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Thursday 28 August, 2008
Dick Morris: Biden ran for president "because of a...
During the August 27 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor , host Bill O'Reilly asked whether Sen. Barack Obama will "have to say" why he didn't choose Sen. Hillary Clinton as his running mate. Fox
28/08/2008 04:12:00 [Media Matters for America]
IN&M sales hurt by advertising slump
The chief executive of Independent News & Media believes the Ireland-based newspaper group will achieve annual results in line with expectations in spite of a...
28/08/2008 03:00:00 [FT.com - Media and Internet]
Johnston reports more pain for papers
Johnston Press has illustrated the worsening conditions for Britain's regional newspaper sector by reporting a loss and providing a grim forecast for the rest of the...
28/08/2008 03:00:00 [FT.com - Media and Internet]
AP's Fournier counts the "I's" in Clinton's speech...
In an August 27 Associated Press " analysis ," Ron Fournier asserted that Sen. Hillary Clinton's August 26 speech at the Democratic National Convention -- which he described as "laced 17 times by some
28/08/2008 00:43:00 [Media Matters for America]
Editorial: A delicate unity
Editorial: This week's Democratic convention builds towards open-air speech by Barack Obama
28/08/2008 00:11:00 [guardian.co.uk Comment is free]
Terminally ill cancer patients occupy Nice HQ
Drug advisory body faces renewed pressure over decision to reject life-extending treatments
28/08/2008 00:08:00 [Latest news, sport, business, comment and reviews from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk]
PolitiFact's Adair falsely suggested his site foun...
On the August 25 edition of MSNBC Live , PolitiFact.com editor Bill Adair, discussing his website's assessment of campaign attacks this summer, falsely suggested that Sen. Barack Obama's and Sen. John
27/08/2008 23:45:00 [Media Matters for America]
Misplacing Race
In “The Racism Excuse,” yesterday's editorial rejecting the claim that racism explains Barack Obama's flagging lead in the polls, the Wall Street Journal took obvious delight in repeating
27/08/2008 23:33:00 [CJR]
Brokaw misquoted and misrepresented Bill Clinton r...
On the August 26 edition of MSNBC Live , Tom Brokaw misquoted and misrepresented what he described as a "pretty provocative" remark by former President Bill Clinton. Referring to comments Clinton made
27/08/2008 21:29:00 [Media Matters for America]
Before The Speech
The big news, and I use that word loosely, last night was all about The Speech. From about 20 feet above stage level, I watched the speech from the print press riser. None of the scribes alongside me
27/08/2008 20:53:00 [CJR]
Straw Man Smackdown
CJR convention correspondent Gabe Pressman notes that much of the coverage of last night's festivities focuses on the fact that, despite supposition to the contrary, Hillary Clinton's delegates seemed
27/08/2008 20:37:00 [CJR]
AP "FactCheck" distorted Dems' claim that McCain v...
Referring to claims by Pennsylvania Sen. Robert Casey Jr. and Gov. Ed Rendell during their August 26 speeches at the Democratic National Convention that Sen. John McCain votes with President Bush "90
27/08/2008 19:04:00 [Media Matters for America]
No compromise
Analysis has a long and, some might say, rather worthy history as a thoughtful documentary strand on Radio 4. So it was pretty surprising that the programme this week found itself at the centre of sug
27/08/2008 19:00:00 [BBC NEWS | The Editors]
School’s in
I continue to neglect you, blog family, because I am in the final (I hope) throes of editing the book and school just began. I spoke to the new class yesterday in the start of the interactive journali
27/08/2008 17:51:00 [BuzzMachine]
Online revenues up for Independent and Johnston Pr...
At the same time as reports of significant decline in UK and US print advertising, online advertising revenue is up for the Independent News Media Group (INM) and Johnston Press . Johnston Press, the
27/08/2008 17:49:00 [News from Journalism.co.uk]