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Entries from September 2004

CBS loves shovels

September 29th, 2004 · Comments Off

Television-Network News

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Clear Channel asked to pay up

September 29th, 2004 · Comments Off

North Carolina’s News 14 reports Wednesday that media conglomerate Clear Channel Communications owes Cumberland County more than $60,000 as a make good for underbooking shows it said would be brought into a local entertainment venue. The Fayetteville Observer’s Andrew Barksdale has more.

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Shortchanged quotes

September 29th, 2004 · 1 Comment

Over at Wizbang!, Kevin Aylward points out a slight adjustment to a quote in an AP story that includes Senator John Kerry’s infamous “I actually did vote for his $87 billion, before I voted against it” line. On Wednesday morning, an interview with Kerry and ABC’s Diane Sawyer ran on the “Good Morning America” […]

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Transparency can help root out bias

September 29th, 2004 · Comments Off

Indiana’s WNDU posts a report by Jennie Runevitch about a panel discussion earlier this week at the University of Notre Dame that focused on media bias. The primary result was that transparency is key in getting rid of biases, perceived or otherwise. One point made by the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Monica Yant Kinney I […]

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Editor of major Romanian daily resigns, raises eyebrows

September 29th, 2004 · Comments Off

Newspapers-General

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China and journalism apparently don’t mix

September 29th, 2004 · Comments Off

OneWorld South Asia has an article that reports on statistics that show that Chinese insurance companies list the profession of journalism as “the third most dangerous profession in the country.” The article goes on to describe the various censorship issues that have taken place in recent months, many of which involve blocking specific Internet […]

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Independent journalism program in Baghdad gets shuttered

September 28th, 2004 · Comments Off

The Associated Press reports that a journalism program being run in Baghdad has closed up shop for the time being, but is expected to resume elsewhere. The program, run by University of Arizona journalism grad Maggy Zanger, was teaching journalism skills to Iraqis - but could not continue to operate in the current unstable […]

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CNN producer released

September 28th, 2004 · Comments Off

Television-Cable News

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Nielsen makes changes to ratings data

September 28th, 2004 · Comments Off

Television-Advertising

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Chechens arrested for Klebnikov murder

September 28th, 2004 · Comments Off

Magazines-General

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