March 2012
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ListenHeartless Bastards : The Mountain
Mar 23rd
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Mar 22nd
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WCBS reporter has trouble counting →
From Gothamist Yesterday’s “Million Hoodie” rallyat Union Square Park got a lot of media attention, as it should, with even conservative media outlets estimating there were at least several hundred protesters in attendance. But CBS 2 reporter Sean Hennessy is a newscaster, not a mathematician, dammit, and he counted “a few dozen.” For this, he was heckled (perhaps...
Mar 22nd
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“I also think voters are showing a tendency to turn issues that should be factual...”
– Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling
Mar 20th
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Mar 19th
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No one asked their names. →
mehreenkasana: In the days following the rogue US soldier’s shooting spree in Kandahar, most of the media, us included, focused on the “backlash” and how it might further strain the relations with the US. Many mainstream media outlets channelled a significant amount of  energy into uncovering the slightest detail about the accused soldier – now identified as Staff Sergeant Robert Bales. We even...
Mar 19th
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Transcript of upcoming This American Life... →
Ira Glass: What does that mean, unpack the complexities? Mike Daisey: Well it means, it means that, you know, just, like the hexane thing. I mean I think I’m agreeing with you. Ira Glass: I mean with the hexane, we approached you and asked you specifically about that. There’s an email that, that Brian sent you, about the hexane. He wrote, “Apple’s 2011 report” – this is the responsibility report –...
Mar 17th
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Muck Rack - embedding journalists in social...
newschallenge: 1. What do you propose to do? [20 words] Empower journalists on social networks by growing their following and giving them tools to excel.  2. Is anyone doing something like this now and how is your project different? [30 words] Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Quora highlight journalists using their platforms, but we’re building the most comprehensive network of...
Mar 16th
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Mar 16th
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Mar 15th
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Mar 14th
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“I hate clean, orderly countries where everything works. I like hot, messy,...”
– Anthony Bourdain
Mar 14th
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Santorum to Puerto Rico: Speak English if you want... →
Puerto Rico to Santorum : Que te jodan
Mar 14th
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Mar 14th
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“Until I hit play on an old-school Walkman last month, I had forgotten that it...”
– Rebecca Hamilton
Mar 14th
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