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Ch. 14 Link – Commentary Through Impersonation

You can learn more about Ian Murphy’s punking of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and about the Food Lion case here. SPJ scolds Buffalo Beast for call to Wisconsin governor Food Lion fraud award against ABC thrown out

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Link Ch. 2 – How political ads work

What are candidates trying to accomplish with the wealth of political ads that are appearing on television and the web these days? They may be trying to directly persuade voters with the content of the messages, but more likely they … Continue reading

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Link Ch. 2 – The Endless Presidential Campaign

Does it seem to you like recent presidential campaigns have gone on forever? That may be so, but as Truth 4 points out, Nothing’s new: Everything that happened in the past will happen again. According to NPR’s On The Media, … Continue reading

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Link Ch. 6 – Should Reporters Call Out Sources For Lying?

The NY Times public editor really set off a bit of a firestorm today with his column.  In it, Arthur Brisbane asks, apparently seriously, whether reporters ought to be calling out sources for claiming things as “facts” that are demonstrably … Continue reading

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Three Degrees Separation: Jon Huntsman to Ron Paul to Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel Prometheus

How can we connect Jon Huntsman to Ridley Scott’s  Alien prequel Prometheus in just three steps?  Well, it takes some serious stretching, but it can be done. Follow the tortured logic: Step 1: A New Hampshire based anti-Jon Huntsman ad is circulating … Continue reading

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A New Year in the Media World

A few thoughts from across the Interwebs on the new year: Will election year politics cause you to unfriend old friends from Facebook? I don’t know about unfriending, but I’ve been known to hide posts…. HT Romenesko. No flying cars … Continue reading

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

How Can You Write a Better Blog? Some great suggestions from Dan Frommer, author of the tech blog SplatF. Here’s the Cliff Notes version: Accuracy, readable, skeptical, attributed, context, critical but fair, mechanics, original, new. Why Does Scooby-Doo Need People … Continue reading

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David Frum & the Problem with “Balanced” Commentary

UPDATED: (Here’s a link to Frum’s farewell conversation on the show.) Today, center-right commentator David Frum stepped down in his role as a commentator for American Public Media‘s business radio news show Marketplace. Frum, a former speech writer for George W. Bush, has … Continue reading

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Commentary Through Impersonation: Wisconsin & Arizona

There’s been quite a fuss going on about a journalist from an alternative news source calling up a conservative politician and then impersonating a someone the politician would feel was sympathetic.   The alt journalist then uses the material from … Continue reading

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Some Thoughts on Media, Political Communication & Crosshairs

There’s been a lot of over-the-top rhetoric about the use of crosshair (gun sight) imagery in last year’s campaign and what that might have to do with the shootings that took place in Arizona over the weekend.  Here are three … Continue reading

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