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Friday 29 August, 2008
A Mile High
Jerry Bell might be the luckiest man at Invesco Stadium at Mile High, the site, in case you’ve so far missed it, where Barack Obama will formally accept the Democratic nomination tonight. Bell,
29/08/2008 03:11:00 [CJR]
Editorial: Belligerent bluster
Editorial: When the Georgian artillery opened up with a barrage on Tskhinvali, it wasn't just the Russian tanks that were shattered
29/08/2008 00:06:00 [guardian.co.uk Comment is free]
Cameron called McCain VP stories "erroneous report...
During the August 28 edition of Fox News' The Strategy Room , chief political correspondent Carl Cameron said that the Associated Press "is reporting that [Sen.] John McCain has not made up his mind"
29/08/2008 00:00:00 [Media Matters for America]
BBC denies Whitehall unit influenced al-Qa'ida rep...
The BBC has admitted that a senior journalist making a programme about al-Qa'ida met members of a government propaganda unit before the programme was broadcast.
29/08/2008 00:00:00 [The Independent - Media RSS Feed ]
ABC reports that Republicans are mocking Democrats...
On the August 28 edition of ABC's Good Morning America, co-hosts Robin Roberts and Diane Sawyer echoed Republican talking points mocking the stage at Invesco Field in Denver, where Sen. Barack Obama p
28/08/2008 23:31:00 [Media Matters for America]
Tough Calls in Journalism
Nick Kristof dedicates his column today to a discussion of the difficult decisions journalists often face when covering events where the truth is swathed in shades of gray. He first offers an apology
28/08/2008 23:05:00 [CJR]
Liddy, Pruden repeat debunked claim that Obama's b...
Citing a July 20 Israel Insider article which claimed that Sen. Barack Obama's birth certificate is a "crudely forged fake," G. Gordon Liddy falsely asserted on the August 26 edition of his nationally
28/08/2008 22:32:00 [Media Matters for America]
Embedded at the DNC::Bloggers Make Progress Coveri...
Even for members of the traditional media here in Denver, access to floor seating at the convention has been scarce, and talk time with politicians and celebrities at the Democratic National Conventio
28/08/2008 22:22:00 [MediaShift]
AP misrepresents McCain's positions on same-sex ma...
On August 27, the Associated Press, in an article headlined "GOP takes hard line on abortion for its platform," reported that "[Sen. John] McCain opposes gay marriage but also is against a constitutio
28/08/2008 21:59:00 [Media Matters for America]
O'Reilly falsely suggested no abortion laws prohib...
During the August 26 broadcast of his radio program, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly claimed that "no law is going to prevent a woman from giving birth [sic] when she's raped or has incest. No law. Ever.
28/08/2008 20:46:00 [Media Matters for America]
Digging Deeper::The Best 2008 Political Convention...
In 2004, the major political conventions gave a few dozen bloggers press credentials, a historic moment for the new media outsiders. And this year, the political conventions have tried to be even more
28/08/2008 19:52:00 [MediaShift]
The best political convention coverage online
Mark Glaser says the increase in bloggers, Twitterers, podcasters and new media types has changed the dynamic of the press corps. … [visit site to read more]
28/08/2008 19:41:00 [CyberJournalist.net]
Noonan claimed Obama's DNC speech at Invesco Field...
In her August 28 OpinionJournal.com column , Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan asserted that Sen. Barack Obama's Democratic National Convention speech at Denver's Invesco Field "has every pos
28/08/2008 19:23:00 [Media Matters for America]
MSNBC's Buchanan didn't hear any DNC speakers say ...
As purported evidence that Sen. John McCain "has skated free" during the Democratic National Convention, MSNBC political analyst Pat Buchanan falsely suggested that no speaker at the convention had me
28/08/2008 18:15:00 [Media Matters for America]
Seeing through ABC's alleged transparency
Further to my earlier posting, and following a phone call from Audit Bureau of Circulations' executive Martyn Gates, it is clear that the regional newspaper figures have been presented in a new fashio
28/08/2008 17:54:00 [Greenslade]
Bloomberg runs false obituary for Apple’s Steve Jo...
The death of Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs, was prematurely announced on yesterday afternoon by financial wire service Bloomberg . A pre-prepared stock obituary was accidentally posted to their cor
28/08/2008 17:51:00 [News from Journalism.co.uk]