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24 Nov 09

How the American Press Mistook China for a Fish—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine)

  • It’s not just China, he adds; “There’s a growing reflex of instant punditry and reflexive reaction that works counter to more meaningful analysis. We’re in a state where we’re very often privileging the gut or the knee, as in knee-jerk, rather than thinking more meaningfully about things.”
  • the same is true for the Clinton visit to Pakistan, which drew heavy coverage on points that were consistently misunderstood by those who wrote about them.
15 Nov 09

James Murdoch hits out at BBC and regulators at Edinburgh TV festival | Media | The Guardian

  • The BBC Trust ... is here to strengthen the BBC for the benefit of licence fee payers, not to emasculate it on behalf of commercial interests."

Murdoch v the PM? It's what we call asymmetric warfare | Marina Hyde | Comment is free | The Guardian

  • The degree to which successive prime ministers have greased up to our foremost unelected foreign tax exile is perhaps their worst-kept dirty little secret – or rather, dirty great one.
  • The only thing governments can feel truly confident about doing without wondering whether the rug is about to be pulled is implementing policies to suit Murdoch's business agenda,

MSM Reporting as Propaganda (No One Minds Our New Financial Masters Edition) « naked capitalism

  • the dichotomy between the economic health of ordinary people and the traditional “market indicators” is not merely a non-story, it is a sort of taboo — unmentionable in major news coverage.
  • it doesn’t fit our self image of being masters of our own view to recognize that we might be swayed.
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Backreaction: Science, Writers, and the Public - A bizarre love triangle


  • When I read popular science articles about other fields than physics, the ones that I appreciate most provide a review on a particular research direction. They tell me what the theories are that are being discussed today, what the evidence is, and what the current controversies are about. They tell me what is presently in the minds of the researchers who work in that field.
15 Oct 09

Guardian gagged from reporting parliament | Media | The Guardian

  • The Guardian is also forbidden from telling its readers why the paper is prevented – for the first time in memory – from reporting parliament. Legal obstacles, which cannot be identified, involve proceedings, which cannot be mentioned, on behalf of a client who must remain secret.

21 Sep 09

Kristin Clemets blogg - Kampen om Kunnskapsdepartementet

  • Slik er det ikke med regjeringskvartalet. Der har ikke journalistene noe sted å være og ingen mulighet til å treffe politikerne. De vet lite om hvordan departementene og regjeringen jobber, og det er ofte mange brannmurer (les: kommunikasjonsrådgivere) som må forseres før de får kontakt med politikerne. De har få kilder i embetsverket, både fordi de ikke har prøvd å bygge opp slike kilder, og fordi de aller fleste i embetsverket er veldig lojale overfor den politiske ledelsen.
25 Jun 09

Science journalism: Toppling the priesthood : Article : Nature

  • I must first find out which scientists are most relevant, and have a sense of their opinions and place within the field. All of this takes time, which reporters often don't have.
  • This is partly why so many journalists resort to doing the bare minimum: reproducing press releases.
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