0 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1477

is Talking Points Memo basically a dead website? Everytime i go there the page just freezes. 4 Bill USA Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2471

www.oreilly-sucks.com 0 stewert Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 3374

Obama Met Privately With Top Journalists Before ISIS War Speech 1 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1830

Hannity guest: Rice’s wife ‘knocked herself out’ on elevator railing so he’s the ‘bigger victim’ 7 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 2867

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Jay Carney joins CNN 1 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1749

The CIA’s Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With Agency Before Publication 0 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 7 1643

NBC pays for Matt Lauer’s helicopter rides to work 4 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2233

Online media should treat Kremlin troll army comments like what they are: Spamming 15 True Blue Door Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 3787

Obama: Media makes you think ‘world is falling apart’ 0 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1827

Is The Guardian "fauxgressive"? (Poll) 2 True Blue Door Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2772

NBC News President Rouses the Network 4 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 2283

Fareed Zakaria gets even more plagiarism accusations 3 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2268

Facebook to tag satirical articles to stop users falling for the Onion's jokes 5 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2206

does anyone else watch msnbc on their computer? 4 barbtries Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2386

MSNBC’s Touré slammed for tweet touting white privilege of Holocaust survivors 5 obama2terms May 2014 Aug 2014 2 2737

A discussion on the dos-and-don'ts of Data Journalism 1 petronius May 2014 Aug 2014 2 1933

CNN destroyed by huge asteroid 8 jakeXT May 2014 Aug 2014 5 2390

A new message from the international bankers to Greece 0 no more banksters Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1831

The relationship between the government and the media is like a marriage; it is a dysfunctional marr 1 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1729

Uproar over Beyonce's Time magazine cover: 'Why is she in her underwear?' 9 rocktivity Apr 2014 Jul 2014 1 7116

White House Press Secretary Faces Reporter Revolt After Criticizing Media At Briefing 0 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1675

Sky News Apologises After Presenter Rifles Though MH17 Passenger’s Luggage Live On Air 2 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 2052

NBC Correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin Is Returned to Gaza 0 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1813

CNN Removes Reporter Diana Magnay From Israel-Gaza After 'Scum' Tweet 1 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 1790

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