The Teleprompter President

This DailyKos article summarizes how Barack Obama has used the telepromter to become as media fit as possible.  

Simulation Coverage

http://claremontbeat.blogspot.com/

The International Beat

The Big Three:

• Associated Press and AP YouTube Channel
• AFP and AFP YouTube Channel
• Reuters and Reuters YouTube Channel

Watching America

Compare how BBC covers American national security and ABC covers British national security.

Lara Logan and Jon Stewart on parachute journalism:



Video of the dangers facing journalist in a war zone:




Committee to Protect Journalists

Abduction and Murder

Jill Carroll

Danny Pearl

The Story of Jill Carroll

Frequently throughout the articles, there is mention of freelancer for the Christian Science Monitor, who was abducted by Iraqis in January 2006 and released three months later. I wanted to know more about the story, so I did a little research.

Here is a youtube video of her answering questions during her abduction:

And then here is a CNN article describing her situation:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/24/iraq.jill.carroll/index.html

What's Wrong with this Picture?

From the Los Angeles Times:




Discuss: does this clip suggest the visual impact of staff cutbacks? (Click photo for larger image.)

Hint here.

Newspaper Revitalization Act

Tuesday Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-Maryland) introduced the Newspaper Revitalization Act. According to the AFP, the act "would grant newspapers tax-free status as non-profits, an arrangement similar to that enjoyed by public broadcasting outlets, which survive on tax-deductible contributions from listeners."

See the whole article here.

Cardin's press release.

The New York Times cuts pay, lays off workers

The New York Times today had the misfortune of having to run another story on its own financial difficulties.

A couple things jumped out at me about this article.
-It is yet another indication that newspapers are facing tough times as we've talked about before.
-The NYT headline puts a much more positive spin on the story than this Reuters article (notice the NYT headline featured the word "temporary").
-Imagine being a reporter writing a story on a cut in your own pay. Ouch. Hopefully this reporter didn't get laid off. That would be downright sadistic.