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anonymity
You Don't Have a Right to Anonymity
A British court has ruled that the Times of London is free to unmask an anonymous British blogger, just ten days after the National Review caused and uproar by outing a left-wing blogger named Publius. This is a good thing. More »
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By John CookComment by Cheap Shot: There is no such thing as commenter anonymity on the web. I learned that the hard way when someone at... 7 Responses | Other threads
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drudge
Crazy Internet Person: World To Explode In Obama's First Term!
We had a feeling, when we saw this million-point headline at Drudge saying Iran will get a nuke during Obama's first term credited only to a mysterious "paper," that the "paper" referenced would be either the Moonie-owned Washington Times or the Murdoch-owned Times of London. More amusing: in order to stop the evil Iranians, the Times insists that Obama must engage in the direct diplomacy without preconditions that John McCain (and Hillary Clinton!) called so naive and foolish. A more reasonable assesment of the report from Brookings and the Council on Foreign Relations is here. [Times via Drudge]
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By PareeneComment by Weegee's bored: O fer god's sake I'm so tired of all this teeth-gnashing over Iranian nukes. Just throw some money at the... 5 Responses | Other threads
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rupert murdoch
Murdoch To Hacks: Quit Whining
Amid all the hair-pulling over magazine and newspaper layoffs, Rupert Murdoch's speech broadcast in Australia Sunday sounds bracing: "Too many journalists — ...misguided cynics who are too busy writing their own obituary to be excited by the opportunity... — seem to take a perverse pleasure in ruminating on their pending demise," he said. "I believe that newspapers will reach new heights." But the News Corporation chairman's faith in the power of quality journalism and newspaper websites sounds an awful lot like McClatchy chief Gary Pruitt's iconoclastic (and now-ironic) defense of the industry back in 2006, in the Wall Street Journal: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by oneinsixbillion: Murdoch flipped a nickel-and-dime newspaper his dad left him into a global media empire. Our generation's endowed youth flip wealth... 2 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
How To Manufacture News
The world may be in the midst of an awful news drought, but does the once-august Times of London let that keep it from publishing a lively website? No! It is a Rupert Murdoch-owned news source, after all, so up with book burning, red-baiting and medical experiments! If there is no news, make it. I'm looking at you, WSJ.com. [Times of London via Something Changed]
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By Ryan TateComment by ✈The Late Pufflehuff✈: I wasn't aware that it was safe to joke about Communists yet. more » | Other threads
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shallow media coverage
Insanely Hot Biz Editor To Helm London 'Times'
Rupert Murdoch's buddy Robert Thomson is at last coming over to be the publisher of the Wall Street Journal in a few weeks—and taking his old job as editor of the Times of London will be the paper's current business editor, the smoking-hot James Harding. Harding, a former FT-er, had worked at the paper for just 18 months and we're sure not everyone on staff who was passed over is totally pissed off about that. More »
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By ChoireComment by pufflehuff: [www.youtube.com] Bank manager vibes. Still, you made it onto BuzzFeed yay! [www.buzzfeed.com] more » | Other threads
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explications
Rupert Murdoch: Hands Off China
We're at the epistolary stage of the Dow Jones story: Rupert Murdoch sent a letter to members of the Bancroft family offering them "a seat on News Corp.'s board and pledging to safeguard the editorial integrity of The Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones editorial properties." The letter promoted Murdoch as a family man (well, he does have three) with a passion for newspapers. The Bancrofts—about 80 per cent of whom "rejected Mr Murdoch's $60-per-share bid two weeks ago"—seem unimpressed, although there remains a faction that wants to meet with him. The Guardian notes that Murdoch's offer to set up an independent board for the Journal mirrors a promise he made when he purchased the Times of London years ago; that board since "has long been disbanded." More » -
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'Times' of London Arrives; NYC Media Almost Blinks!
Oh, sweet baby Jesus, it's here: the Times of London has crawled off the Mayflower and hits New York and New Jersey newsstands today. Priced at a steep $1, the British import assumes the role of Rupert Murdoch's "classy" paper — but, just like lots of classy things, we're not sure we want any part of it. If we're going to buy a daily piece of News Corp., wouldn't we want to buy the Post? We'd rather put our quarters towards a paper as endearingly disreputable as New York itself. More »
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By JessicaComment by grandenchilada: Is this why they were giving away the Daily News in my supermarket today? more » | Other threads
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media bubble
Media Bubble: Iraq War Is Deadliest for Journalists
• CBS cameraman and soundman killed in Iraq, reporter injured, making Iraq the deadliest modern war for journalists, worse the World War II. [NYT] More » -
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