A nice job of covering the basics of the near-death experience in that the author balanced his belief by citing experts pro and con NDEs.

The occasion of this humorous, well-written piece was the overshooting of an airport by Northwest pilots. Despite the humor, the author notes some very real consequences of distraction.

A short news brief about how other news organizations refused to participate in an interview with an Obama spokesperson if Fox News was to be excluded. This is an example of press freedom in keeping with holding government accountable.

Nancy Gibbs, author of this Time piece, is an exceptional writer. You may be sick of balloon boy, but Gibbs' literary style and incisive prose are worth reading, including her conclusion: "In the meantime, we can thank all the people who tried to help a child they thought in trouble; and pity those children; and pity, especially, the next child who needs our help, if we pause and wonder if the screams we're hearing are for real, or for reality."

This is a sincere attempt to address the unfortunate situation of downsized newspapers and television stations. The authors need to understand how Internet is programmed (free information in exchange for consumer psychographics); without that knowledge, everything presented here is conjecture. In jeopardy is why we report the news--to generate revenue or to afflict the comfortable? Nevertheless the authors try to persuade us that everyone is a journalist now, or can be, and gloss ... More »

The article documents the White House's escalation of its anti-Fox News campaign. David Gergen and other experienced political observers say this is a fight that the Obama administration should avoid.

Oh, please. Let's remember the tradition of the news media to protect its own, even rivals, because any administration--yes, including this one--can hide information from the public.

At last count 8,605 news outlets were covering this story, which is NOT quality journalism, but it is an icon of the times to show what news has become and what mobile technology is being used for by the 24/7 online and television sites.

Finally a reporter is covering the profit angle of vaccine production. Vaccine manufacturing is not profitable unless there is a pandemic--or a scare of one--as we are seeing with H1N1. (Reports routinely are omitting how many people have died from regular flu so coverage has seemed sensational, feeding the profit chain.)

This is an example of a breaking news story concerning President Obama's winning of the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to strenghen international diplomacy. The award came as a surprize, which meant the AP had to write an in-depth piece within an hour out of Oslo.

Matthew Jaffe of ABC News continues to follow up on the disastrous fiscal policies of Bush (continued by Obama) in destroying the worth of the dollar by printing more money and spending trillions to shore up Wall Street rather than Main Street. The ramifications of policies by Paulson and Bernanke will be experienced far more than they are now, especially if China requires us to back up the greenback.

This breaking news story concerns lies that former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and the Federal Reserve made in reference to banks receiving taxpayer dollars. The banks were said to be sound, but were failing, and on the word of Paulson, the government acted, giving those institutions billions. In the end, as the story notes, it helped Wall Street, not Main Street.

This story takes more of breaking news angle than provides the context necessary to understand the danger of the test firing. A better example is the Martha Raddatz multimedia story on the same topic (also posted on NewsTrust).