In this edition: right-wing & media manipulation; FNC smear; WaPo whitewashes bigotry?; Google guy says yea to more foreign reporting; Dozier & Woodruff back to work; Money Honey controversy; ratings; and so much more...
Thoughts, and Then, the News
Yglesias is right... and it doesn’t appear as though there’s much lefties can do to change this. (Go see the RWCM section for more.) Waxman will try though.
The rules of the media game are clear -- no jobs for the left, no accountability for the right.
Now for the news:
Waxman v. Bushites: Part 234871
CNBC Non-Interview Could Come Up in Waxman Hearing. BushCo preventing climate change scientist from going on CNBC?
Conflict of Interest?
CNBC host Maria Bartiromo did nothing wrong, according to CNBC. Yeah, but riding on the corporate jet of Citigroup doesn’t exactly sound kosher... nor do some of the other things that have gone on. Plus, there’s the rumor about Bartiromo’s personal relationship with Citigroup employee Todd Thomson. In related news, critics take a look at CNBC, Bartiromo, and Wall Street.
Ombud Columns
Round up from Romenesko.
RWCM Watch
Credit Where It’s Due
Media People & In the Field
News & Notes on Media orgs, Programming, Specials, etc.
State of the Media, Trends, Research Reports, Innovations
The Audience: Ratings, Circulation, & Ad Rates, etc.
Media News Monday is a compilation of media news from the past week posted on Monday. If you have any media news to add, please do so. I don’t often post Media Matters stuff, because almost everyone already either links to or visits that site. Same with Greg Sargent’s The Horse’s Mouth at Talking Points Memo. For more RWCM watch & Media News: Penndit's News, Media News, and RWCM Watch Links. I get the advertising, public relations, targeting voters information, and media research from a variety of sources. Cross-posted at Penndit. For previous editions, search my diaries or Penndit.
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