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Podcast: Tom Rosenstiel on Journalism in the New Media Age

freshcontentengine.com — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 08:05:06 +0000

On today’s podcast, we were joined by Tom Rosenstiel. Rosenstiel is the director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism at the Pew Research Center. He’s also the co-author of a new book called “Blur: How to Know What’s True in the Age of Information Overload.” Rosenstiel and I discuss new ethical dilemmas facing online [...]

Sarah Palin in a Little Rock Sam’s Club: Signs Books, Ignores Media

freshcontentengine.com — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:59:18 +0000

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Sam’s Club – the Walmart-owned megastore that sells almost everything in bulk – is hardly the epitome of glamour. So where does a superstar like Sarah Palin set up shop to sign books here? Amid the pallets of canned green beans? Behind the sea of poinsettias? Near the crates of toilet [...]

Palin Accuses Media of Double Standard in Playing Up Korean Gaffe

freshcontentengine.com — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:46:56 +0000

Even on Thanksgiving Day, Sarah Palin found time to lash out at her political foes — in this case the media for blowing out of proportion her gaffe on the Korean crisis. In a Facebook posting, the combative Palin addressed a Thanksgiving message to “57 states” — mocking a mistake President Obama made in his [...]

Sarah Palin (Lame)bastes the Media: Happy Thanksgiving!

freshcontentengine.com — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:46:56 +0000

For most Americans, Thanksgiving was a day to spend with family, dining on turkey and dressing, perhaps jogging in the local turkey trot before sitting down to gorge and later watch a little NFL. We gave thanks — for our family, our friends, the food and our fortune, no matter how large or small. Millions [...]

Cablevision Exploring Spinoff of Rainbow Media

freshcontentengine.com — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:43:39 +0000

Rick Maiman/Bloomberg News The Cablevision headquarters in Bethpage, N.Y. Don Draper may be saying goodbye to his corporate parents. Cablevision said on Thursday that it was considering spinning off its Rainbow Media Holdings business, which includes the cable networks IFC, Sundance and AMC, which carries the hit series “Mad Men.” Spinning off the cable channels [...]

Keith Olbermann Is Right: The Media Have Always Been Biased

freshcontentengine.com — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:04:52 +0000

During Keith Olbermann’s brief suspension from MSNBC for making political donations, former ABC anchor Ted Koppel penned a Washington Post op-ed about the situation — and about “the death of real news.” Responding on the liberal Daily Kos, Olbermann sarcastically described Koppel’s take as “nostalgia for a time when TV news was objective and neutral [...]

Clear Channel to Name a Media Veteran as Adviser

freshcontentengine.com — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:54:02 +0000

Shayla Harris/The New York Times Robert W. Pittman has jumped across the media spectrum throughout his career, with positions at MTV, AOL and DailyCandy, the Internet newsletter company. Now, he is preparing to head back to the industry where he got his start: radio. Clear Channel Communications is expected on Monday to name Mr. Pittman, [...]

Another Midterm Winner — the Mainstream Media

freshcontentengine.com — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 23:21:13 +0000

LAS VEGAS — The big winners of the 2010 midterm elections were, in this order: the House Republicans, the unsinkable Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the media.Huh? The media? That “lamestream” crowd? Really?Well, yeah. In a group of high-profile Senate races involving tea party favorites, the strategy was to vilify and freeze out the press, [...]

George Soros Donates $1 Million to Media Matters

freshcontentengine.com — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:03:01 +0000

Conservative critics have long accused the liberal activist group Media Matters of being propped up by George Soros. Well, now they’re right, at least partly. Soros, a billionaire philanthropist with a history of supporting liberal causes, has donated $1 million to Media Matters, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The group said in a statement [...]

Suzi Parker Discusses Krystal Ball, Christine O’Donnell, and Social Media

freshcontentengine.com — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:07:47 +0000

Politics Daily Correspondent Suzi Parker appeared on the podcast “Not So Soccer Mom” on Tuesday to discuss her recent piece on Virginia congressional candidate Krystal Ball, Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell, and the new challenges of political campaigning in an era where technology and social media can preserve all aspects of a candidate’s past life. [...]