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Friday, August 29, 2008

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The higher death toll from The Lancet informs anti-war statements like the traveling Iraq Body Count Exhibit, which posts a small flag for each of the dead.

Counting the Dead Freighted with Controversy

by: Michael Todd, Mon Aug 18 15:08:00 -0700 2008

Body counts matter whether it comes to generating headlines or political activity, so efforts to gain usable numbers…

It's good to know that the nation's fake news is more balanced than its real news ...

"Two Candidates Walk Into a Bar ..."

by: Michael Todd, Thu Aug 21 14:47:00 -0700 2008

Among one subset of likely voters, John McCain is outpolling Barack Obama by a more than 4-to-3 margin: TV jokesters.…

Hector Cardenas had diabetes and chose to have his foot amputated. Then he lost his job and the health insurance that would've paid for a prosthetic foot.

Death by Pink Slip

by: Tom Jacobs, Tue Aug 26 09:00:00 -0700 2008

A film on a health care system that impoverishes and kills people, just because they lose their jobs.

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Team Colors Don’t Run in Reporting Squad

Written by: Lewis Beale, Tuesday 22 July 2008 - 08:30 AM 0 Comments

The racial chasm between professional athletes and the people who write about them feels like a historical anomaly. Yet it isn’t.

Oprah and the Downfall of American Society

Written by: Tom Jacobs, Monday 14 July 2008 - 09:15 AM 0 Comments

A journalism professor finds a straw woman on daytime TV and, in the name of scholarship, knocks her right down.

We Get Letters

Written by: Miller McCune Staff, Monday 14 July 2008 - 07:00 AM 0 Comments

An insidious hit piece commissioned by the opinion makers of the misanthropy world? Somehow, we doubt it.

Local News: If It Bleeds, It Shouldn't Lead

Written by: Elbert Ventura, Wednesday 02 July 2008 - 05:00 AM 1 Comments

Years of sensational coverage haven't rescued TV news from ratings freefalls, and a new study suggests a quick application of quality might help patch things up.