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links for 2010-12-31

• Why Fox News Continues to Roll « C-Scape
  oday’s busy media consumer, lacking the time to dig in to issues themselves, instead relies on cognitive shortcuts to familiarize themselves with what the “correct” opinions are, based on their preexisting ideology. In Kramer’s opinion, Fox News and MSNBC are at the heart of this problem, which he says is “a bad thing for democracy” and leads to a “less-informed but more opinionated public.”
  (tags: kramer news journalism opinion USA impartiality)

links for 2010-12-29

• The merger of journalists and government officials - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
  Over the last month, I've done many television and radio segments about WikiLeaks and what always strikes me is how indistinguishable -- identical -- are the political figures and the journalists.  There's just no difference in how they think, what their values and priorities are
  (tags: wikileaks cnn journalism news assange digital transparency)

links for 2010-12-27

• The moment when Bob Geldof swore at the nation - mirror.co.uk
  RT @davidhepworth I've written a piece in today's Mirror about what really happened at Live Aid. http://bit.ly/dJ51LJ < great read – Simon Waldman (waldo) http://twitter.com/waldo/status/19306406108725248
  (tags: via:packrati.us)

links for 2010-12-25

• What WikiLeaks revealed to the world in 2010 - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
  Salon on why the Wikileaks cable leaks matter
  (tags: wikileaks salon digital journalism guardian media assange)

links for 2010-12-24

• Mark Thompson: Britain needs a channel like Fox News | Media | The Guardian
  Mark Thompson, BBC DG, tells a Westminster forum that he's persuaded there should be political opinionated broadcasting in the UK
  (tags: impartiality bbc mthompson dg broadcasting TV USA murdoch fox newscorp)
• MediaPost Publications Newspapers Top Broadcasters In Web Video Streaming 12/23/2010
  Newspapers surpassed broadcasters for the first time in the third quarter in total video minutes streamed and the number of video titles uploaded, according to the latest data from analytics firm TubeMogul and video-hosting service Brightcove.
  (tags: web internet digital news journalism newspapers business video streaming broadcast)

links for 2010-12-23

• The 101 Most Useful Websites on the Internet
  RT @marshallmanson: Someone's made a list of the 101 Most Useful Websites, and there are some good resources there: http://bit.ly/hS2CQe – spookmedia (spookmedia) http://twitter.com/spookmedia/status/17875963169734657
  (tags: via:packrati.us)

links for 2010-12-22

• Foreign Correspondents: Who Covers What  | American Journalism Review
  AJR analysis of US Foreign correspondents - mapping further decline (with exception of NPR)
  (tags: US Foreign Correspondents foreigncorrespondents news journalsim ajr risj future)
• Why the London Review of Books must not drop its personal ads | Books | The Guardian
  RT @CharlieBeckett: This is a national scandal http://is.gd/jaMFs OK, a small literary elite Bloomsbury scandal. But it's a shocking dec ...
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links for 2010-12-21

• Assange interview on BBC Today Programme.
  John Humphrys interviews Julian Assange of Wikileaks
  (tags: assange wikileaks bbc today humphrys)
• Logic+Emotion: Social Media Marketing Won't Fix Your Infrastructure Problem
  RT @armano: Social Media Marketing won't fix your infrastructure problem http://bit.ly/eq24Re
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• Implementing a Social Media Strategy Step-By-Step [DIAGRAM] | Social Media Today
  Implementing a Social Media Strategy Step-By-Step [DIAGRAM] http://om.ly/BHTwR – Yacine Baroudi (FasTake) http://twitter.com/FasTake/status/17150665113468928
  (tags: via:packrati.us)
• The changing of the gatekeeper: Adapting to the new roles for journalists, sources and information » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism
  The changing of the gatekeeper: Adapting to new roles for journalists, sources and information | Nieman Lab http://ow.ly/1rYmL9 – Ian Bissell (ianbissell) http://twitter.com/ianbissell/status/17149786884935680
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• 10 Predictions for the News Media in 2011
  Mashable has 10 really interesting predictions for the News Media in 2011: http://on.mash.to/fekRcx – Marshall Manson (marshallmanson) http://twitter.com/marshallmanson/status/17142384072597504
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• International Broadcasting, Public Media, and the News Deficit | NewAmerica.net
  In an increasingly digital media landscape, people across the globe are relating to their news outlets in new ways. The missions of media producers are changing, as technological innovations reshape news networks into communities.
  (tags: publicmedia publicdiplomacy media digital future futureofnews risj journalism news braodcasting)

links for 2010-12-20

• The Times | UK News, World News and Opinion
  Agree with Libby Purves in Times (paywall) http://tinyurl.com/3xapw6r could do with less empathy and more analysis in news of snow chaos
  (tags: via:packrati.us)
• BBC News - BBC correspondent Brian Hanrahan dies at 61
  So sorry to hear about death of Brian Hanrahan: great reporter, kind decent man: http://tinyurl.com/24yjb2x
  (tags: via:packrati.us)

links for 2010-12-15

• Twitpic - Share photos on Twitter
  http://twitpic.com/3g4j0u
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