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The company that called bullshit on Enron, as Salon puts it, is now predicting which global energy companies will see their oil production hit a historical peak before beginning an irreversible decline. An excerpt from the Salon article (subscription or day pass required): March 15, 2005 | … On Feb. 21, 2001, three Herold analysts issued [...]
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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! interviewed Laurie Garrett, formerly of Newsday, where she had worked since 1988. An excerpt from the preamble to the rush transcript: In a blistering memo to her colleagues at the paper, she ripped Newsday's parent company – the Tribune Company – for putting profit over quality journalism. In the memo [...]
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Dubya's office isn't particularly apologetic for having foisted government-produced video news releases on TV stations — who then run them as news without propagandist-of-origin labelling. An excerpt from the Salon wire article (day pass or subscription req'd): March 14, 2005 | The White House on Monday defended the administration's use of video news releases that are [...]
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The Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Committee of Concerned Journalists — who share the online home journalism.org — released The State of the News Media 2005 on Monday, its second annual look at American journalism. Here's a round-up of stories about it I could (easily) find: AP via Washington Post: Report: Iraq coverage [...]
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