Yet Another Fake News Epidemic
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Destroying Journalism in Order to Save It
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
While fleeing an ambush in Afghanistan, U.S. soldiers reportedly opened fire on civilian cars and pedestrians and then destroyed photos and video taken at the scene by freelance journalists.
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Latest Version of Pay for Play: Bucks for Blogs
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Beware the blog that gushes about a product, movie, or anything you might consider purchasing. There's a chance that the blogger is on the payroll of "new marketing middlemen such as PayPerPost Inc. that connect advertisers with mom-and-pop webmasters." PayPerPost alone pays 15,500 bloggers for inserting their clients into blog postings.
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Winning Hearts, Minds and Arabic Blogs
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The Washington Times reports on the U.S.
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Seven Papers Axe Coulter's Column
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In the last week at least seven newspapers have dropped the syndicated column of conservative firebrand Ann Coulter. Speaking at the American Conservative Union's annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C.
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David Outsmarts Mining Goliath
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A satirical ad the New South Wales Mining Council wants banned from the web
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American Heart Association Sticks with Smoky Partner
Submitted by Anne Landman on
The American Heart Association (AHA) is once again partnering with the Rite Aid Drug Store chain to promote its "Go Red for Women" campaign, aimed at increasing public awareness of heart disease in women.
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Congresspedia Teaming Up with TheWeekInCongress.com
Starting this week, we at Congresspedia will be cross-posting from TheWeekInCongress.com. The site is a project of Sunlight friend and grantee Robert H. McElroy, and provides a rundown of the past week’s legislative activity in Congress (on weeks when one or both houses of Congress are in session).
Coal Company Not So Happy with Environment Report
Submitted by Bob Burton on
A New Zealand government-owned coal mining company, Solid Energy, has lost a bid to suppress the publication of a spoof corporate social responsibility repo
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Pentagon Declares War on Bad News
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"Soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center's Medical Hold Unit say they have been told they will wake up at 6 a.m. every morning and have their rooms ready for inspection at 7 a.m., and that they must not speak to the media," reports Kelly Kennedy.
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