Mediagazer: Allies Accuse James O'Keefe of ‘Hit Job’ in Undercover NPR Sting (Howard Kurtz/The Daily Beast)

7:40 PM ET, November 15, 2011

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Journalists arrested in Occupy Wall Street sweeps — NEW YORK — Journalists have been detained by police while covering Occupy Wall Street protests in New York. — Associated Press writer Karen Matthews was taken into custody Tuesday along with AP photographer Seth Wenig and Daily News reporter Matthew Lysiak.

Discussion: Reporters Committee News, PRNewser and Groundswell

Steve Myers / Poynter:

Journalists arrested, roughed up as police clear Zuccotti Park of OWS protesters — Journalists said they were shut out and roughed up as the New York Police Department cleared Zuccotti Park of Occupy Wall Street protesters in the early morning hours Tuesday.

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Jared Malsin / New York Times:

Video: Reporter for The Local Is Arrested During Occupy Wall Street Clearing — The police arrested some 200 people, including this reporter, in and around the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park early Tuesday. — While some officers, many in riot gear …

Discussion: The New York Observer, New York Magazine, NY Daily News, City Room, The Huffington Post, Guardian, Gothamist, Committee to Protect … and ThinkProgress

James Poniewozik / Time:

NYC Un-Occupies Wall Street, Manages the Media — New York City police in riot gear raided and cleared the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park around 1 a.m. Tuesday. As it happened—coincidentally or not—this was past press time for local papers.

Discussion: Guardian, GalleyCat, Mother Jones, Gothamist, msnbc.com, Indecision Forever, Mediaite and Future of Journalism

Natasha Lennard / Salon:

Why I quit the mainstream media — Journalism must break the chains of objectivity and report truth — and the Occupy movement led me to do just that — Protesters sit with arms linked on New York's Brooklyn Bridge before police began making arrests on Oct. 1 and author Natasha Lennard.

Discussion: Poynter and Media Research Center

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Reporters Say Police Denied Access to Protest Site

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Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Society of Professional Journalists Denounces Occupy Wall Street Arrests

Discussion: GalleyCat and PRNewser

Joel Gunter / Journalism.co.uk:

NI: ‘No guarantees’ that hacking stopped after arrests — Rhodri Davies QC tells Leveson inquiry that News International can't guarantee phone hacking didn't continue after arrest and imprisonment of Clive Goodman and Glenn Mulcaire — Davies also told the inquiry that News International …

Discussion: Guardian, Guardian and Journalism.co.uk

Mark Hosenball / Reuters: Signs of broader hacking at Murdoch newspaper

Amelia Hill / Guardian:
Phone-hacking inquiry deals with gremlins in the system

Discussion: Press Gazette and New York Times

James Robinson / Guardian:
NoW owner disputes 28 staff ordered hacking

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Charlie Rose and Gayle King Join ‘The Early Show’ on CBS — CBS News on Tuesday announced a top-to-bottom reboot of “The Early Show,” its long-suffering morning news broadcast, with Charlie Rose and Gayle King at the helm. The moves will take effect in January.

Discussion: TVNewser, Media & Entertainment, Inside TV and Broadcasting & Cable

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

Ratings: ABC Dominates With Giffords Interview, Sandusky Leads ‘Rock Center’ To Ratings High — ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer's interview with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband former astronaut Mark Kelly was easily the top broadcast program at 10 PM according to Nielsen fast national ratings.

Discussion: Media Decoder, TVbytheNumbers, PRNewser, FishbowlDC and rbr.com

John Koblin / WWD:

New York Times Launches The Collection App — ALL IN ONE PLACE: The New York Times on Monday launched The Collection, an iPad app that will be a catchall for the paper's fashion and style content. The Collection app will be updated every day, and will draw in content from the paper's Styles desk …

Discussion: Poynter, FishbowlNY and mnilive.com

Jack Shafer:

Stop the Chelsea moaning; she's “somebody” — Allow me to be among the first working journalists to welcome Chelsea Clinton to the Fourth Estate. Clinton, as you probably read in this morning's New York Times, has taken a job with NBC News as a full-time special correspondent and will cover stories …

Discussion: LA Observed, The Week, St. Petersburg Times and Media Decoder

Clint Hendler / CJR:

Does a New York Times-mimicking web ad violate policy? — The paper says No. Your eyes may disagree. — The New York Times has a policy forbidding advertising that closely appropriates the paper's design elements. From the paper's advertising acceptability guidelines:

Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab, New York Times, Charles Apple and Talking Biz News

Robert Booth / Guardian:

Julian Assange seeks to take extradition fight to supreme court — WikiLeaks founder will ask permission to appeal against high court ruling that he must face sex crime charges in Sweden — The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, is to apply for a supreme court hearing to appeal …

Discussion: Multichannel and Future of Journalism

Gabriella Schwarz / CNN:

Newspaper editor defends Cain interview — (CNN) - The editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel criticized efforts by Herman Cain's campaign to discredit the newspaper's interview with the presidential candidate when he stumbled over questions on Libya and collective bargaining.

Discussion: The Politico, Mediaite, Guardian and Poynter

Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:

Allies Accuse James O'Keefe of ‘Hit Job’ in Undercover NPR Sting — The two men who pulled off James O'Keefe's NPR sting are now criticizing the conservative activist for what one calls a ‘hit job.’ They tell Howard Kurtz exclusively why they feel exploited. — The fake Muslim donor had played his role perfectly.

Discussion: Mediaite and ThinkProgress

The Hollywood Reporter:

Penn State Scandal: Advertisers Bail on ESPN Broadcast … In the wake of the sexual abuse scandal that led to the recent firing of head coach Joe Paterno after his former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with 40 counts of sexual abuse of children, at least six advertisers …

Discussion: Media Decoder, Company Town and Forbes