The Google/China hacking case: How many news outlets do the original reporting on a big story? » Nieman Journalism Lab. barely any is the answer. also, this is a great blog about the state of journalism. via ram.

He’s a Terrorist. Just say it. Terrorist. For F*%k sake!. it turns out that pretty much every news publication took it pretty easy on that guy who flew a plane into an IRS building. via ram.

Winners gallery 2010 – World Press Photo. some great photos.


YouTube – Charlie Brooker – How To Report The News. it’s pretty creepy how spot-on this is.

TIGER WOODS: BIGGER THAN 9/11?. Tiger Woods has been on the cover of the NY Post for 19 straight days. Only other event that lasted that long? 9/11.

rc3.org – Which analysis is worth paying for?. interesting comment about main-stream reporting versus blogger reporting of a recently disputed call by Patriot’s coach Bill Belichick.

The Media Equation – Nonprofit Site, Texas Tribune, Begins as Big News Hits State – NYTimes.com. online only “newspaper” that focuses on politics in Texas. 12 staff writers with an endowment of $3M.

The Answer Factory: Demand Media and the Fast, Disposable, and Profitable as Hell Media Model | Magazine. this article blew my mind.

Military coup fantasy is latest in trend of extremist right-wing rhetoric | Media Matters for America. these people are certified NUTS: “Imagine a bloodless coup to restore and defend the Constitution through an interim administration that would do the serious business of governing and defending the nation. Skilled, military-trained, nation-builders would replace accountability-challenged, radical-left commissars.”

A Funkaoshi Production :: The Small Chair. Ram reviews the McSweeny’s iPhone app. i wonder if this will be the salvation of print media.

Political Irony › Did Glenn Beck murder the American media?. interesting commentary on how political hatchet jobs work. via ram.

Murder in Moscow – Harper’s Magazine. being an outspoken journalist in Russia is a fucking risky job. via ram.

Joe the Plumber to become war correspondent – Yahoo News. bwhahahah.

Chrome-fed Googasm bares tech pundit futility • The Register. Another Ted Dziuba rant on the sorry state of tech reporting.


JFK speech to the American Newspaper Publishers Association. great stuff.

Charles Bremner – Times Online – Eiffel Tower hit by fantasy. i linked to this story the other day.

CJR: Recovering Reality: Errol Morris on Abu Ghraib. fantastic interview about his new movie, the failure of journalism, and how pictures can lie. “Usually visuals are designed to stop us from thinking, not to encourage us to think.”

The Great NAFTA Debate : Little Bites of Point. What’s more shocking : how young Al Gore looks or that Larry King had a civil debate for 90 minutes on something other than celebrity gossip?

Afghan journalism student given death sentence – CBC News. for discussing something that “violated the tenets of islam”. and it was done by a secret court. i’m so glad Canada is fighting for “freedom” over there.

60 Minutes takes a dump on “millennials” – (37signals). when i saw this piece the other day i thought it was laughably bad. some really subjective reporting by a quality news source. quite sad.