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Views of the News, Dec. 2, 2009

Media coverage of the Obama Afghanistan speech ... the White House dinner gate-crashers ... and Tiger Woods' "transgressions." Panelists: Mike McKean, Lee Wilkins, Charles Davis.

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This week's topic links

Media reaction to Obama's Afghanistan speech

The Huffington Post: "Obama Afghanistan Speech: Reactions, Analysis"

Thomas M. Defrank, New York Daily News: "Afghanistan is President Obama's war now, after his West Point speech"

Fox News: "Obama's Afghan Plan Fails to Satisfy Left or Right"

Alexander Burns, Politico: "Win it or end it? Petraeus: 'Tension' in war speech"

The White House "gatecrashers"

Savanah Guthrie, NBC Nightly News: "Guessed list? Party crashers confused about invite"

Neely Tucker and Mary Jordan, The Washington Post: "A new field of inquiry: Salahis' polo cup. Couple's problems didn't start with White House dinner"

Washington Times editorial: "Vindicating White House gate-crashers" (sarcasm)

Tiger Woods and tabloid rumors

Emily Smith, The New York Post: "Rachel Uchitel: The night I met Tiger Woods & my life spun out of control"

The National Enquirer: "World Exclusive: Woman at Center of Tiger Woods Cheating Scandal Exposed!!"

TMZ: "Tiger's Wife Changed Her Story"

Dan Le Batard, The Miami Herald: "When Tiger Woods and scandal collide, truth becomes the victim"

James Poniewozik, Time: "Looking for Reasons to Care About Tiger Woods"

Kahler family murders and local media coverage

Brennan David and T.J. Greaney, Columbia Daily Tribune: "Slain woman was target of online stalker. $10 million bond is set for Kahler."

Sarah Horn, Columbia Missourian: "Kahler Killings: Teachers, friends mourn children lost in triple homicide"

Tram Whitehurst, Columbia Missourian: "Kahler Killings: Criminal psychologists explain triggers for family violence"

Making news un-Google-able?

Clint Boulton, eWeek: "Analysts Scoff at News Corp.-Bing Bid to Ding Google"

Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch: "Google News Makes a Concession to Whining Publishers: Only First Five Clicks are Free"

Joseph Tartakoff, PaidContent.org: "Huffington to Murdoch: Stop 'Pointing Fingers'"

Eric Pfanner, The New York Times: "Google and News Corp. Do Need Each Other"

Federal Trade Commission: "How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?"

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Views of the News, Nov. 18, 2009

Is "crowd-funding" the future of journalism? ... "The Daily Show," Sean Hannity, and the misuse of file footage ... and, "Web scraping" of the accused. Panelists: Lee Wilkins, Charles Davis, Marty Steffens.

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Views of the News, Nov. 11, 2009

Media coverage of the Ft. Hood shootings and the "Islamist extremist" angle ... an overblown sweeps promo on local TV ... and, did the Innocence Project student reporters pay for friendly interviews? Panelists: Mike McKean, Lee Wilkins, Charles Davis.

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