Read more media coverage stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25362/media-coverage.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:58:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69731/ivy-league-crimes-are-more-equal-than-others.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe killing of Yale grad student Annie Le dominated headlines around the world, "but every murder is uniquely dramatic," Jack Shafer writes for Slate. Why this one? It involves a magic word. "Three murders at a Midwestern college equal one murder at Harvard or Yale," Shafer calculates. "If you kill...http://www.newser.com/story/69731/ivy-league-crimes-are-more-equal-than-others.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 14:49:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67971/pentagon-grades-reporters-war-coverage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith a view to trying to influence coverage of the war in Afghanistan, the Pentagon is grading journalists’ work, the Stars and Stripes reports. The military newspaper says it has documents that counter official denials of the practice, with coverage rated as “positive,” “neutral,” or “negative.” The documents also contain...http://www.newser.com/story/67971/pentagon-grades-reporters-war-coverage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 20:06:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66056/radio-was-gonna-kill-newspapers-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs newspapers hemorrhage cash, the refrain is getting louder: the Web is sucking away their audiences and can never replicate the serious journalism they offer. The argument sounds familiar, Jack Shafer writes for Slate: It’s the one newspapers used against radio 80 years ago. Radio was then seen as the...http://www.newser.com/story/66056/radio-was-gonna-kill-newspapers-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 11:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63652/new-site-targets-chattering-and-now-tweeting-classes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere's been lots of media chatter about Mediaite.com, the website Dan Abrams rolled out this morning, most of it sight-unseen, challenging the former MSNBC host's intention to continue to run a media strategy firm alongside the site. Howard Kurtz, one of those critics, now takes a look at the...http://www.newser.com/story/63652/new-site-targets-chattering-and-now-tweeting-classes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Jul 2009 10:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61891/cnn-fiddled-while-tehran-burned.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwitter has already become a go-to place for breaking news, but the micro-blogging site assumed the role of media watchdog over the weekend, reports the New York Times . As riots protesting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory began to heat up in Tehran—and CNN aired a Larry King repeat about American Chopper...http://www.newser.com/story/61891/cnn-fiddled-while-tehran-burned.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Jun 2009 6:03:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56362/palins-pop-to-levi-buy-some-diapers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin’s father—the great-grandfather of Bristol Palin’s son, Tripp—says 19-year-old babydaddy Levi Johnston “has not contributed anything” to raising the boy, Us reports. Chuck Heath took exception to Johnston’s recent Palin-bashing media tour. “He’s broke, so he’s trying to capitalize on this. I wish he’d take some of...http://www.newser.com/story/56362/palins-pop-to-levi-buy-some-diapers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Apr 2009 11:41:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53190/paparazzi-switch-focus-from-britney-to-bankers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTabloids and TV shows best known for hounding Hollywood stars are turning their cameras to bankers and captains of industry, the New York Times reports. Paparazzi now track corporate jets and snoop on lavish parties held by execs at bailed-out banks, tapping into a deep vein of public anger at...http://www.newser.com/story/53190/paparazzi-switch-focus-from-britney-to-bankers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Mar 2009 1:59:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52758/credit-crisis-shocked-big-papers-but-why.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf the financial crisis shocked news readers—and it did—it must have surprised news writers as well, David Folkenflik reasons on NPR. He surveyed major US publications and, sure enough, found few warnings of financial doom pre-meltdown. A New York Times columnist explained it this way: "As long as...http://www.newser.com/story/52758/credit-crisis-shocked-big-papers-but-why.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Mar 2009 17:19:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51597/comic-fritzl-play-sparks-death-threats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA comic play about accused rapist Josef Fritzl is set to open in Vienna, drawing the ire—and death threats—of Austrians who are not amused, the BBC reports. Director Hubsi Kramar stressed that the largely improvised piece, co-starring victims of abuse, is a commentary on media coverage of Fritzl’s...http://www.newser.com/story/51597/comic-fritzl-play-sparks-death-threats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Feb 2009 16:52:00 CST