Lincoln Group Bombards Iraq with Fake News
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Fake news is being used in the Iraq propaganda war, reports the Los Angeles Times. "[T]he U.S.
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That Old Canard Liberal Bias
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"We were biased, all right - in favor of uncovering the news that powerful people wanted to keep hidden," veteran journalist Bill Moyers told Broadcasting & Cable.
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Goodnight, Nightline
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
Ted Koppel, who recently stepped down from Nightline, his long-running TV news show, "was a fine journalist and a decent man," writes Fred Branfman, "but to stay atop journalism's establishment, even he had to make a deal with the devil." Branfman recalls his own experiences with Koppel during the war in Indochina, praising his "charisma, good humor and an unusual mix of professionalism and human decency." At Nightline, however, he became "a card-carrying member of the journalistic establishment. ...
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Tomlinson's Other Job
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The Ghost of Newsrooms Past
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Staffing cuts and declining circulation are hitting leading newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and
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That's Advertainment
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
In Denver, Sacramento, Atlanta and Cleveland, radio stations owned by the Gannett media conglomerate have adopted "advertainment" - a new programming format that consists of "hybrid shows, which mix entertainment with commercial content (in addition to regular commercial breaks)." In Minneapolis, Gannett affiliate KARE plans this spring to "revamp its chatty mid-morning talk show 'Today,' and put much of that happy talk up for sale," writes Deborah Caulfield Rybak.
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Where Was the Media Between Invasion and Murtha?
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Technologically, the news media are vastly more advanced than it was during the Vietnam war, but commercial and political factors have "kept the war in Iraq marginal in the American media," write Rebecca Dana and Lizzy Ratner. A study done during the Vietnam war found that CBS devoted 91 minutes per month to reporting on Vietnam, whereas U.S. networks this year gave Iraq only 55 minutes per month. Other gaps in reporting include the following:
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Fake News for a Good Cause?
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"CBS affiliate WUSA-TV was charging the [Washington] DC government as much as $100,000 annually to promote breast cancer awareness during newscasts." From 2002 to 2004, anchors at the Gannett-owned station were required to encourage viewers to go to the station's website for information about breast cancer - next to a banner ad for the city's Human Services Department. Through their "Buddy Check 9" program, the TV station also encouraged viewers to remind women friends or family members to perform self-exams for breast cancer.
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PR Weblogs
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Constantin Basurea has compiled a list of blogs that focus on public relations. Most of them are pro-PR and written by public relations practitioners, but the Center for Media and Democracy's PRWatch.org is also listed, along with the Europe-based SpinWatch.org.
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The Report Behind Kenneth Tomlinson's Jump
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting's (CPB) Inspector-General, Kenneth A.
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