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Posted by angliss from Scholarsandrogues

Climate is supposedly a major issue at the greenest DNC in history. So why have the energy and global heating forums been so poorly attended by the press? We're missing stories that desperately need to be told.

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O. J. Simpson and Wired's Photoshop Experiment

Posted by Jeff from Africaninformer

Would society have reacted differently to the O. J. Simpson trial had he been white? That was the question John Plunkett, Wired's founding creative codirector, wanted to raise with the September 1995 cover — a photo altered to make Simpson appear Caucasian. "At the time," Plunkett recalls, "Photoshopped imagery still had the capacity to surprise in a way that's difficult to imagine today."

The picture was widely mistaken for a critique of the infamous Time cover that darkened Simpson's face, but that wasn't Wireds intent. Rather, we hoped to make readers examine their assumptions about race.

To the staff's chagrin, the manipulated image caused little stir: "It struck us that technology had rendered that debate moot," Plunkett says. "All images are manufactured to one degree or another."

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Fox News Ad Targets CNN's Heavily Democratic Audience

Posted by Jeff from Huffington Post

The Fox News Channel has taken out an ad in Monday's Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and trade publication Multichannel News highlighting recent findings from a study by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, which found that Fox News' audience is more balanced along party lines than either CNN's or MSNBC's.

The ad, exclusively obtained by the Huffington Post, targets CNN specifically, inserting the word "partisan" into CNN's "CNN = Politics" logo to read, "CNN = Partisan Politics" and declaring Fox news "The Only Fair & Balanced News Network." This may prove to be a particularly damaging charge, as CNN has sought to define itself as the independent alternative to partisan programming on its competitors (which, in addition to the fact that MSNBC trails both Fox and CNN in the ratings by wide margins, is presumably, why the ad targets CNN with no mention of MSNBC).

The study found that 51% of CNN's regular viewers are Democrats, compared to 18% Republicans. Fox News' audience leans Republican but is more balanced overall, with 39% of regular viewers declaring themselves Republicans compared to 33% declaring themselves Democrats. MSNBC's regular audience is 45% Democrat and 18% Republican.

See the ad below:

Excerpt from Pew study below (download the entire report here):

The general public has become more Democratic since 2006, and this is reflected in the audiences for leading TV news outlets. The audiences for CNN and MSNBC, which were heavily Democratic two years ago, have become even more so: fully 51% of CNN's regular viewers are Democrats while only 18% are Republicans. MSNBC's audience makeup is similar - 45% of regular viewers of MSNBC are Democrats, 18% are Republicans.

The regular audience for nightly network news also is now about two-to-one Democratic (45% vs. 22% Republican). In 2006, 40% of the regular viewers of nightly network news were Democrats compared with 28% who were Republicans.

The regular audience for the Fox News Channel continues to include more Republicans than Democrats. Currently, 39% of regular Fox News viewers are Republicans while 33% are Democrats; in 2006, the margin was 38% to 31%.

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McCain's Denver Office Receives Threatening Letter, Report

Posted by Jeff from Huffington Post

The Politico reports:

At about 3 pm, a staffer at John McCain's Denver campaign office received a "threatening" letter that contained white powder, according to the campaign.

The campaign immediately evacuated the office and contacted the authorities. They are waiting for further information, said a staffer.

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Misty May-Treanor, Kerri Walsh win another Olympic gold medal - The Canadian Press

Posted by danadudle from News.google

Washington Post

Misty May-Treanor, Kerri Walsh win another Olympic gold medal
The Canadian Press - 27 minutes ago
BEIJING - Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh played through the rain Thursday at the Olympics, winning their second straight gold medal in beach volleyball.
Olympics-BeachVolleyball: US duo repeat Athens triumph in beach ... Bangkok Post
The science of DJing an Olympic beach volleyball match. Slate
New York Times - guardian.co.uk - MSNBC - USA Today
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MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag order - ZDNet

Posted by Jeff from News.google

Wall Street Journal Blogs

MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag order
ZDNet - 1 hour ago
Great way to end a Tuesday! Federal Judge George O’Toole ungagged the three MIT students who had planned to speak at Defcon on weaknesses in the Boston T’s CharlieCard system.
Judge Lifts Gag Order, Allows Freedom Of Speech For MIT Students CRN
Judge backs hackers in Boston subway dispute Reuters
PC World - PC Magazine - Wall Street Journal - The Associated Press
all 123 news articles

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Fifty Percent Price Increase for Both Daily Seattle Papers

Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer

And next quarter they will wonder why their ad revenue is down. Advertisers aren't dumb - they know circulation will drop.

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