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The 6 Most Hilarious Ways Mainstream Media Failed at Google
When the work we do is seen by others, it's important to be thorough when checking facts. The people on this list learned that the hard way.
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Russia Accused Of Silencing Journalists, Activists Ahead Of Olympic Games
Local authorities in Russia have allegedly harassed activists and journalists critical of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Human Rights Watch (HRW) claims. The human rights organization stated in a report that, beginning in 2008, it has documented efforts by the government to intimidate those speaking out on, among other things, the effects of Olympic venue construction on the environment and locals' health.
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Why glasses are so expensive - 60 Minutes
Ever wondered why glasses are so expensive?
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The Delightful World Of Editorial Screw Ups In China
Last week’s incident of Chinese state-owned media outlet Xinhua re-printing Andy Borowitz’s satire as real news is hardly the first time Chinese news editors’ bullshit-detectors have failed them. Let’s see what other fake news stories have slipped by China’s seasoned fact-checkers.
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Hey, Washington Post: Print that forbidden NSA interview!
The Post gets a huge story, but still allows the government to jerk its reporters around.
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Prosecutor asks judge to give Manning 60 years
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning should spend 60 years in prison because he betrayed the U.S. by giving classified material to WikiLeaks, a prosecutor said Monday.
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The Middle East Explained In One Excellent Letter To The Editor
The letter ran in Thursday’s Financial Times.
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Jeff Bezos Is Exactly 50% Wrong About What's Killing The Washington Post
"Rewriting" isn't The Washington Post's problem. It might even be a part of the solution.
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Final Tally: Americans Were 12 Times More Interested in Miley Cyrus Than Syria
That Miley Cyrus captures more attention than escalating war in Syria is, by now, conventional wisdom. But an exhaustive survey of news sources now reveals exactly how much attention Miley steals: Americans viewed twelve times as many pages about Miley Cyrus as they did about Syria — even though the news sources published 2.4 Syria articles for every one about Miley.
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Bill to protect journalists clears Senate panel
The Senate Judiciary Committee approves a media shield bill to keep 'real reporters' from having to testify on their work.
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Culture of Violence
A Dorkly comic.
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WikiLeaks Leaks The Fifth Estate Script Along with Important Julian Assange Hair-Dying Clarification
As jokily predicted, WikiLeaks ringleader Julian Assange has found a way to spoil the release of The Fifth Estate, Bill Condon’s forthcoming drama about the controversial information-sharing organization, by doing what he does best—leaking information.
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The news business could continue to be unprofitable forever. That’s OK.
Some people were unpersuaded by Thursday's post arguing that the low profits in the news industry were a positive sign. Slate's Will Oremus, for example, is "not sure how anyone could honestly believe this without their head exploding."
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The news media shutdown
But simplistic, reassuring narratives and angry arguments are more popular and profitable than dispassionate descriptions of complex public policy problems. For a collapsing, digital-age news industry desperate for income, partisanship keeps it afloat.
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Polish journalist abducted in Syria in July is alive
A Polish journalist who was taken hostage by Islamist militants in northwest Syria in July is alive, Poland's foreign minister said on Saturday.
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The week's best photojournalism
In some of the week's most stirring photos, festivities get under way in India, pigeons flock for food, footballers skip out, and more
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Glenn Greenwald vs. hopelessly unprepared BBC interviewer
BBC current affairs shows have long been about their own adversarial tone, and there's something to be thankful in that: Britain's media culture forces politicians to subject themselves to grillings in a way that just doesn't happen much in America. But the fearless, no-nonsense style is often so affected that it relies upon the anxiety and obedience of interview subjects.
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Fox News debuts bizarre, giant tablets in its outrageous new newsroom
Fox News has just unveiled a breathtakingly ridiculous newsroom, complete with novelty-sized Windows-based touchscreens, a Twitter wall, and a wannabe Minority Report style display, which it hopes...
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Russia's Online-Comment Propaganda Army
Paid, pro-government commenters aren't a new phenomenon in Russia, and similar practices are widespread in countless countries. In their Freedom on the Net report released last week, the NGO Freedom House said the strategy has been on the rise over the past two years, and is now rampant in 22 of the 60 countries the group examined.
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How a gay blogger is tweeting politicians out of the closet
Tweets are now Michael Rogers's medium for muckraking. They’re “like jabs.”
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