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Views of the News, Feb. 24, 2010

Coverage of the Toyota recalls ... cable's corporate conflicts ... and, the Tiger Woods contrition event. Panelists: Mike McKean, Lee Wilkins, Charles Davis.

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Strange Bedfellows

Eric Deggans, St. Petersburg Times: "Church of Scientology hires investigative journalists to examine St. Pete Times coverage"

Howard Kurtz, Washington Post: "Scientology Church hires reporters to investigate newspaper"

Mike Hoyt, Columbia Journalism Review: "An Unfortunate Analogy"

Toyota: Take 2

Margaret Conley and Brian Ross, ABC News: "LaHood: Government Will Follow Up on Possible Toyota Electronic Glitch Reported by ABC News"

Sam Abuelsamid, Autoblog: "Analysis: ABC News report shouldn't panic Toyota drivers"

Brian Stelter and Bill Carter, New York Times: "ABC News to Cut Hundreds of Staff"

Corporate Conflicts and Cable News

Sebastian Jones, The Nation: "The Media-Lobbying Complex"

Tiger's Contrition Event

Los Angeles Times slideshow: "Tiger Woods and other celebrity apologies"

Matea Gold, Los Angeles Times: "Media commentators render quick verdicts on Tiger Woods' apology"

Agence France-Presse: "Golf Writers snub Woods over media restrictions"

Hank Gola, New York Daily News: "As Tiger Woods shuns press in public apology, show is unbelievable"

Views of the News, Feb. 17, 2010

A look at coverage of the Winter Olympics ... why some media outlets are willing to pay big bucks for open-records requests ... and, the impact of Columbia's True/False Film Festival on journalism. Panelists: Mike McKean, Lee Wilkins, Charles Davis.

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Evaluating Vancouver Coverage

David Bauder, Associated Press: "NBC, other networks draw criticism for airing grisly video of luger's death at Olympics"

Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly: "David Letterman calls Olympics officials 'hypocrites' after luge death"

Bill Mann, MarketWatch: "Why you're seeing the same old young faces"

Stuart Elliott, New York Times: "Winter Games Commercials Show Extended Reach"

Missouri Journalism Students/Reynolds Journalism Institute cover Olympics with iPhones:

Brian Pellot's Twitter feed

Erica Zucco's Twitter feed

Karen Mitchell's blog

Paying the Price for Records Searches

Tim Arango, New York Times: "Despite Budgets, Some Newsrooms Persist in Costly Fight for Records"

True/False Around the Corner

Aarik Danielsen, Columbia Daily Tribune: "Out of many, one festival"

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "True/False fest offers preview of hot docs"

Watch the complete trailer for Colony, one of the featured films at this year's True/False Film Fest

True/False Film Fest official site

Download the new True/False iPhone app

Candidate Refuses Trib Interview

Mike Martin, Columbia Heart Beat blog: "Mayoral Candidate Sullivan: Declines Trib endorsement interview"

Views of the News, Feb. 10, 2010

Toyota uses and attacks the media during its recall crisis ... the murder of a sports editor reenters the mid-Missouri headlines ... and, a look at the impact of two Super Bowl ads. Panelists: Mike McKean, Lee Wilkins, Charles Davis.

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Views of the News, Feb. 3, 2010

Obama's "question time" with the GOP ... a female journalist takes over a Sunday political roundtable show ... an advocacy ad runs during the Super Bowl ... and, the iTablet is unveiled. Panelists: Mike McKean, Lee Wilkins, Charles Davis.

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Obama 'Question Time' Rematch?

MSNBC: "Obama, Republicans Spar in Q&A"

Mike Allen, Politico: "Left and right push for President Obama 'question time'"

Bob Barr, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Obama-GOP 'rumble' was good -- but only as a first step"

Huffington Post: "Obama Interested in Televised Question Time Rematch With GOP"

Crowley to Host Sunday Show

Alissa Krinsky, TVNewser: "Candy Crowley: 'I am First, Last and Always a Reporter. And I'm Not Giving That Up'"

Michael Calderone, Politico: "Crowley: 'You have to be reporting'"

Abortion and the Super Bowl

Stuart Elliott, The New York Times: "An Advocacy Ad Stirs a National Debate"

Jemele Hill, ESPN: "Laud the courage in Tim Tebow's stand"

Steve McClellan, Adweek: "Super Bowl Ads More Exciting Than the Game?"

Unveiling the "Jesus Tablet"

Steve Jobs, Apple Keynote Event, January 27, 2010.

Bianca Bosker, The Huffington Post: "iPad Review (PHOTOS): 9 Worst Things About the Apple Tablet"

Robert Niles, Online Journalism Review: "Will Apple's iPad save the news industry?"

E.B. Boyd, Baynewser: "Calacanis to Sulzberger: IF You Sell the Times Through the Apple App Store, 'You Are an Idiot'"

Joe Zeff, The Joe Zeff Design Blog: "A Free iPad with Your Paid Subscription?"

Richard Perez-Pena, The New York Times: "Some News Outlets Ready to Try Charging Online Readers"