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It looks like the media is trying to kill off John Mcafee
Today reports surfaced claiming that John Mcafee has died from an apparent overdose during an alcohol and cocaine fueled binge.
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Why 140,000 Chinese people want to kick out CNN
More than 140,000 web users have signed an online petition to kick CNN out of China after it published a commentary questioning whether a vehicle deliberately crashed into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square that killed five and injured 40 counted as a terrorist attack. The petition is a reaction to an op-ed published on CNN’s Web site, by George Washington University associate professor Sean R. Roberts.
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Hamas appoints first spokeswoman
The Hamas authorities of the Gaza Strip has appointed their first female spokesperson to represent the group's communications with the international media. The hiring of Isra al-Modallal, a 23-year-old who speaks fluent British-accented English, as a spokeswoman for Hamas is part of a long-running push by the group to present a newer and friendlier face both to its own citizens and internationally.
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Why Africans worry about how Africa is portrayed in western media
The media prefers bad news stories – Africa is not singled out for that, but it does make life harder for those living abroad
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How a Gawker Editor Picks the 'Viral' Content Readers Can't Resist Sharing
Neetzan Zimmerman doesn't like to be called a machine. That word implies something cold and inhuman about how he works, and Mr. Zimmerman believes that what makes him so good at his job is precisely the opposite sensibility: Unlike a computer, he understands the emotions that might compel a human being to click on something online.
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A History of Media Manipulation: This Holiday Book List Will Protect You from Lying Liars
Last week we found out the media had again fallen for a complete hoax when it was revealed that a now-famous waitress who had been the victim of a homophobic no-tip-because-of-your-lifestyle attack in New Jersey had in fact made the whole thing up.
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US journalists feel wrath of Beijing
China appears poised to expel nearly two dozen foreign journalists at The New York Times and Bloomberg in a drastic escalation of pressure being placed on foreign news organisations operating in the country. Reporters for the two US news organisations have faced extensive delays with visa renewals, after publishing a series of exposes on senior Chinese leaders, including President Xi Jinping and former premier Wen Jiabao, that have embarrassed and angered the central government.
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Netflix Has a Plan to Rewire our Entire Culture
Binge-viewing was just the beginning. Netflix has a plan to rewire our entire culture
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Our outrageous media created the Tea Party
How "melodrama, misrepresentative exaggeration and mockery" became the dominant tone on cable and talk radio
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Putin dissolves state news agency, tightens grip on Russia media
President Vladimir Putin tightened his control over Russia's media on Monday by dissolving the main state news agency and replacing it with an organization that is to promote Moscow's image abroad.
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Fox News Paid Fired Executive $8 Million to Keep Quiet
Roger Ailes’ secrets command a heavy price. Last week, the New York Times reported that Fox News had reached an out-of-court settlement with Brian Lewis, the former Roger Ailes aide who was abruptly fired in late July. A Fox News executive with knowledge of the negotiations told Gawker that Lewis was paid approximately $8 million in hush money.
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Media more stressful for some than witnessing Boston bombs
Those who experience a terrorist attack firsthand are prone to suffer from acute stress. That much is obvious. But does living that experience repeatedly through the media’s coverage of the event cause even more stress?
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New Mom Under Fire for Postbaby Body Selfie
Is the postpregnancy body the new weapon of choice among superfit women? Yes, charge critics of Norwegian soccer wife and fitness blogger Caroline Berg Eriksen, who posted a flat-stomach, bra-and-panties selfie to her 245,000 Instagram followers just four days after giving birth.
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Why Websites Are to News What Compact Discs Were to Music
Since about 2004 newspapers have done what they think is the future. That gap has been filled by websites. To that end, millions have been spent on swanky looking sites with complex home pages and stylised channel pages.
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Keeping Secrets: Pierre Omidyar, Glenn Greenwald and the privatization of Snowden's leaks
Who “owns” the NSA secrets leaked by Edward Snowden to reporters Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras? Given that eBay founder Pierre Omidyar just invested a quarter of a billion dollars to personally hire Greenwald and Poitras for his new for-profit media venture, it’s a question worth asking.
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Matthew Perry and Peter Hitchens clash on Newsnight over drugs policy
The Friends star Matthew Perry and the British newspaper columnist Peter Hitchens have clashed over drugs policy, with Perry calling his opponent's questioning of the existence of drug addiction "as ludicrous as saying Peter Pan is real".
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Hulu Now A $1 Billion Company
Hulu will hit $1 billion in revenue for 2013, CEO Mike Hopkins said Wednesday. That amounts to a 43 percent jump in receipts for the subscription and ad-funded streaming video content company, which launched in 2008.
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The Internet is one giant hoax
I don’t know what’s real anymore. Shia LaBeouf has made the Internet slightly weirder and angrier than usual this week, at least in film critic and pop culture circles, when it became clear that he’d ripped off dialogue and visuals in his short film HowardCantour.com from a Daniel Clowes comic called Justin M. Damiano.
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The future of news is anticipation
One of the most important trends going into 2014 is the wave of sophisticated algorithms and processes that will forever change how journalism is both created and consumed. They are inherently social, but not in the way you may think. And they rely on the vast repositories of data we generate each time we connect, whether that’s searching Google for a restaurant, wishing friends happy birthday on Facebook, or posting an in-line annotation on Medium.
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Why Did BuzzFeed & Co. Target Justine Sacco for Online Assassination
Maybe BuzzFeed and its sorry band of elite media minions chose Sacco to send an intimidating message that says no one is safe from their speech rules, even nobodies with 174 Twitter followers. Randomly pulling people from their online homes as an example to the rest of us, is certainly going to have a chilling effect. But maybe it was a targeted hit based on a personal grudge or agenda we will never know about.
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