Comcast Pushes Public out of Internet Debate
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Free Press video about the hearing
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Medical Disclosure Riles Professor
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Update on the Wikleaks Case
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As CMD recently reported, a federal judge ordered the Wikleaks website shut down. The site allows whistleblowers to post documents anonymously.
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Not Armstrong's Strong Suit
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Who better to turn to for a discussion of journalism ethics than "payola pundit" Armstrong Williams?
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Canada's Groupthink Tanks on Afghanistan
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As the debate over Canada's military mission in Afghanistan continues, the country's "Department of National Defence is ... spending millions of dollars sponsoring think tanks and scholars to offer up agreeable commentary," writes University of Ottawa professor Amir Attaran. "Take the Conference of Defence Associations, a think tank that got $500,000 from DND last year. ...
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Featured Participatory Project: References, Please
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On SourceWatch, our online wiki about "the names behind the news," we try to encourage a referencing policy which ensures that every piece of information in each article can be verified by a link to an authoritative source for that information. However, sometimes these references get left out.
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Jousting with the Lancet: More Data, More Debate over Iraqi Deaths
It's one of the most controversial questions today: How many Iraqis have died since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion?
That there is no definitive answer should not come as a surprise, given the chaotic situation in Iraq. Still, it's an important question to ask, for obvious humanitarian, moral and political reasons.
Theoretically, the public health surveys and polls that have been conducted in Iraq -- at great risk to the people involved -- should help inform and further the debate. But the data is complicated by different research approaches and their attendant caveats. The matter has been further confused by anemic reporting, with news articles usually framed as a "he said / she said" story, instead of an exploration and interpretation of research findings.
These are the conditions under which spin thrives: complex issues, political interests and weak reporting. So it's not too surprising that last month saw a spate of what international health researcher Dr. Richard Garfield calls "Swift Boat editorials."
U.S. Air Force Wants More Air Time
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The U.S. Air Force "wants to more than double its advertising budget ... to $112.5 million," reports the Air Force Times.
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Fake vs. Fakes
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Telecom War on Net Neutrality
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"Telecommunications industry groups have attacked a new bill calling for government regulators to take a closer look at how broadband providers manage their networks," reports Kenneth Corin. "The Internet Freedom Preservation Act, introduced earlier this week by Rep.
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