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World Press Freedom Day: United Nations Reflects on Free Expression
Today is a day to celebrate, reflect and mourn.
Traveling Man: Brian Williams Explains Why He Ditched The Royal Wedding
While it may seem like everyone is breathlessly watching the Royal Wedding with all its pomp and fanfare, elsewhere in the world real news is taking place.
Quote: Lara Logan on Her Ordeal in Egypt
“I thought not only am I going to die, but it’s going to be just a torturous death that’s going to go on forever…”
— LARA LOGAN, CBS Correspondent, on her attack at the hands of a violent mob in Egypt while covering its …
CBS Exit Rumors: What’s Next for Katie Couric?
She was the first woman to anchor the evening news, has interviewed everyone who matters and even had a colonoscopy on camera, but is Katie Couric’s most surprising move yet to come? (via Tuned In)
Has Egypt Revived America’s Taste For International News?
The tumult in Cairo got more press in the United States than did recent crises in Afghanistan, Iraq and Haiti, according to a new report.
TIME Exclusive: CBS’s Lara Logan and Crew Detained in Cairo As Violence Escalates
Sources have told TIME Magazine that Lara Logan, chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, has been detained along with her crew by Egyptian police outside Cairo’s Israeli embassy.
Primetime Shocker: Keith Olbermann Signs Off MSNBC Without Explanation
And now the “Countdown” begins to see where he’ll end up next.
Washington City Paper Memo on Stewart Rally Spoofs ‘Bias’-Fearing Journalists
Hopefully that headline was objective enough.
Maine Newspaper Apologizes For Daring to Run Muslim Photo on 9/11
If you are a Muslim in America, be warned: apparently now even the very fact that you exist is offensive to people on September 11th.
AP: Combat Operations in Iraq Are Not Over
Again, the Associated Press strikes in favor of accuracy in media narratives.
Another Mag Bites The Dust: Paste Comes Unglued
After 8 years of bringing readers “Signs of Life in Music, Film & Culture,” sources confirm that the much-loved and financially challenged Paste magazine is calling it quits.