Inform | 2009-07-02 14:30:45
Few stories in the “echo chamber” of the mainstream media comprehensively critique Barack Obama’s policies. Some may point to his relatively high approval rating at large to explain the journalistic timidity. Regardless of how the majority of Americans feel, it is the responsibility of the media to investigate and challenge those in office, even if it means lending an ear to arguments that are complex and unpopular. News that fails to thoroughly assess Obama’s performance from multiple perspectives does a disservice to the democratic process. In the spirit ...
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| 2009-07-05 18:40:43
Reuters US Online Report Technology News | 2009-07-05 18:13:55
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The global recession, shrinking advertising sales and fears that the Internet could render big media empires obsolete provide an ominous backdrop for executives at this week's Sun Valley conference. Herb Allen's boutique investment bank Allen & Co has organized this retreat in the affluent mountain resort town in south-central Idaho every summer for 27 years, inviting guests such as Rupert Murdoch, Sumner Redstone and Barry Diller. But never before have the media elite been harder pressed to find ways to survive and grow, whether through ...
AP News | 2009-07-05 17:41:42
NBC executives changed their minds Sunday and decided to join other networks that will televise Michael Jackson's memorial service live this week. NBC joins ABC, CNN, MSNBC and E! Entertainment in offering the ceremony live. It's set for 10 a.m. PDT at Los Angeles' Staples Center. NBC had initially planned only a one-hour prime-time special on Tuesday night, but said Sunday it would also cover the event live. It was not immediately clear who would anchor. Charles Gibson ...
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