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Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, Ed Schultz -- How MSNBC Became a Liberal Mecca
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - Jun. 1, 2009 (Opinion)
Despite the startling success of Maddow and the recent addition of Schultz to an increasingly liberal lineup that also includes MSNBC’s first breakout star Keith Olbermann, ...
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Media Torture
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - May. 12, 2009 (Opinion)
(Blog Post) After all, defending torture — and the torturers — is now a long accepted practice in American journalism, one that brings you much acclaim and access to power, bylines, ...
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Babes in TortureLand
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - May. 5, 2009 (Opinion)
(Blog Post) "If the president does it, that means it's not illegal."
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Time to Think About Torture
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - Apr. 29, 2009 (Opinion)
(Blog Post) Of course, “We can’t legalize physical torture,” Alter opined, as “It’s contrary to American values.” Still, “we need to keep an open mind” about other ...
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Why Brands Can’t Be Trusted
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - Mar. 19, 2009 (Special Report)
Internet users put considerable trust in search engines as the online equivalent of traditional gatekeepers. But most are not even aware that sponsors pay for their links or ...
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Brands, Cesspools and Credibility
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - Mar. 10, 2009 (Special Report)
Google CEO Eric Schmidt believes the Internet is a “cesspool” of false information, and that filters are needed to help sort through the muck and mire... Predictably, ...
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Public Displays of Connection
Media is a Plural, gather.com - by Rory O'Connor - Mar. 4, 2009 (Special Report)
A still-growing body of academic research supports the notion that online networks (such as Facebook or Slashdot, to name just two) actually make finding and sharing credible ...
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Ponzi Democracy
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - Dec. 23, 2008 (Opinion)
Who was Ponzi, what exactly did he do – and why, nearly a hundred years later, does he and his eponymous scheme still resonate?
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Beating the Press - Literally
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - Sep. 5, 2008 (Opinion)
only in America could a man who has called the corporatized, in-the-tank, mainstream media his "base" -- the media that made him its darling and hailed him for his supposed ...
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Big Media, Big Politics and Change We Can Believe In
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - Aug. 29, 2008 (Opinion)
After seeing an unknown Illinois senator electrify the 2004 Democratic convention floor with a keynote speech, I then wrote: "Last night, while the networks slept, the cynics ...
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Personal Democracy
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - Jun. 30, 2009 (Other)
With half of the members of Congress now running their own YouTube Channel, and many of the rest Twittering their time away, no one questions any longer the primacy of the ...
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Censoring Pro-Palestinian Political Messages?
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - Jun. 17, 2009 (Opinion)
(Blog Post) Was it policy or pressure that led Lamar Outdoor Advertising to tear down billboards featuring a pro-Palestinian political message? Judge for yourself.
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Patrick Fitzgerald\'s Private Jihad Against Peter Lance\'s Triple Cross
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - Jun. 10, 2009 (Opinion)
(Blog Post) "To put it plain and simple,” Fitzgerald wrote, “if in fact you publish the book this month and it defames me or casts me in a false light, HarperCollins will be sued.”
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Prairie Home Torture Companion
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - May. 20, 2009 (Opinion)
(Blog Post) “I think the American electorate knew who they re-elected in 2004,” Keillor helpfully points out. “ Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney did not run on a human-rights platform, they ...
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Times to Globe: It’s hard out here for a pimp!
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - Apr. 9, 2009 (Opinion)
(Blog Post) "From the moment The Times Co. purchased The Globe in 1993 it has treated New England’s largest newspaper like a cheap whore."
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The Daily We
Media is a Plural - Mar. 25, 2009 (Special Report)
The conventional wisdom about social networks is that people filter out dissonant news and opinions, and instead flood themselves with news and views that merely confirm their ...
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The New Breed of New Media Researchers
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - Feb. 24, 2009 (Special Report)
He says that unlike face-to-face, ‘offline’ social networks, online social networks lend themselves to easy group formation. The resultant looser, more extensive social ...
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Embedded Business Press Misses Story of the Century
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - Feb. 18, 2009 (Opinion)
Just as our mainstream news reporters failed to do their job in alerting us an impending and fairly obvious disaster prior to the war in Iraq – and then ‘embedded’ ...
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Web 3.0: Apture
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - Jan. 28, 2009 (Review)
The dream of the so-called ‘ semantic Web’ is to use ‘smart programs’ to tag and link to information across media while providing context and depth to stories without ...
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Twitter Journalism
Media is a Plural - by Rory O'Connor - Jan. 19, 2009 (Interview)
The first report of the miraculous rescue of 150 passengers from a US Airways jet floating in the Hudson River also provided the latest evidence – if indeed it was still ...
Overview
| Media | Blog, Online |
| Audience | Small audience (10-100K) (English) |
| Political Viewpoint | Not Applicable |
| Story Formats | Opinion (54), Special Report (5), Interview (4), Review (1) |
| Story Authors | Rory O'connor (58), Rory O'connor With Aaron Cutler (1), Rory Oâconnor (1) |
| Story Topics | Media and Politics (28), Journalism (7), Mainstream Media (6), Ethics in Journalism (4), New Media (3), Torture (3), Freedom of Speech (3), Social Networks (3), Democratic Nomination (2), Civil Liberties (2), Culture Wars (1), Presidential Election 2008 (1), War in Iraq (1), Citizen Journalism (1), U.S. White House (1)... |
Research
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Editorial
| Edited By | Fabrice Florin |
| Last Edit | May 17, 2006 - 5:09 PM PDT |
