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Dick Armey on why he gave that interview to Media Matters | The Daily Caller (via brooklynmutt)
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The Passport to Prove It | A Stamped History of Marie Colvin’s Career
From the Colvin Family.
Shorter slideshow: Badass woman is badass. Click through for this one, for sure.
— via Dylan Byers (via azipaybarah)
…They are the ones who breathlessly cover campaign tweets in a desperate bid for web traffic, they are the ones who act as glorified opposition researchers, evaluating claims on the basis of whether they’ll be used in an ad, and not whether they’re accurate or truthful. The obsessive focus on trivia, the constant search for gaffes—these are things generated by the political press. If reporters wanted to, they could focus on the actual substance of the campaign—and as many other journalists have shown, there is real substance in this contest.
more.
— David Weidner, MarketWatch. So long, suckers — I’m leaving Wall Street. (via futurejournalismproject)
(Source: thesmithian)
A strange story about a Pentagon propaganda contractor operating independently to smear two journalists after they investigated his company.
NBC’s David Gregory, host for Meet The Press, is headlining a conference for a major Republican advocacy group. The problem? It violates the journalism code of ethics:
— Avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived.
— Remain free of associations and activities that may compromise integrity or damage credibility.
— Refuse gifts, favors, fees, free travel and special treatment, and shun secondary employment, political involvement, public office and service in community organizations if they compromise journalistic integrity.Read the rest at ThinkProgress.
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