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From Talking Points Memo:
Perhaps it’s not time to assign fault while active rescue operations are underway. But once that’s over, maybe it would be worth the networks taking a tenth of the time they use milking ratings from these mine sagas and cast a little light on how a lot of this is preventable if the mine owners would stop breaking the rules and the federal government stopped looking the other way.
The PAN Communications blog has a disturbing item this morning. The Boston Globe is offering its staff a new contract with compensation tied to the financial health of the paper. While at first blush that might not seem so bad an idea, I’ll let PAN describe the possible consequences:
What happens when formerly objective reporters feel obligated to cover only the companies that advertise with the Globe? Will smaller, innovative but less deep-pocketed companies now be completely ignored? How does PR compete for a reporter’s attention when the issues on the table are to get your client coverage vs. the reporter’s need to generate his or her salary?
Full story here. PAN’s comments here. Keep an eye on this one.
The BBC reports on a marble factory in Vermont where workers produce one dozen headstones a week for fallen US servicemen and women.
Why don’t we see these sort of stories in the US?
Oh wait, another white woman went missing in Aruba..!!! Sorry.
Yeah, what was I thinking?
Link via Crooks and Liars
One (of the many) faults of our mainstream media is that in its efforts to appear “balanced” it sometime (mostly) falls short in speaking truth to power.
So it is with great pleasure that I present DNC Chair Howard Dean, ripping CNN’s Wolf Blitzer a new one.
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