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Media Hurricane Just Hot Air | Arianna on Iraq Coverage

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:00:00 -0700

 

 

 

 

 

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*Charities are for Suckers:

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/#25485

*Bill Maher says Recall George:

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/lfiles/25471/

*The shape of things to come:

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/25444/

 

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MEDIA HURRICANE IS SO MUCH HOT AIR

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet.

Before we throw rose petals in their

path let's try to remember that the

media's finally just doing their job.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/25482/

 

MEDIA COVERAGE OF IRAQ SUFFERS AFTER

KATRINA

Arianna Huffington, AlterNet.

Does anyone in the mainstream media

remember Iraq?

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/25476/

 

NEWS AT ANY COST

Eric Umansky, Columbia Journalism

Review.

Journalists at a Mexican newsweekly

have found out the hard way how dan-

gerous it is to shine a spotlight on

the drug trade.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/25436/

 

TEACHING 9/11

Jon Wiener, The Nation.

Assuming 9/11 is even on the curriculum,

what you learn depends on the textbook

you're assigned.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/25370/

 

A PAPER WITHOUT A CITY PT. 1

Paul McLeary, CJR Daily.

The destruction of New Orleans hasn't

stopped the 168-year-old Times Picayune

from turning out some of the most urgent

and personal journalism in America.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/25372/

 

WHAT THEY SAID / WHAT THEY MEANT

Will Durst, AlterNet.

Katrina quotes, with interpretations.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/25348/

 

THE USES OF LAUGHTER

Sheerly Avni, AlterNet.

Political comedian Margaret Cho talks

about Hurricane Katrina, stupid white

men, and the question on everyone's

lips: when can we be funny again?

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/25275/

 

EIGHT BIG LIES ABOUT KATRINA

Raphael Schweber-Koren, Jeremy Schulman,

Media Matters for America.

Big Media has given ample space for

administration officials and conser-

vatives to spread falsehoods about

relief efforts.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/25227/

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