Project Gunrunner update: ATF ignored warnings, DOJ ignores document requests
Tick, tick, tick. Another Project Gunrunner disclosure deadline approaches for the Obama Department of Justice. And GOP watchdogs are hammering away at yet another stonewall erected by corruptocrat Attorney General Eric Holder.
Journalists Denying Liberal Bias, Part One
In spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, many journalists still refuse to acknowledge that most of the establishment media tilts to the left. Examples: “I can see how the intensity of coverage on certain issues may, to some people, seem to reflect a liberal point of view. But I actually don’t think it does.”— New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson talking about her newspaper’s political slant in an interview with the New Republic’s Michael Kinsley, August 20, 2013. “It’s silly that there’s a liberal bias in media. Obviously, there are liberal voices and there are conservative voices.
The objectivity norm in American journalism*
Why did the occupational norm of ‘objectivity’ arise in American journalism? This question has attracted the interest of many journalism historians but it has not previously been examined as an instance of a more general social phenomenon, the emergence of new cultural norms and ideals. Four conditions for the emergence of new norms are identified – two having to do with the self-conscious pursuit of internal group solidarity; and two having to do with the need to articulate the ideals of social practice in a group in order to exercise control over subordinates and to pass on group culture to the next generation.
Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%
It’s no use pretending that what has obviously happened has not in fact happened. The upper 1 percent of Americans are now taking in nearly a quarter of the nation’s income every year. In terms of wealth rather than income, the top 1 percent control 40 percent.
30 Organizations Dedicated to Keeping Journalism Great
Not all change in the media is driven by reader or viewer habits. There are hundreds of groups and organizations in the world dedicated to improving and extending journalism as a craft, art and practice. While the mission and focus of each group varies, every single one believes in improving journalism for today and tomorrow. Since I only knew about a handful of these groups when I started writing this blog, I figured there might be a few you haven’t heard of either.
Transcript of Univision Here & Now program. "You have 1,800 guns that you let go. (If) you get one death for each gun, that is 1,800 people."
UNIVISION NEWS TRANSCRIPT Program: “Aquí y Ahora” (Here and Now) Content: Exclusive interview with the parents of the murdered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Date: April 17, 2011 Key Jorge Ramos, Univision Host.Mary Zapata, mother of ICE agent Jaime Zapata.Amador Zapata, father of ICE agent Jaime Zapata.John Dodson, ATF agent, whistleblower.Rene Jaquez, ATF agent, whistleblower.Juan Miguel Freyre, son of murder victim.Carlos Spector, attorney for Juan Miguel Freyre.William “Bill” Newell, ATF Special Agent in Charge, Phoenix.President Barack ObamaSenator Charles “Chuck” Grassley Mary Zapata: "I don’t want this to ever happen to another American." Amador Zapata: "No one." Mary Zapata: "Or Mexican."Jorge Ramos: "MARY AND AMADOR ZAPATA OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS STILL CAN’T GET OVER FROM THE LOSS OF THEIR SON, JAIME ZAPATA, THE U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFOCERMENT AGENT WHO WAS MURDERED ON THIS HIGHWAY IN SAN LUIS POTOSÍ IN MEXICO."
The Double Standard About Bias in Journalism
I made The New York Times last week. It even ran my picture. My mother would be proud.
The Myth of Objectivity in Journalism
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State of the Blogosphere 2011: Introduction and Methodology
Welcome to Technorati's State of the Blogosphere 2011 report. Since 2004, our annual study has followed growth and trends in the blogosphere. This year's topics include: blogging and social media, bloggers and traditional media, traffic and analysis, brands and marketing in the blogosphere, bloggers' motivations and consequences, monetization, and changes within the blogosphere over 2011. The Blogosphere is constantly changing and evolving.
