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Dangerous year for journalists as 2014 death toll reaches 60 0 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1676

Link hoping led me to Aj-Jazeera and Bush's apparent hatred for them is fascinating 2 JonLP24 Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 2107

Bloomberg Rescinded Offer To Writer Jessica Pressler After New York Magazine Hoax 0 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1978

Why is the comments section on Yahoo articles a cesspool for right-wing fanatics? 7 gmb92 Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 22834

A Book for Now 0 Thaddeus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1737

CNN: While running a live, silent background feed of Obama speaking, anchor asks CNN on-air analyst 3 pinto Dec 2014 Dec 2014 2 2410

Torture Report Reveals CIA’s Manipulation of US Media 1 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1903

Big News Outlets Are Fighting A Gag Order To Access An Indicted Coal Baron’s Court Records 1 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 1873

America's Battle for Media Democracy 0 Thaddeus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 2335

Writer fired for calling Mike Brown an animal who needed to be put down 1 Eugene Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2032

How the Washington Press Turned Bad 2 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 9 2062

alt-weekly in Tucson Hiring a Staff Writer 3 Kali Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2381

The obstacles and dangers of reporting on Syria 0 Lady Freedom Returns Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1628

Journalists Remember Legendary Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee 0 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1564

IAPA says access to public information continues to be setback for the press 0 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1622

is Talking Points Memo basically a dead website? Everytime i go there the page just freezes. 4 Bill USA Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2745

www.oreilly-sucks.com 0 stewert Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 3533

Obama Met Privately With Top Journalists Before ISIS War Speech 1 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1989

Hannity guest: Rice’s wife ‘knocked herself out’ on elevator railing so he’s the ‘bigger victim’ 7 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 3157

Jay Carney joins CNN 1 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1917

The CIA’s Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With Agency Before Publication 0 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 7 1793

NBC pays for Matt Lauer’s helicopter rides to work 4 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2471

Online media should treat Kremlin troll army comments like what they are: Spamming 15 True Blue Door Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 4470

Obama: Media makes you think ‘world is falling apart’ 0 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2002

Is The Guardian "fauxgressive"? (Poll) 2 True Blue Door Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 3013

NBC News President Rouses the Network 4 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 2503

Fareed Zakaria gets even more plagiarism accusations 3 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2452

Facebook to tag satirical articles to stop users falling for the Onion's jokes 5 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2463

does anyone else watch msnbc on their computer? 4 barbtries Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2656

MSNBC’s Touré slammed for tweet touting white privilege of Holocaust survivors 5 obama2terms May 2014 Aug 2014 2 2983

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A discussion on the dos-and-don'ts of Data Journalism 1 petronius May 2014 Aug 2014 2 2125

CNN destroyed by huge asteroid 8 jakeXT May 2014 Aug 2014 5 2750

A new message from the international bankers to Greece 0 no more banksters Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2004

The relationship between the government and the media is like a marriage; it is a dysfunctional marr 1 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1886

Uproar over Beyonce's Time magazine cover: 'Why is she in her underwear?' 9 rocktivity Apr 2014 Jul 2014 1 7556

White House Press Secretary Faces Reporter Revolt After Criticizing Media At Briefing 0 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1804

Sky News Apologises After Presenter Rifles Though MH17 Passenger’s Luggage Live On Air 2 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 2224

NBC Correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin Is Returned to Gaza 0 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1951

CNN Removes Reporter Diana Magnay From Israel-Gaza After 'Scum' Tweet 1 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 1955

NBC Pulls Ayman Mohyeldin From Gaza Despite Powerful Reporting 4 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 2265

Rupert Murdoch Said to Have Made Offer for Time Warner 0 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1658

Gaza, Israel, it’s easy as ABC 0 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1762

Wither(ing) Journalism? 5 Thaddeus Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2293

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 7636

NBC's McFadden services GOP in interview of Valerie Jarrett - what happened with Obama's ratings? 0 Bill USA Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2157

Why the absolute decimation of progressive radio? 7 tech3149 Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2684

RE: Ukraine. I discovered this blog. the Saker. Just putting it out here... 0 truth2power May 2014 May 2014 0 1824

Fox News Demo Ratings Lowest In 13 Years - TV Newser 4 Fred Sanders May 2014 May 2014 2 2806

Associated Press Asks For Shorter, 'Tighter' Stories 0 jakeXT May 2014 May 2014 1 1606

Ukraine located in Pakistan - CNN blunder 0 jakeXT May 2014 May 2014 1 1804

The Real Story About the Wrong Photos in #BringBackOurGirls 0 jakeXT May 2014 May 2014 2 1664

Cliven Bundy Ended My Forbes Gig 0 struggle4progress May 2014 May 2014 4 1773

I assume you've seen this, BUT just in case (important!): 0 snot Apr 2014 Apr 2014 6 1787

TPP TV Blackout 8 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 18 2689

New York Times tries to whitewash publication of faked Ukraine photos 4 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 17 2478

NBC News Hired Psychological Consultant To Talk To David Gregory's Family, Friends 2 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 2004

Laura Ingraham joins ABC News 3 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1994

PBS broadcasts "Flight: the Genius of Birds" an Intelligent Design pitch-piece. Was it free to PBS? 1 Bill USA Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 2358

“Our National Debate About Climate Policy Is Broken” 0 MindMover Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1503

Stephen Colbert is 'top choice' to replace David Letterman 3 MindMover Apr 2014 Apr 2014 8 1994

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Study: Do you always agree with the topics newspaper editors choose to cover? 5 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 2490

The Blade, pair of journalists who were held file FBI complaints 0 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1457

What Vice's Stunning Financials Tell Us About The Future Of Media 0 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1898

ABC Faces Continued Billion-Dollar Lawsuit for Calling “Lean, Finely Textured Beef” “Pink Slime” 4 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 11116

The Most and Least Liked TV Newscasters – From Scott Pelley to Chris Matthews 0 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 1768

Key Indicators in Media & News 1 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1691

How Working In Washington Taught Me We’re All A Little Like RT America 3 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2016

YouTube Enlists ‘Trusted Flaggers’ to Police Videos 0 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 1734

CNN’s Ratings Surge Covering the Mystery of the Missing Airliner 5 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2069

As the Web Turns 25, Its Creator Talks About Its Future 1 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1629

WTFlorida ... on All In with Chris Hayes ... 2 MindMover Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1943

Michael Smerconish 4 question everything Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1931

Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart Rip Wrong on Iraq Republicans For Wanting War With Russia 3 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 17 2292

James Kirchik, neocon and former writer for Radio Free Europe helped Liz Wahl with 2 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2298

Newsweek's print revival starts March 7 0 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1440

RT’s Abby Martin Goes Off on ‘Corporate Media’ Propaganda During Piers Morgan Interview 2 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2035

Another Map Fail For MSNBC 3 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2322

Fox in Freefall as Rachel Maddow Beats Fox News For an Entire Week In the Ratings 13 Bill USA Jan 2014 Feb 2014 15 3481

Why Isn't the Times a-Changin'? 0 jakeXT Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1533

Distorting Russia 1 jakeXT Feb 2014 Feb 2014 4 1590

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