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hyper local site

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:32:10 GMT

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Hyper local site

MyPage/Hyper local site. Hyperlocal sites, also referred to as local-local or microsites, focus on a very narrow geographical area-- a suburb, a small town or a perhaps a rural county-- that is mot currently well-served by existing media outlets. We have already seen similar efforts by print newspapers in publishing separate "Neighbors" editions for different areas and by local television news in doing "round-ups" of stories from suburbs surrounding the main metro area, but online these efforts can be taken even further.

reference: James C. Foust (2005) Online Journalism: principles and practices of news for the web—2nd ed. Copyright by Holcomb Hathaway, Publishers, Inc. P66-69

Justice Dept. Asked For News Site's Visitor Lists

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:14:03 GMT

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Clip Source: www.cbsnews.com

Justice Dept. Asked For News Site's Visitor Lists

In a case that raises questions about online journalism and privacy rights, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a formal request to an independent news site ordering it to provide details of all reader visits on a certain day.

The grand jury subpoena also required the Philadelphia-based Indymedia.us Web site "not to disclose the existence of this request" unless authorized by the Justice Department, a gag order that presents an unusual quandary for any news organization.

"I didn't think anything we were doing was worthy of any (federal) attention," Clair said in a telephone interview with CBSNews.com on Monday. After talking to other Indymedia volunteers, Clair ended up calling the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco, which represented her at no cost.

"Our fear is that this kind of bogus gag order is much more common than one would hope, considering they're legally baseless," Bankston says

Tags: big brother

Tell AP to STOP it's BIAS AGAINST NATURAL MEDICINE

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:50:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ...we need a concerted CONSUMER CAMPAIGN to counter pro BigPharma journalism !

Clip Source: www.naturalnews.com

We need your help in educating AP editors about natural medicine.

The Associated Press is sadly misinformed about natural medicine, and yet their stories are syndicated across thousands of newspapers and millions of web pages each day.

Take action now to educate the Associated Press

NaturalNews is asking readers to contact AP and express both your displeasure with their outright bias against natural medicine and their lack of information about the safety and effectiveness of natural, "alternative" therapies.

AP's contact information is here:

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Their general email address is info@ap.org

Their main phone number is (212) 621-1500.

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Over Time, They Took Different Paths

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:43:34 GMT

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Clip Source: www.latimes.com

One night he came home covered with blood.

"What happened?" she asked

I was helping some of the wounded."

She believed him. She had to. He was her husband, the man she loved.

Besides, she knew the rules of the Basiji, the hard-line Iranian militia he belonged to

But she was about to change. She had started wearing lipstick and blush. Intrigued by the world of journalism, she signed up for classes at a Tehran college.

Once during a law class she took to help with her part-time job at a law office, the subject was women's rights. Under Iranian law, the professor said, a woman was worth half a man when it came to court testimony or inheritance.

"That's not fair," she burst out, reminded of the bitter child-custody battle that her sister had endured, and lost, against an abusive husband.

"You're a feminist," the professor accused her.

That night, she pulled out a dictionary and looked up "feminist."

She read the definition, and decided that she was.

62 Journalistic Sins or Why Marvin Kalb Is Wrong About the Internet

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:55:55 GMT

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Clip Source: newsbusters.org

62 Journalistic Sins or Why Marvin Kalb Is Wrong About the Internet

Randall Hoven at American Thinker has a catalog of over 60 instances of journalistic malfeasance and takes to task journalist Marvin Kalb's famous lament from 1998 that the Internet would usher in an era of damage to the media's ability to put forward "reliable, substantiated information." Below are 10 of the 62 Hoven cites:

I leave it to you to judge whether the internet damaged "journalism's ability to do its job professionally", as Marvin Kalb accuses, or if the internet has in fact helped expose an already damaged "profession".

Associated Press (AP) (2005). Fell for hoax and phony photo. The AP ran a story, with a photo, about a soldier held hostage in Iraq. The photo turned out to be that of an action figure doll; there was no such soldier.

Scott Beauchamp, The New Republic (2007). Lying.

Joe Biden, U.S. Senator and candidate for President (1988). Plagiarism.

Jayson Blair, The New York Times (2003). Lying/fabricating

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Justice Dept Subpoenas Media Site for NAMES of VIEWERS

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:32:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ...this sort of Intrusion MUST be STOPPED

Clip Source: www.rumormillnews.com

INDYMEDIA.US RECEIVES SUBPOENA AND GAG ORDER FROM JUSTICE DEPT FOR ALL IP TRAFFIC ON A CERTAIN DAY

Whoa folks..here we go.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/11/09/taking_liberties/entry5595506.shtml?tag=stack

Justice Dept. Asked For News Site's Visitor Lists

The Day They Almost Sawed Off Manhattan

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:45:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Maybe they should have.

Clip Source: www.historybuff.com

In the early 1800's, in New York City, at the junction of Baxter, Centre, and Grand Streets, was the Center Market. It is this area that people gathered to buy their goods as well as exchange news. There was an area with long benches and a soapbox where people could hold open forum to discuss topics of the day. So sets the scene for one of my favorite hoaxes in journalism.

Of all the orators, a man named Lozier was the most respected. On a daily basis, he could be found at the Market debating an important topic. Lozier had an illustrious background. He had made several voyages to Europe as a ships' carpenter and was well educated. Of all factors, his most important was that he had charisma.

Stalin Must Be Pleased: His Heirs Control Russia - Again

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:21:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Three hundred journalists murdered since 1993 is Russia. Stalin would be proud. Too bad for those in Russia who wanted freedom and jobs.

Clip Source: aidemocracy.wordpress.com

No Justice for Russian Journalists

It was a quintessentially cold night in Moscow when Anna Politkovskaya arrived back at her flat with her shopping on October 7, 2006. As she took the elevator down for the last bag of groceries, she was confronted by a gunman who shot her twice in the chest and once in the head. She died instantly.

It is estimated that over 300 journalists have died or disappeared in Russia since 1993 as a result of their work.

Tags: czar redux, freedom of press, journalism, russian oligarchs

Foreign journalists arrested as Iran restricts reports on opposition

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:28:20 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It said several journalists had been sentenced to as much as six years in prison after “Stalinist” show trials.

Clip Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Three journalists, one of them foreign, were arrested at Wednesday’s mass demonstrations in Tehran by a regime determined to suppress all independent sources of information.

Farhad Poulaid, an Iranian working for the French wire service AFP, was detained as he rode through central Tehran on a motorbike and nothing has been heard from him since. Nafiseh Zareh Kohan, an Iranian who writes for reformist publications, and Niels Krosgaard, 31, a Danish journalism student, were also held, the International Federation of Journalists said yesterday.

The arrests are part of a sustained crackdown on all independent media, foreign and domestic, in the five months since President Ahmadinejad’s hotly disputed re-election triggered the most serious unrest in the Islamic Republic’s 30-year history.

The international press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders said: “At least a hundred journalists and cyberdissidents have been arrested since the election and 23 of them are still being held.”

Scientology: The Truth Rundown

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:36:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More:

Contacted by the St. Petersburg Times, Rathbun agreed to tell the story of his years in Scientology and what led to his leaving… Seeking to corroborate Rathbun's story, the newspaper contacted others who were in Scientology during the same period and have left the church: Mike Rinder, one of Rathbun's closest associates for two decades; Tom De Vocht, who Rathbun named as key to his decision to leave; and later, Amy Scobee…

The reporters interviewed the four defectors multiple times, and met with church spokesmen and lawyers for 25 hours…

The result of the Times' reporting is this multi-part special report, the latest in a long history of Scientology coverage by the Times…This project, as you will see, features the three days of in-depth reports from the St. Petersburg Times, as well as additional content for this Web presentation. Those additional pieces include video; a photo gallery; and links to previous coverage in the Times, including the Pulitzer-winning coverag
Clip Source: www.tampabay.com

High-ranking defectors provide an unprecedented inside look at the
Church of Scientology and its leader, David Miscavige.
Scientology leader David Miscavige is the focus of this special report from the St. Petersburg Times. Former executives of the Church of Scientology, including two of the former top lieutenants to Miscavige, have come forward to describe a culture of intimidation and violence under David Miscavige. These former Scientology leaders served for years with Miscavige.
Read our special report
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ABOUT THIS SPECIAL REPORT ON SCIENTOLOGY: Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun left the Church of Scientology staff in late 2004, ending a 27-year career that saw him rise to be a top lieutenant to Miscavige in the organization. For the past four years, he has lived a low-profile life in Texas. Some speculated he had died.
In February, Rathbun posted an Internet message announcing he was available to counsel other disaffected Scientologists.

Tags: scientology, conspiracy, journalism, investigation

Keep the government out of the news business

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:39:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Turning to Washington for help to save the declining news business says much about the mentality of mainstream journalism leaders, an attitude that we and the government are on the same side. This is the mentality that led to the news establishment’s acceptance of the Iraq War.

Go to the clip to learn what happened to Mother Jones after becoming a tax exempt non-profit after it reported on lobbying in Washington.

Once you allow the government or private corporation to have any controlling link to the media you lose independence. Editors become fearful of criticizing the hand that feeds it. Publishers and benefactors become cozy and unbiased reports become fewer and fewer. Journalism becomes a de facto advertisement for consumer products.

We hope in the future we’ll see more I.F. Stones, more guerrilla warriors on the Web, in print and on the air. Because of them—and not because of a government handout—great reporting will survive, as it always has.

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

As news organizations shed decent salaries, reasonable working conditions and job security, the business is heading toward a day when it will attract only inquisitive, rebellious misfits. From this group will emerge a few who are talented, tough and driven enough to become the I.F. Stones of the 21st century

Izzy Stone was a muckraking liberal anti-Cold War journalist who couldn’t get a job during the McCarthy era and went out on his own with the one-man I.F. Stone’s Weekly.

“I made no claim to inside stuff—obviously a radical reporter in those days had few pipelines into the government,” wrote Stone

I tried to dig the truth out of hearings, official transcripts and government documents, and to be as accurate as possible

In the worst days of the witch hunt and cold war, I felt like a guerilla warrior, swooping down in surprise attack on a stuffy bureaucracy where it least expected independent inquiry

Tags: media

Controversial New Video of Obama's Pastor

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:57:46 GMT

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Clip Source: www.worldviewtimes.com

Controversial New Video of Obama's Pastor

By Cliff Kincaid

A new video of Jeremiah Wright has surfaced, showing Barack Obama's pastor for 20 years praising Marxism and discussing his ties to communists in El Salvador and Nicaragua and the Libyan government. Equally important, Wright is being introduced in the video by

In an article in the socialist Monthly Review, "Journalism, Democracy, and Class Struggle," McChesney declared, "Our job is to make media reform part of our broader struggle for democracy, social justice, and, dare we say it, socialism."

In the video, which captures Wright's appearance at a September 17, 2009, anniversary celebration of Monthly Review, Wright said that while the "corporate media" provide a "binary lens" of the world, in such terms as "communist versus Christian," Monthly Review offers what it calls "no-nonsense Marxism."

Posted: 11/02/09

John Stossel on the market

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:38:09 GMT

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Clip Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

I was one of America's first TV consumer reporters. I approached the job with an attitude. If companies ripped people off, I would embarrass them on TV -- and demand that government do something. (I now regret the latter -- the former was a good thing.)

I clearly had a point of view: I was a crusader out to punish corporate bullies. My colleagues liked it. I got job offers. I won 19 Emmys. I was invited to speak at journalism conferences.

Then, gradually, I figured out that business, for the most part, treats consumers pretty well. The way to get rich in business is to create something good, sell it for a reasonable price, acquire a reputation for honesty and keep pleasing customers so they come back for more.

But once I got to the national stage -- "20/20" and "Good Morning America" -- it was hard to find comparable national scams. There were some: Enron, Bernie Madoff, etc. But they are rare. In a $14 trillion economy, you'd think there'd be more. But there aren't.

Lawrence Lessig on Institutional Corruption

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:09:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: From a speech at Harvard's Safra Center for Ethics.

Unclippable video at source. Well worth viewing.

Clip Source: fora.tv

Larry Lessig introduces the Safra lecture series with a discussion on institutional corruption.

He explores the prevalence of this form of corruption in fields ranging from politics to medicine to journalism, and describes his plan to study and contain this problem.

Partner:: Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard
Location:: Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Event Date:: 10.08.09
Speakers:: Lawrence Lessig

Patriot-News investigative reporter Pete Shellem dies

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:30:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "He is a one-man Innocence Project,’’ Preate later told American Journalism Review for a 2007 story about Shellem. “The idea that a single, solitary newspaper reporter can accomplish all this is a remarkable story."

additional info. @ http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4341

Pete Shellem of Harrisburg’s Patriot-News has freed four people from jail through dogged, old-fashioned reporting.
Shellem lived in Gardners in Cumberland County. He is survived by his wife Joyce and two sons, Philip and Alek. investigative

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Patriot-News investigative reporter Pete Shellem dies

Patriot-News investigative reporter Pete Shellem freed a number of innocent people from prisonPete Shellem, a longtime Patriot-News reporter who specialized in investigating questionable convictions, died unexpectedly over the weekend.

Since 1998, Shellem, 49, has written about the suspect convictions of Patty Carbone, Steven Crawford, Barry Laughman and David Gladden.

All were serving life sentences for murder before Shellem investigated their cases. Today, all four are free.

From 1994 to 1996, Shellem headed a series of stories about justice being sold for campaign contributions in the office of then-Pennsylvania Attorney General Ernie Preate Jr.

"He is a one-man Innocence Project,’’ Preate later told American Journalism Review for a 2007 story about Shellem. “The idea that a single, solitary newspaper reporter can accomplish all this is a remarkable story."

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hyper local site

Hyper local site

Justice Dept. Asked For News Site's Visitor Lists

Justice Dept. Asked For News Site's Visitor Lists

Tell AP to STOP it's BIAS AGAINST NATURAL MEDICINE

Take action now to educate the Associated Press

Join reader action to educate the Associated Press about natural remedies, alternative medicine

Share this story everywhere

Over Time, They Took Different Paths

62 Journalistic Sins or Why Marvin Kalb Is Wrong About the Internet

62 Journalistic Sins or Why Marvin Kalb Is Wrong About the Internet

Justice Dept Subpoenas Media Site for NAMES of VIEWERS

The Day They Almost Sawed Off Manhattan

Stalin Must Be Pleased: His Heirs Control Russia - Again

No Justice for Russian Journalists

Foreign journalists arrested as Iran restricts reports on opposition

Scientology: The Truth Rundown

Read our special report on Scientology

Keep the government out of the news business

Controversial New Video of Obama's Pastor

John Stossel on the market

Lawrence Lessig on Institutional Corruption

Patriot-News investigative reporter Pete Shellem dies

Patriot-News investigative reporter Pete Shellem dies

Read our special report
on Scientology