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Dangerous year for journalists as 2014 death toll reaches 60 0 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1680

Link hoping led me to Aj-Jazeera and Bush's apparent hatred for them is fascinating 2 JonLP24 Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 2115

Bloomberg Rescinded Offer To Writer Jessica Pressler After New York Magazine Hoax 0 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1982

Why is the comments section on Yahoo articles a cesspool for right-wing fanatics? 7 gmb92 Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 22846

A Book for Now 0 Thaddeus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1743

CNN: While running a live, silent background feed of Obama speaking, anchor asks CNN on-air analyst 3 pinto Dec 2014 Dec 2014 2 2416

Torture Report Reveals CIA’s Manipulation of US Media 1 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1906

Big News Outlets Are Fighting A Gag Order To Access An Indicted Coal Baron’s Court Records 1 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 1879

America's Battle for Media Democracy 0 Thaddeus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 2337

Writer fired for calling Mike Brown an animal who needed to be put down 1 Eugene Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2036

How the Washington Press Turned Bad 2 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 9 2069

alt-weekly in Tucson Hiring a Staff Writer 3 Kali Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2385

The obstacles and dangers of reporting on Syria 0 Lady Freedom Returns Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1630

Journalists Remember Legendary Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee 0 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1569

IAPA says access to public information continues to be setback for the press 0 jakeXT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1623

is Talking Points Memo basically a dead website? Everytime i go there the page just freezes. 4 Bill USA Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2757

www.oreilly-sucks.com 0 stewert Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 3542

Obama Met Privately With Top Journalists Before ISIS War Speech 1 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1992

Hannity guest: Rice’s wife ‘knocked herself out’ on elevator railing so he’s the ‘bigger victim’ 7 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 3173

Jay Carney joins CNN 1 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1920

The CIA’s Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With Agency Before Publication 0 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 7 1796

NBC pays for Matt Lauer’s helicopter rides to work 4 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2481

Online media should treat Kremlin troll army comments like what they are: Spamming 15 True Blue Door Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 4486

Obama: Media makes you think ‘world is falling apart’ 0 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2006

Is The Guardian "fauxgressive"? (Poll) 2 True Blue Door Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 3020

NBC News President Rouses the Network 4 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 2512

Fareed Zakaria gets even more plagiarism accusations 3 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2460

Facebook to tag satirical articles to stop users falling for the Onion's jokes 5 jakeXT Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2472

does anyone else watch msnbc on their computer? 4 barbtries Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2666

MSNBC’s Touré slammed for tweet touting white privilege of Holocaust survivors 5 obama2terms May 2014 Aug 2014 2 2988

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A discussion on the dos-and-don'ts of Data Journalism 1 petronius May 2014 Aug 2014 2 2131

CNN destroyed by huge asteroid 8 jakeXT May 2014 Aug 2014 5 2767

A new message from the international bankers to Greece 0 no more banksters Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2008

The relationship between the government and the media is like a marriage; it is a dysfunctional marr 1 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1891

Uproar over Beyonce's Time magazine cover: 'Why is she in her underwear?' 9 rocktivity Apr 2014 Jul 2014 1 7573

White House Press Secretary Faces Reporter Revolt After Criticizing Media At Briefing 0 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1809

Sky News Apologises After Presenter Rifles Though MH17 Passenger’s Luggage Live On Air 2 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 2228

NBC Correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin Is Returned to Gaza 0 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1954

CNN Removes Reporter Diana Magnay From Israel-Gaza After 'Scum' Tweet 1 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 5 1956

NBC Pulls Ayman Mohyeldin From Gaza Despite Powerful Reporting 4 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 8 2277

Rupert Murdoch Said to Have Made Offer for Time Warner 0 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1662

Gaza, Israel, it’s easy as ABC 0 jakeXT Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1766

Wither(ing) Journalism? 5 Thaddeus Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2305

AP and AP Excite seem to have a majority of the Breaking News stories at DU...why is that? 22 Fred Sanders Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 7684

NBC's McFadden services GOP in interview of Valerie Jarrett - what happened with Obama's ratings? 0 Bill USA Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2162

Why the absolute decimation of progressive radio? 7 tech3149 Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2698

RE: Ukraine. I discovered this blog. the Saker. Just putting it out here... 0 truth2power May 2014 May 2014 0 1827

Fox News Demo Ratings Lowest In 13 Years - TV Newser 4 Fred Sanders May 2014 May 2014 2 2818

Associated Press Asks For Shorter, 'Tighter' Stories 0 jakeXT May 2014 May 2014 1 1611

Ukraine located in Pakistan - CNN blunder 0 jakeXT May 2014 May 2014 1 1806

The Real Story About the Wrong Photos in #BringBackOurGirls 0 jakeXT May 2014 May 2014 2 1666

Cliven Bundy Ended My Forbes Gig 0 struggle4progress May 2014 May 2014 4 1777

I assume you've seen this, BUT just in case (important!): 0 snot Apr 2014 Apr 2014 6 1791

TPP TV Blackout 8 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 18 2705

New York Times tries to whitewash publication of faked Ukraine photos 4 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 17 2487

NBC News Hired Psychological Consultant To Talk To David Gregory's Family, Friends 2 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 2013

Laura Ingraham joins ABC News 3 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 2002

PBS broadcasts "Flight: the Genius of Birds" an Intelligent Design pitch-piece. Was it free to PBS? 1 Bill USA Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 2363

“Our National Debate About Climate Policy Is Broken” 0 MindMover Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1505

Stephen Colbert is 'top choice' to replace David Letterman 3 MindMover Apr 2014 Apr 2014 8 2004

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Study: Do you always agree with the topics newspaper editors choose to cover? 5 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 2501

The Blade, pair of journalists who were held file FBI complaints 0 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1461

What Vice's Stunning Financials Tell Us About The Future Of Media 0 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1902

ABC Faces Continued Billion-Dollar Lawsuit for Calling “Lean, Finely Textured Beef” “Pink Slime” 4 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 11126

The Most and Least Liked TV Newscasters – From Scott Pelley to Chris Matthews 0 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 1769

Key Indicators in Media & News 1 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1697

How Working In Washington Taught Me We’re All A Little Like RT America 3 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2024

YouTube Enlists ‘Trusted Flaggers’ to Police Videos 0 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 1735

CNN’s Ratings Surge Covering the Mystery of the Missing Airliner 5 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2080

As the Web Turns 25, Its Creator Talks About Its Future 1 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1633

WTFlorida ... on All In with Chris Hayes ... 2 MindMover Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1944

Michael Smerconish 4 question everything Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1936

Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart Rip Wrong on Iraq Republicans For Wanting War With Russia 3 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 17 2302

James Kirchik, neocon and former writer for Radio Free Europe helped Liz Wahl with 2 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2300

Newsweek's print revival starts March 7 0 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1446

RT’s Abby Martin Goes Off on ‘Corporate Media’ Propaganda During Piers Morgan Interview 2 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2038

Another Map Fail For MSNBC 3 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2328

Fox in Freefall as Rachel Maddow Beats Fox News For an Entire Week In the Ratings 13 Bill USA Jan 2014 Feb 2014 15 3504

Why Isn't the Times a-Changin'? 0 jakeXT Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1537

Distorting Russia 1 jakeXT Feb 2014 Feb 2014 4 1596

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