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Sent to me by a friend of mine: “New York Times reporter Judith Miller is sent to jail for contempt of court, but not for writing months of front-page fiction about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction,” a reader in California recently wrote to Salon. “Al Capone did time in prison for tax evasion, but not [...]
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The media blog of the Toronto Star's Antonia Zerbisias now has comments. As one person wrote to her: Oh my God. Comments. Do you know you're in for? Look what they did to Andrew Coyne. And he's one of THEM. Afterthought: Now why doesn't the Star give a prominent link and a blog to public editor Sharon [...]
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CBS has hired a blogger to handle a blog that will deal with reader feedback to allow comment about its shows and stories, both broadcast and online. An excerpt from the NYT story: To be written by Vaughn Ververs, who had been the editor of The Hotline, a Web site covering politics, the Web log, [...]
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In the wake of 9/11, the U.S. response was to harden its borders and repel suspicious people. But what if the terrorists are your own citizens? This is now Britain's dilemma. An excerpt from the BBC analysis: The four years since 9/11 has seen an extraordinary growth in Islamic identity in Europe. This has almost [...]
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This BBC piece looks at why four young British Muslims might have wanted to take part in the devastating terror attack of 7/7. Some excerpts: Councillor Mohammed Iqbal is among those who has spent 24 hours trying to work that out. As soon as police raided two homes in the heart of his ward, he [...]
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The Toronto Star's Antonia Zerbisias calls bullshit on the MSM's new love affair with “participatory journalism” (aka citizen journalism). I offer a few thoughts of my own in response. Some excerpts: Citizens' photos were the iconic images of the London attacks, landing on cable channels, front pages as well as moblogs (mobile blogs) and websites [...]