Wednesday, July 7, 2010

This week's topic links

BP Harassing Reporters?



Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica.org: "Photographer Briefly Detained by Police Near BP's Texas City Refinery"

Ryan Knutson, ProPublica.org: "BP Texas Refinery Had Huge Toxic Release Just Before Gulf Blowout"

Wendy McElroy, Gizmodo: "Are Cameras the New Guns?"

Cop Punished for Outing Protester

Brennan David, Columbia Daily Tribune: "Comment leads to punishment: Officer posted on online news story"

Gannett Blog: "Gannett confirms comment moderation switch"

Profanity on NPR

Alicia Shepard, NPR Ombudsman: "Taking the Lord's Name In Vain"

Frank Lockwood, Bible Belt Blogger: "NPR Ombudsman endorses Exodus 20:7"

Who'll Replace the King?

Matea Gold and Yvonne Villareal, The Los Angeles Times: "Larry King calls it quits"

Tom Shales, The Washington Post: "Larry King's exit marks the end of a gentlemanly era in TV talk"

Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post: "Howard Kurtz on timing of Larry King's retirement, successor"

Joanne Ostrow, The Denver Post: "Bring on Katie Couric to enliven Larry King's gig"

Media Criticism from 2137

Brian Stelter, The New York Times: "Reporting What the Public Wants to See 127 Years From Now"

Onion News Network: Download "Future: News from the Year 2137" from iTunes ($1.99)

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