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NYT Poo-Poos Bernie Sanders in pale, limp rhetoric 2 HoosierCowboy Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1920

So working on a story on...taxes. 2 nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 Jul 2015 3 1812

Why do news reports - at least at print - refer to the shooter as "suspect" 5 question everything Jun 2015 Jul 2015 0 2064

Help Support Street Documentary Film and Photography 0 votesparks Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1571

Anyone remember the story where Tamir Rice was decribed as "man" 2 hadrons Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 2652

Fox News is Light on Substance but Heavy on Legs 0 Nasty Jack Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 2361

Fox News Decides to Help Duggar Family Sugar Coat Son's Molestation 2 Nasty Jack Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 2180

Fox News Has Become a Retirement Community 0 Nasty Jack May 2015 May 2015 7 2114

It's Official-Fox News Viewers Are Really That Dumb 9 Nasty Jack May 2015 May 2015 35 4565

Lapdogs, redux: How the press tried to discredit Hersh’s bombshell reporting on CIA domestic spying 1 jakeXT May 2015 May 2015 9 1961

CIA Officer J. Sterling Sentenced to Prison: The Latest Blow in the Government’s War on Journalism 3 jakeXT May 2015 May 2015 4 1859

“I Am Not Backing Off Anything I Said” An interview with Seymour Hersh. 2 jakeXT May 2015 May 2015 13 2032

My fave invest Journalist 0 Miigwech May 2015 May 2015 0 1863

Watching Shadows of Liberty 0 jakeXT May 2015 May 2015 1 1826

Nice job BBC... 2 LunaSea May 2015 May 2015 0 1980

Periscope's livestreaming revolution is nowhere to be found in Baltimore 0 Renew Deal May 2015 May 2015 0 1655

Reasons why the British press are so desperately partisan this general election 0 T_i_B Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1838

New York Times Leads Pulitzer Pack, Washington Post Honored Despite Correction 0 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1790

Norway announced it will be the first country to shut off FM radio 4 Renew Deal Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 2005

Ben Affleck asked PBS to edit slave-owner relatives out of show on his family history 2 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2120

The Miami Herald, the CIA, and the Bay of Pigs scoop that didn’t run 1 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1638

They Have ‘Propaganda,’ US Has ‘Public Diplomacy’–and a Servile Private Sector 1 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1665

NBC’s Conduct in Engel Kidnapping Story is More Troubling than the Brian Williams Scandal 0 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1597

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 1828

Media Were Already Running With Police Fantasy When Video Exploded It 2 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 2069

Seymour Hersh on My Lai and the state of investigative journalism 1 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1881

‘Emergency alert’ sparks panic among TV viewers nationwide 1 jakeXT Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 3625

Towards a Media That Is "Good and Just" 1 Thaddeus Mar 2015 Mar 2015 2 1762

10 Places Google Earth Is Hiding From You 0 Electric Monk Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 2092

So sick of Faux and CNN broadcasting recruiting films for ISIS and the KKK 1 Still In Wisconsin Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 2101

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Matthew Dowd parrots GOP Propaganda re Clinton on PBS Newshour 1 Bill USA Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 2156

Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links 11 jakeXT Mar 2015 Mar 2015 7 4034

Native ads and the new journalism economy 0 Thaddeus Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1639

PBS Newshour 'rediscovers' the word "filibuster" after 6 yrs --- now that the Democrats have used it 3 Bill USA Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 2425

Peter Oborne: Why I have resigned from the Telegraph 3 T_i_B Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 2126

Did CNN just annex Ukraine for Russia? 4 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2556

CBS makes a swing and a massive miss 5 JayhawkSD Feb 2015 Feb 2015 12 2565

Former NBCUniversal boss comes to the defense of Brian Williams 3 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2367

CNN Apologizes for Calling Ukrainian Troops ‘Pro U.S.’ 4 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 2175

64% of journalists surveyed believe that the U.S. gov. has probably collected data about their phone 0 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1931

NBC’s Brian Williams Recants Tale of Helicopter Attack 0 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1926

Saudi prince sells most of his News Corp stock for £125m 0 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1811

British army creates team of Facebook warriors 1 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 2088

Before Net Neutrality: The Surprising 1940s Battle for Radio Freedom 2 Thaddeus Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 2001

It is being reported that one of the Mayors of the UK will start 3 sammy750 Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 2611

The history of America’s news media and what went wrong 3 Thaddeus Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 2149

Fox apology for Birmingham 'Muslim-only city' claim 1 Eugene Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 1962

No Teachable Moment as Jim Clancy Leaves CNN 0 jakeXT Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1860

New York Post and UPI Twitter accounts hacked 0 Eugene Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 2789

U.S. News Fox affiliate fires reporter and cameraman who deceptively edited video of police brutali 3 jakeXT Dec 2014 Jan 2015 12 2987

Dangerous year for journalists as 2014 death toll reaches 60 0 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1575

Link hoping led me to Aj-Jazeera and Bush's apparent hatred for them is fascinating 2 JonLP24 Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1962

Bloomberg Rescinded Offer To Writer Jessica Pressler After New York Magazine Hoax 0 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1882

Why is the comments section on Yahoo articles a cesspool for right-wing fanatics? 7 gmb92 Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 22581

A Book for Now 0 Thaddeus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1610

CNN: While running a live, silent background feed of Obama speaking, anchor asks CNN on-air analyst 3 pinto Dec 2014 Dec 2014 2 2274

Torture Report Reveals CIA’s Manipulation of US Media 1 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1785

Big News Outlets Are Fighting A Gag Order To Access An Indicted Coal Baron’s Court Records 1 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 1765

America's Battle for Media Democracy 0 Thaddeus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 2215

Writer fired for calling Mike Brown an animal who needed to be put down 1 Eugene Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 1895

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How the Washington Press Turned Bad 2 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 9 1902

alt-weekly in Tucson Hiring a Staff Writer 3 Kali Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2218

The obstacles and dangers of reporting on Syria 0 Lady Freedom Returns Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1533

Journalists Remember Legendary Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee 0 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1451

IAPA says access to public information continues to be setback for the press 0 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1509

is Talking Points Memo basically a dead website? Everytime i go there the page just freezes. 4 Bill USA Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2551

www.oreilly-sucks.com 0 stewert Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 3410

Obama Met Privately With Top Journalists Before ISIS War Speech 1 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1872

Hannity guest: Rice’s wife ‘knocked herself out’ on elevator railing so he’s the ‘bigger victim’ 7 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 2946

Jay Carney joins CNN 1 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1797

The CIA’s Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With Agency Before Publication 0 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 7 1686

NBC pays for Matt Lauer’s helicopter rides to work 4 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2292

Online media should treat Kremlin troll army comments like what they are: Spamming 15 True Blue Door Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 4067

Obama: Media makes you think ‘world is falling apart’ 0 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1889

Is The Guardian "fauxgressive"? (Poll) 2 True Blue Door Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2838

NBC News President Rouses the Network 4 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 2335

Fareed Zakaria gets even more plagiarism accusations 3 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2328

Facebook to tag satirical articles to stop users falling for the Onion's jokes 5 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2257

does anyone else watch msnbc on their computer? 4 barbtries Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2458

MSNBC’s Touré slammed for tweet touting white privilege of Holocaust survivors 5 obama2terms May 2014 Aug 2014 2 2789

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