D.C. Conventional Wisdom Being Dismantled - From the Outside
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View ArticleDavid Dayen and Pushing the Establishment Meme
Body: David Dayen gets in wrong twice today (here and here).
View ArticleBloggers, shield laws and the journalists who don't get it
Body: No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postLast week an Oregon blogger named Crystal Cox had a $2.5 million defamation judgment issued against her. It was for posts she had...
View ArticleIn praise of local TV news
Body: Local stations have a sometimes well-deserved reputation for not delivering hard news, but they are producing some fine journalism on fracking.Cross posted from Pruning Shears.
View ArticleJames Rosen, irresponsible journalism and untrustworthy governance
Body: UPDATEDEarlier this week I had a brief and unproductive Twitter exchange with Libby Spencer over leaks, whistleblowers and journalists. It was prompted by this from BooMan:
View ArticleOnline news stories, corrections, and keeping up to date
Body: Online news stories are both easy to access and easy to correct. Standards for accuracy should reflect both of these new realities.Cross posted from Pruning Shears.
View ArticleA brief review of bad reporting
Body: Is Glenn Greenwald a bad reporter just like Judith Miller? A look back at her failures might help to decide.Cross posted from Pruning Shears.
View ArticleGreenwald, Rosen, Scahill and the price of one's journalistic soul
Body: A newly announced media has received a great deal of advanced praise from the left, but its owner's political leanings might shape its direction in a way progressives may not like.Cross posted...
View Articletoritto: In Defense of 'Hysterical' Lefties
Body: The following is by one of my favorite writers (and human beings) -- toritto!!!Yes. I busted my ass for Obama the first time around.Opened my checkbook, campaigned, knocked on doors. Did...
View ArticleMarch 20: Journalistic Day of Atonement
Body: The anniversary of the Iraq invasion should be an occasion for news organizations to reflect on what they've gotten wrong.Cross posted from Pruning Shears.
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