News Headlines
Read the most recent news articles on media reform issues.
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Project for Excellence in Journalism, July 30.2010
Last week, the two most popular stories among bloggers highlighted the roles of—and differences between—traditional journalism and digital media in a rapidly changing news universe. For the week of July 19-23, 22 percent of the news links on blogs were about a Washington Post report on the photo that made the BP crisis center look busier than it was.
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WCSH, July 30.2010
Work is expected to begin by fall on construction of 1,100 miles of new, high-capacity, fiber optic communications line through much of Maine. The goal of the project is to provide affordable, high speed Internet service to areas and customers not presently served, and those who are under-served.
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Chris Strohm, National Journal, July 30.2010
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said he plans to hold hearings this fall before agreeing to change a law giving the government the power to obtain more information on the electronic communications of U.S. citizens. The Obama administration is seeking changes to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act that would allow the FBI to obtain from Internet service providers additional information without warrants.
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Project for Excellence in Journalism, July 30.2010
The furor over Shirley Sherrod, may or may not serve to foster a broader national discussion on race. But it did open a window on how information and misinformation can careen through the current media ecosystem.
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Karl Bode, Broadband Reports, July 30.2010
Last January the FCC issued an order designed to put an end to cable operators preventing competitors from accessing local sports channels owned by the cable company. DISH Network announced this week that it was filing a complaint about Comcast with the FCC, claiming the cable operator refused to negotiate access to the channel in "good faith."
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Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, July 29.2010
Mexicos drug cartels hang banners, attach warning notes to bodies and post videos on the Internet to intimidate the police, the military, the news media, their rivals and anyone else who gets in their way. But this week, one gang adopted a new tactic: Kidnapping journalists to get their videos on the air.
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Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, July 29.2010
The Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for the FBI to compel companies to turn over records of an individual's Internet activity without a court order if agents deem the information relevant to a terrorism or intelligence investigation.
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Cecilia Kang, Washington Post, July 29.2010
Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), former head of the Commerce & Energy Committee, said that the chairman of the FCC should drop his push to re-regulate broadband lines.
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John Eggerton, Multichannel News, July 29.2010
Despite having the first African-American in the White House, African-Americans as a group did not draw much attention from the mainstream press, according to a new study.
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Dan Eggen, Washington Post, July 29.2010
By the time the U.S. Postal Service announced plans to raise rates earlier this month, an unusual alliance of customers was in place to oppose it. The Affordable Mail Alliance includes more than 700 publishers, direct-mail companies, nonprofit groups and other mailers that fear the economic impact of proposed increases.

