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Hey, Righties, We're Gonna Miss Olbermann

OPINION

Jan 25, 2011 11:44 AM CST

Hey, Righties, We're Gonna Miss Olbermann

A former 'Worst Person' says we don't need polite political debates

(Newser) - Keith Olbermann once included Bret Stephens on one of his “Worst Person in the World” lists, so you’d think the conservative columnist would be dancing on his talk show's grave. But he’s not, mostly because he doesn’t buy into the post-Arizona claptrap about civil discourse....

25 Commandments
for Journalists

Jan 21, 2011 4:26 PM CST

25 Commandments for Journalists

A former Guardian editor shares some advice

(Newser) - Some 15 years ago, a British writer drummed up a list of "commandments" for journalists. Tim Radford, former science, arts, and literature editor at the Guardian, pulled together 25 thoughts in response to a question he asked himself: "What is the most important thing to remember about writing...

Journalist Group Kills Award
Named for Helen Thomas

Jan 18, 2011 6:25 PM CST

Journalist Group Kills Award Named for Helen Thomas

SPJ's lifetime achievement award is going away

(Newser) - This one has to sting: The Society of Professional Journalists is killing its Helen Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award because of the controversy over her infamous advice that Jews in Palestine should "go home," followed up by her accusation that "Zionists" own Congress and the White House. It...

Get a Grip: Jon Stewart Is
No Murrow

OPINION

Dec 28, 2010 11:51 AM CST

Get a Grip: Jon Stewart Is No Murrow

He's mostly a comedian, guys

(Newser) - Jon Stewart’s push for the 9/11 first responders bill has been getting him lots of praise, and drawing some lofty comparisons—the New York Times even likened him to Edward R. Murrow . But “Murrow didn’t do fart jokes,” argues Steve Krakauer of CNN . “Stewart is...

WikiLeaks Shifting
Media Balance of Power

ANALYSIS

Nov 30, 2010 4:45 AM CST

WikiLeaks Shifting Media Balance of Power

New kind of 'global investigative journalism' emerging

(Newser) - WikiLeaks' document dumps are pushing old media into a new role, a Politico analysis finds. Papers like the Guardian and the New York Times—which was left out of the latest round of leaks after publishing a profile critical of Julian Assange —are starting to work together across borders...

Did Students Famed
for Freeing Inmates
Commit a Crime?

Nov 19, 2010 2:38 PM CST

Did Students Famed for Freeing Inmates Commit a Crime?

David Protess, his Medill Innocence Project and its methods, under fire

(Newser) - Fame has followed Northwestern Professor David Protess for more than a decade: His Medill Innocence Project—which has eager students using their investigative journalism skills to help free the wrongfully convicted—has significantly altered Illinois' legal history, helping push then-Gov. George Ryan to halt executions. But the golden-child project has...

Dan Rather 'Summing Up' Career in Memoir

Dan Rather Inks
Memoir Deal

Nov 17, 2010 4:31 AM CST

Dan Rather Inks Memoir Deal

'Summing Up' to be published in 2012

(Newser) - Dan Rather has decided it's time to sum up his 60-year career in journalism. The veteran newsman has signed a book deal with Grand Central Publishing for his memoir, Mediabistro reports. The book, to be titled Summing Up, will look at historical events including Watergate and the JFK assassination, and...

Olbermann
Rips Koppel
as 'False Priest
of Objectivity'

Nov 16, 2010 3:37 AM CST

Olbermann Rips Koppel as 'False Priest of Objectivity'

Journalists have always exercised judgment about stories, he argues

(Newser) - A deadly serious Keith Olbermann slammed critic Ted Koppel yesterday, charging that no journalist is truly unbiased and lashing the former Nightline host as a "false priest worshiping before the false god of utter objectivity." Even journalistic lions like Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow exercised "significant"...

Keith's 'No
Journalist'—
Let Him Donate

Meghan McCain

Nov 8, 2010 11:22 AM CST

Keith's 'No Journalist'— Let Him Donate

Trouble is 'thin line' between journalism, commentary: Meghan McCain

(Newser) - Keith Olbermann shouldn’t have been taken to task for donating to Democrats because he’s not a journalist—he’s a commentator, argues Meghan McCain in the Daily Beast . But the kerfuffle spotlights a key issue as the lines between entertainment, journalism, and commentary blur: News outlets need to...

Travel Journalist of 2010:
Brat Pack's Andrew McCarthy

Oct 16, 2010 2:37 PM CDT

Travel Journalist of 2010: Brat Pack's Andrew McCarthy

He wins top honor in the industry

(Newser) - The year's top travel writer is a familiar face, but more so for acting than writing. Andrew McCarthy of Brat Pack fame (yes, Molly Ringwald's true love in Pretty in Pink) has won the 2010 Lowell Thomas award for Travel Journalist of the Year, notes Jim Romenesko's blog at PoynterOnline....

Miner Rescue
Didn't Need
1300 Journos
to Cover It

OPINION

Oct 14, 2010 12:59 PM CDT

Miner Rescue Didn't Need 1300 Journos to Cover It

Why waste so many resources in "era of closed foreign bureaus"?

(Newser) - The rescue of Chile’s trapped miners is a wonderful story about “ingenuity, working together, and triumph,” but it’s also a story about journalism, Jeremy Littau writes. “To know that 1300 journalists have descended on this mining town to cover a worldwide story is a little...

Why the Press
Loves Apple,
Google

OPINION

Sep 29, 2010 1:25 PM CDT

Why the Press Loves Apple, Google

Because they're the most interesting companies in tech, that's why

(Newser) - Pew Research recently unveiled a stunningly obvious study concluding that the tech company most written about—and fawned over—by the press was (drum roll, please) Apple. In second place? You guessed it, Google. About 26% of all tech articles are about those two juggernauts. But Farhad Manjoo of Slate...

After Reporter Harassment, NFL Will Brush Up on Rules

Sep 17, 2010 6:00 PM CDT

After Reporter Harassment, NFL Will Brush Up on Rules

Jets owner to foot bill for training program

(Newser) - The NFL says that although there was "unprofessional conduct," New York Jets owner Woody Johnson and his staff acted promptly to correct the situation that arose last weekend when TV Azteca reporter Ines Sainz said she felt uncomfortable in the team's locker room. Commissioner Roger Goodell said today...

Ines Sainz Controversy
Shouldn't Be One

Sally Jenkins

Sep 16, 2010 9:57 AM CDT

Ines Sainz Controversy Shouldn't Be One

And shame on you, Rush Limbaugh and Keith Olbermann

(Newser) - The dumb controversy over Mexican reporter Ines Sainz being subjected to the "juvenile conduct" of some New York Jets should have ended when the team owner apologized, writes veteran sports columnist Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post . It didn't, and Sainz—who deserves part of the blame for keeping...

Blogger Punks
Michael
Steele

Aug 2, 2010 4:45 PM CDT

Blogger Punks Michael Steele

Thinking he's talking to a donor, RNC chair boasts about record

(Newser) - Michael Steele is "confident" he'll earn a second term as RNC chair, but you probably won't find him talking himself up in the mainstream media. A lying blogger misrepresenting himself as a prospective donor is a different story, however. In what CNN describes as "an unorthodox interview with...

Newsweek Sold
to Audio Magnate
for $1

Aug 2, 2010 3:19 PM CDT

Newsweek Sold to Audio Magnate for $1

Sidney Harman assumes magazine's growing losses

(Newser) - Sidney Harman has agreed to buy Newsweek, Advertising Age reports . The 91-year-old stereo-equipment magnate, who is married to Democratic Rep.Jane Harman, will essentially pay nothing for the magazine—the real cost comes in assuming Newsweek's liabilities, which could top $70 million this year. The Washington Post Co. has been...

Sherrod Frenzy Was Like OJ
All Over Again

OPINION

Jul 26, 2010 11:48 AM CDT

Sherrod Frenzy Was Like OJ All Over Again

Simpson trial established mold for overblown stories

(Newser) - The media’s collective freakout over Shirley Sherrod was just the latest rerun of its freakout over the OJ Simpson trial, “a grotesque Groundhog Day set of conditions that occur all too often,” writes Mark Halperin of Time . Both were brimming with the kind of disputed facts, compelling...

NPR Legend
Daniel Schorr
Dead at 93

Obituary

Jul 23, 2010 1:06 PM CDT

NPR Legend Daniel Schorr Dead at 93

Tireless investigator had been reporting since 1946

(Newser) - Daniel Schorr, a veteran journalist who brought more than six decades of experience to his gig as senior news analyst for NPR , has died at age 93, NPR reports. Schorr served in intelligence during World War II, then stayed in Europe to cover the postwar reconstruction for the New York ...

Andrew Breitbart Perfects 'White Victimology'

opinion

Jul 20, 2010 1:54 PM CDT

Andrew Breitbart Perfects 'White Victimology'

Website twisted USDA video out of context to play on conservatives' fears

(Newser) - Andrew Breitbart has played on the fears of conservative whites to claim another black victim, writes Tom Scocca for Slate . The latest is Shirley Sherrod of the USDA, who had to resign over a video twisted completely out of context. Sherrod—who wasn't a USDA employee at the time—was...

Stop the Presses!
Story Mentions
Conan, Leno,
Lady Gaga!

gene weingarten

Jul 18, 2010 3:38 PM CDT

Stop the Presses! Story Mentions Conan, Leno, Lady Gaga!

Rise of Web searching spells doom for clever newspaper headlines

(Newser) - Back in the day, "drunks with cigars wrote stories," overeducated wiseguys slapped snappy headlines on them, and some hours later, a newspaper appeared on your doorstep. In Internet time, that printed birdcage liner might as well be carved on stone tablets. "Call me a grumpy old codger,...