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Fri, May 18
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Phone Calls in the Age of the Text Message, A New Speech Law in Libya, and
Why we are spending less time on the phone, a new Libyan law that makes it a crime to glorify the Gaddafi regime, and a Liberian journalist who dares to tell the stories that her community doesn't want told.
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Fri, May 18
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Phone Calls in the Age of the Text Message, A New Speech Law in Libya, and
Why we are spending less time on the phone, a new Libyan law that makes it a crime to glorify the Gaddafi regime, and a Liberian journalist who dares to tell the stories that her community doesn't want told.
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Fri, May 11
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Obama's Historic Statement, the False Statistic on "Boomerang" Kids, and Mo
The low-key Republican response to Obama's historic statement, the false statistic about grown kids moving back in with their parents, and the AP holds back from reporting a story at the request of the government.
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Fri, May 11
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Obama's Historic Statement, the False Statistic on "Boomerang" Kids, and Mo
The low-key Republican response to Obama's historic statement, the false statistic about grown kids moving back in with their parents, and the AP holds back from reporting a story at the request of the government.
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Fri, May 4
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Political Misdirection, A Raid on Palestinian TV, and More
The White House's attempt to distract us from bad economic news, a new FCC disclosure rule that may be meaningless, and a fight over broadcast frequencies in the Middle East.
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Fri, Apr 27
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The Ongoing Impact of Kony 2012, Fact Checking Gossip and More
Debating Kony 2012's impact, teaching journalists safety in combat zones, fact checking gossip, and an formula to predict celebrity breakups.
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Fri, Apr 20
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Publishing: Adapt or Die
On the Media's annual look at the publishing industry, including fears of Amazon becoming a monopoly and the little publishing house standing up to it, a Pulitzer snub for fiction, and the problem of knock-off books.
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Fri, Apr 13
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Reporting in North Korea, Open Season for Political Scandals, and More
The trickiness of reporting on North Korea, the beginning of the political scandal season, and the media myth of failing schools.
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Fri, Apr 6
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Obama's Lesson for the Media, the First Cell Phone Call, and More
Misconceptions about the link between gas prices and the presidency, President Obama criticizes the media's for false balance, and the anniversary of the first cell phone call.
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Fri, Mar 30
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Obamacare at the Supreme Court, Speculating about Trayvon Martin, and More
Themainstreaming of the constitutional argument against Obamacare, speculating about Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman, and controversial programming at the National Geographic Channel.
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Fri, Mar 23
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Trayvon Martin, Divorcing Google, and More
Trayvon Martin, a man who divorced Google, and social networking from beyond the grave.
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Fri, Mar 16
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Kony 2012 Backlash, Graphic Anti-Smoking Ads, and More
Assessing the viral Kony 2012 campaign, new legislation in Mexico that makes attacks on journalists a federal offense, and using graphic imagery to discourage smoking.
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Fri, Mar 9
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Tracking Pundit Predictions, Correcting Wikipedia, and More
Holding pundits accountable for their predictions, a professor's attempt to correct a fact on Wikipedia and pullingadvertisementsafter controversy.
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Fri, Mar 9
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Tracking Pundit Predictions, Correcting Wikipedia, and More
Holding pundits accountable for their predictions, a professor's attempt to correct a fact on Wikipedia and pullingadvertisementsafter controversy.
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Fri, Mar 2
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Rocking the Vote in Iran, Faking Sounds of Violence in Movies, and More
The Iranian government's push to get voters to the polls, a transparency grenade that explodes information onto the internet, and faking sounds of violence in movies.
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Fri, Feb 24
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Reporting from Syria, the lifespan of a fact, and More
The perils of reporting from Syria, the familiar drum beat of war in Iran, fact-checking and the nature of truth,and how hollywood can't produce a realistic newscast.
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Fri, Feb 17
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Linsanity, Why Adele makes us cry, and more
The media's fascination with Jeremy Lin, challenging the status quo on Russian television, and the science behind the songs that make us cry.
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Fri, Feb 10
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Graphic videos from Syria, covering the political horse race, and more
To Tweet or not to Tweet graphic videos out of Syria, the seduction of covering the political horse race, and virtual pacifism in video games.
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Fri, Feb 3
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The Facebook Show
An Austrian man who got Facebook to give him everything they had on him, a writer whose rapist friended her on Facebook, the value of a "Like." Max Richter - Berlin by Overnight Max Richter - Cascade NW by W
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Fri, Jan 27
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Supreme Court Justices at the State of the Union Address, Internet as Human
The strange tradition of Supreme Court Justices attending Presidential State of the Union Addresses, the future of warantless GPS tracking, and exploring the question of internet as a human right.
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Fri, Jan 27
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Supreme Court Justices at the State of the Union Address, Internet as Human
The strange tradition of Supreme Court Justices attending Presidential State of the Union Addresses, the future of warantless GPS tracking, and exploring the question of internet as a human right.
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Fri, Jan 20
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Online Piracy, Superpacs and More
The amazing story of the Megaupload take down, Italy's National Order of Journalists, and a man searches in vain for data produced by his own heart.
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Fri, Jan 13
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Telegraph Hackers, Naked Statues, and More
A look back at a hacker from 1903, a story about Mitt Romney's dog that won't go away, and Supreme Court Justices looking at naked statues.
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Fri, Jan 6
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Disclosing Political Ad Buys, Gambling Online and More
The benefit and burden of disclosing political ad buys online, new rules for internet gambling and using laugh tracks on TV.
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Fri, Dec 30 2011
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Last Year's Errors, Next Year's Predictions and More
Major media errors of 2011, predictions for the media in 2012 and comment sections online.
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Fri, Dec 23 2011
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Egyptian Military Brutality, misleading political polls and more
The Egyptian military's brutal turn onprotesters, the usefulness of private versus public political polls and the process of developing apps for mobile devices.
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Fri, Dec 16 2011
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Texting While Driving, Space Madness and More
A proposed ban on texting while driving, morning show payola, the state of the art of fact checking, the role of journalists at the end of the world, and the pop-culture myth of space madness.
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Fri, Dec 9 2011
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Fox News Gets Tough on Candidates and More
The upside of debates, government seizure of domain names, a free speech loophole in Malaysia, and a Cambodian journalist spends 10 years as a one man truth and reconciliation commission.
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Fri, Dec 2 2011
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Revenge Porn, Cyber Warfare and More
Posting nude picture of others online for revenge, a former News of the World reporter exposes underhanded tabloid techniques, and the real threat of cyber warfare.
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Fri, Nov 25 2011
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The SuperCommittee, scandals and more
The failure of the Supercommittee, how our biases blind us to obvious economic truths, and a collection of our favorite stories about scandals.
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