Not Worth Mentioning?
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
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USA Today: Pushing John Edwards Out of the Race?
Submitted by Anne Landman on
A USA Today article analyzing the electability of presidential candidates running in Iowa barely mentioned John Edwards, even though Edwards is the only Democrat besides Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama who consistently polls in the double digits in Iowa, according to
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Huckabee Plays Religion Card, Hides Hand
Submitted by Anne Landman on
![Huckabee's "floating cross" campaign ad](/files/images/huckabee_floating_cross_ad.jpg "Huckabee's "floating cross" campaign ad")
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee defended his controversial "Floating Cross" Christmas ad against charges that he is leveraging religion to boost his campaign, but
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"Posted to YouTube, Sir!"
Submitted by Judith Siers-Poisson on
YouTube has become de rigeur for posting official war propaganda. As CMD reported in October 2007, NATO has dedicated at least 1 million Euros (about $1.46 million U.S.) to produce and post footage to the popular video sharing site. In Britain, the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Royal Navy and Royal Air Force all have channels on YouTube, with dozens of short videos shot by or with their forces.
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2007 Most Deadly Year for Journalists in Over a Decade
Submitted by Judith Siers-Poisson on
The Committee to Protect Journalists has released a report stating that 64 journalists died as a direct result of their profession in 2007. That marks the highest mortality rate since 1993. Nearly half of those deaths occurred in Iraq, with Somalia following in second place.
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FCC: Big Media Should Get Bigger
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
On a three to two party line vote, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to overturn "a 32-year-old ban," allowing "broadcasters in the nation's 20 largest media markets to also own a newspaper." FCC Chair Kevin Martin, who proposed the change, called it "a relatively minor loosening" of media ownership rules.
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Anonymously Defending Guantanamo from Criticism
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"US military personnel at Guantanamo Bay called Fidel Castro a transsexual and defended the prison for terrorism suspects in anonymous web postings," according to a new report.
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Playing Public Relations Games
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"Sixty percent of US consumers polled agree that the government should regulate the sale of violent or mature video games," states a press release from the PR firm Hill & Knowlton (H&K).
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Unions to Lehane: You Down with AMPTP?
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
Concerned that public opinion is firmly on the side of striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) members, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) hired a bipartisan stable of new PR consultants.
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