media

Stories 241 - 260 | << Prev   Next >>

Press No Longer Free in Mexico, Egypt: Report

But years-long global decline in press freedom seems to be leveling off

(Newser) - The bad news: In 2010, a free press became a thing of the past in Mexico and Egypt. The good news is that an eight-year decline in press freedom around the globe apparently started leveling off last year, according to an annual report by advocacy group Freedom House. Mexico and...

Media Matters Declares 'War' on Fox News

Liberal group plans 'sabotage' campaign to discredit network

(Newser) - Nobody can accuse the liberal Media Matters group of having a hidden agenda. The mission is out in the open and called "war on Fox." That's how founder David Brock describes the group's new vision to Ben Smith of Politico . As part of this war, it plans a...

Libyan Woman: Gadhafi's Thugs Raped Me

Tried to tell story to western media as Gadhafi thugs drag her off

(Newser) - A Libyan woman crashed the Tripoli hotel housing western journalists today, reports the New York Times, fighting past guards to tell reporters a story of horrific sexual assault at the hands of pro-Gadhafi forces. Iman al-Obeidy, a native of Benghazi, says she was detained at a checkpoint, and imprisoned and...

Stewart Swipes at Fox vs. CNN War

When reporters, named Nic Robertson and Steve Harrigan, attack

(Newser) - Jon Stewart razzed reporters in a segment last night , kicking things off by poking at Nancy Grace, whose arguments about the radiation threat the US faces from Japan unraveled into an argument about how "there is no such thing as magic." But she is not the media story...

Fox Reporter Is Laziest I Ever Met: Writer

Steve Harrigan is 'noxious,' too, says Sacha Feinman

(Newser) - The Fox News reporter embroiled in a nasty spat with a CNN correspondent over a discredited story has been called the "laziest reporter I've ever met" by an aide. Steve Harrigan has been accused of inaccurately saying that Libyan officials used journalists as "human shields" during a press...

CNN Reporter Lashes Fox Over 'Human Shield Scoop'

Story was totally hyped, says journalist Nic Robertson

(Newser) - A furious CNN reporter is blasting Fox News for cooking up an "exclusive" story accusing Libyan security forces of using US reporters as "human shields." The Fox piece claimed that CNN and Reuters reporters, among others, were transported to a bomb site in Moammar Gadhafi's compound in...

New York Times Subscription Paywall to Go Up This Month; $15 for Unlimited Access
NY Times Paywall 
Starts This Month
Mar 17, 2011 11:54 AM CDT

NY Times Paywall Starts This Month

Unlimited access will be $15 a month

(Newser) - The New York Times website will start charging customers for unlimited access starting March 28, the newspaper announced . Users will be able to read up to 20 articles for free, but beyond that, they’ll have to pay $15 per month for full access to the site and mobile app....

Washington Post Suspends Plagiarizing Reporter

Sari Horwitz 'lifted sections' of Arizona Republic stories on Jared Lee Loughner

(Newser) - A long-time investigative reporter at the Washington Post has been suspended for lifting "substantial" portions of articles from an Arizona newspaper for her stories on accused Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner. Pultizer Prize-winner Sari Horwitz was suspended for three months for plagiarizing sections of stories from the Arizona Republic,...

Roger Ailes Clashed With Palin Over 'Blood Libel' Attack

Her refusal to heed Fox boss triggered rift

(Newser) - Fox News president Roger Ailes warned Sarah Palin not to launch her controversial "blood libel" defense of herself in the wake of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' shooting. Palin's refusal to take his advice created a major rift in their important relationship, reports New York magazine. “Lie low,” Ailes...

Clinton: al-Jazeera's 'Real News' Beats US Media

It actually informs people, unlike American outlets, she says

(Newser) - She probably didn't set out to play media critic in her testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, but Hillary Clinton delivered a stinging rebuke of the quality of TV news in America, notes the Huffington Post . "Viewership of al-Jazeera is going up in the United States because it's...

Government Shutdown? It's a Media Fantasy
 Government Shutdown? 
 It's a Media Fantasy 
Howard Kurtz
Mar 3, 2011 3:50 PM CST

Government Shutdown? It's a Media Fantasy

Howard Kurtz: It's not going to happen, but journalists love the fake drama

(Newser) - Phew, we just barely avoided a government shutdown with the latest stopgap spending measure, right? "Not a chance," writes Howard Kurtz in the Daily Beast . "There was never going to be a shutdown." What's more, when the drumbeat to potential doom begins again in two weeks,...

Assange Blames Troubles on 'Jewish Conspiracy'

Media out to smear WikiLeaks, Assange tells editor

(Newser) - Julian Assange is coming under fire after a British journalist accused the controversial WikiLeaks founder of blaming a "Jewish conspiracy" for his problems with the media. "He said that I and Private Eye should be ashamed of ourselves for joining in the international conspiracy to smear WikiLeaks,"...

Logan Has 'Broken That Code of Silence'

Female journalists have suffered abuse for years, writes Kim Barker

(Newser) - Journalist Kim Barker was covering a jubilant demonstration in Pakistan in 2007, with thousands cheering for the country's chief justice, when the crowd turned on her, groping her relentlessly. She only escaped because the chief justice saw and let her take shelter in his car. "I knew other female...

Cooper Enrages Journalists With Actual Journalism
Cooper Enrages Journalists With Actual Journalism
OPINION
Feb 14, 2011 11:12 AM CST

Cooper Enrages Journalists With Actual Journalism

Calling a lie a 'lie' isn't the same as 'taking sides': Glenn Greenwald

(Newser) - Anderson Cooper has been using the word “lie” a lot in recent days while describing statements made by Mubarak and his regime. Despite the fact that the statements he’s describing are “factually false,” his liberal use of the word “lie” has gotten Cooper mocked and...

What to Watch Out for in Coverage of Egypt
 What to Watch for 
 in Egypt Coverage 
OPINION
Jan 29, 2011 8:53 AM CST

What to Watch for in Egypt Coverage

Media has 'bias' toward action, which isn't always best course

(Newser) - The next few days will no doubt be filled with much pontificating on what President Obama should be doing in Egypt, and political scientist Jonathan Bernstein has some advice for those watching and listening:
  • Do something, anything! "Media-watchers should remember that there's usually a media bias here in favor
...

Chinese Media Censors Hu's Comments on Human Rights

President's concession largely unreported

(Newser) - Chinese media loudly heralded Hu Jintao's trip to the US—but it has hardly said a word about his recent comments on human rights, the Washington Post reports. Discussing the matter with President Obama at a joint news conference, President Hu said “a lot still needs to be done...

Palin, Media Need to Get a Divorce
Palin, Media Need
to Get a Divorce
OPINION
Jan 17, 2011 11:45 AM CST

Palin, Media Need to Get a Divorce

Their mutual infatuation has gone too far: Ross Douthat

(Newser) - It’s time for the media to end its Palin infatuation—and for Sarah Palin to end her media obsession. The need for a divorce was never more clear than last week, when controversy bubbled up over Palin’s "crosshairs" map and her subsequent "blood libel" speech, writes...

Pregnant al-Jazeera Scribe Rips 'Humiliating' Strip Search

Refuses to remove bra after she strips down to slip

(Newser) - A furious pregnant Arab journalist invited to an Israeli foreign press conference is slamming aggressive security guards who made her strip down to her slip, then demanded she take off her bra. The Foreign Press Association is filing a complaint over the incident. "While we appreciate the need for...

Loughner's Bizarre Mug Shot Plays Big in Media

But some papers avoided highlighting leering photo

(Newser) - Suspected gunman Jared Lee Loughner looks pretty crazy in his mug shot, and media across the nation tended to play that big. Instead of the benumbed, glazed-over look of the typical cop shop portrait, Loughner's leering face stunned reporters. "Face of Evil" was the headline accompanying the front-page New ...

News Fail: The Year's Most Misunderstood Stories

Time to stop blaming Jay

(Newser) - This year, we hated Jay, pitied Mark Zuckerberg, and were sure the Tea Partiers were insane. But we were wrong, says Cracked . Some accepted myths, followed by the truth:
  • Jay Leno stole Conan's job. Actually, “Leno had nearly nothing to do with Conan getting fired.” It all came
...

Stories 241 - 260 | << Prev   Next >>