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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Views of the News, May 26, 2010
Lack of transparency in the IBM move to Columbia? ... The "Fake Sheik" bribes Fergie ... and, the federal government takes a fresh look at media-ownership regulations. Panelists: Mike McKean, Lee Wilkins, Charles Davis.
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Transparency and the IBM Deal
Jodie Jackson, Jr., Columbia Daily Tribune: "Secrecy of IBM deal stirs criticism"
Abby Rogers, Columbia Missourian: "Columbia City Council approves IBM deal"
Abby Rogers, Columbia Missourian: "REDI president explains IBM deal particulars"
Mike Martin, The Columbia Heart Beat: "Blue Moose Slack: Code words riddle private REDI report"
David Rosman, Columbia Missourian: "IBM likely to have a hard time living up to hype"
Entrapping Fergie
News of the World: "Sarah Ferguson shamelessly plots to sell access to Prince Andrew for £500,000"
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post: "Fergie's royal humiliation"
Media Ownership Debate Renewed
Edward Wyatt, New York Times: "F.C.C. Begins Review of Regulations on Media Ownership"
John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable: "FCC Launches Media-Ownership Rules Review"
Ryan Blethen, Seattle Times: "Time to end the cross-ownership debate and ensure media diversity"
Federal Communications Commission: "2010 Review of Media Ownership" (read statements by Commissioners Copps and McDowell)
Wikipedia: "Concentration of media ownership" (excellent background information)
More on Missouri News Horizon
Michelle Hagopian, Columbia Missourian: "Amid financing questions, Missouri News Horizon sets up shot in Capitol"
Richard J. Tofel, The Daily Beast: "Why Corruption Grows in Our States: Fewer Reporters and Remote State Capitals"
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Views of the News, May 19, 2010
Withholding the news: Should the media have kept secret the names of the Columbia police officers in a controversial SWAT team raid, or the identity of IBM prior to its announcement about bringing jobs to Columbia? Panelists: Lee Wilkins, Charles Davis, Marty Steffens.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Views of the News, May 12, 2010
The future of Newsweek, similar magazines, and the journalists who write for them ... social media ethics for journalists ... and a "yo-yo pro" hoaxes local morning shows. Panelists: Mike McKean, Lee Wilkins, Charles Davis.
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Newsweek for Sale
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Jon Meacham | ||||
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The Wall Street Journal: "Newsweek's Jon Meacham Tells 'Daily Show' Why Magazines Are in Trouble"
Jon Meacham, Newsweek: "Newsweek at a Crossroads: We have a mission to fulfill, no matter how difficult the week"
DealBook, The New York Times: "With Newsweek for Sale, an Era Fades"
John Koblin, The New York Observer: "Reuters, Politico Line Up for Newsweek"
The Weekly Standard: "The Final Days of Newsweek?"
Alex Beam, Boston Globe: "Ye Olde Newsweek"
Social Media Ethics for Journalists
Radio Television Digital News Association: "Social Media and Blogging Guidelines"
Ryan Murphy, RTDNA: "RTDNA/Hofstra Survey Shows TV Station Involvement on Facebook, Twitter Soaring Over Last Year"
Free the 'Chrony 9'?
Jesse Fruhwirth, Salt Lake City Weekly: "Chronicle staff investigated for 'PENIS' gag"
Wendy Leonard, Deseret News: "University of Utah seniors say goodbye with vulgar send off in the Chronicle"
Yo-Yo Hoaxster
Don Walker, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "Instant replay: Alleged yo-yo champ dupes TV shows"
Watch the "investigative report" WSAW-TV chronicling the hoax they fell for.
Sydney Smith, StinkyJournalism.org: "New York Times caught reporting third hoax story in April?"
Joseph Plambeck, The New York Times: "Photo Mix-up With Obama Is Called Hoax"
Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian: "US Chamber of Commerce falls victim to 'fraud' over climate hoax"
Museum of Hoaxes Forum: "Documentary makers conned newspaper editors with fake stories"
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Views of the News, May 5, 2010
Politicizing the Times Square car-bomb suspect ... child sacrifice and photo ethics ... and, CBS and CNN talk merging news operations. Panelists: Mike McKean, Lee Wilkins, Charles Davis.
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Politicizing the Times Square Bomb Suspect
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation: "A Connecticut Taliban in Bloomberg's Court?"
Rush Limbaugh: "Bloomberg, Obama Disappointed That the Bomber Isn't a Tea Partier"
Peter Baker, New York Times: "A Renewed Debate Over Suspect Rights"
Nicole Neroulias, BeliefNet: "Muslim Suspect Arrested in Times Square Bomb Scare; U.S. Muslim Group Praises Law Enforcement"
Alan Greenblatt, NPR: "In Bomb Coverage, Media Handle An Explosive Topic"
Jason Straziuso, Associated Press: "Ritual Sacrifice of Children on Rise in Uganda"
Marco Vernaschi and Sebastiano Vitale, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting: "Child Sacrifice in Uganda"
M. Scott Brauer, dvafoto blog: "Ethical Transgressions in Marco Vernaschi's Coverage for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting"
Outing an Anonymous Poster
Reader Representative Ted Diadiun, Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Pseudonyms in the news make for tough calls"
Jumping the Gun
Mike DeArmond, Kansas City Star: "Mizzou and Big Ten: When a 'Done Deal' Isn't Done"
Ryan Faller, Bleacher Report: "Report of Missouri Tigers to Big Ten Carries Little Weight"
Rock M Nation blog: "Sources tell ESPN a move to bring MU to the Big Ten is a "done deal"
Blending CBS and CNN?
Gabriel Sherman, New York Magazine: "CBS News and CNN Are Back in Partnership Negotiations"
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