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5:00 PM ET, January 12, 2012

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Arthur S. Brisbane / New York Times:
Should The Times Be a Truth Vigilante?  —  I'm looking for reader input on whether and when New York Times news reporters should challenge “facts” that are asserted by newsmakers they write about.  —  One example mentioned recently by a reader: As cited in an Adam Liptak article on the Supreme Court …
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Jim Romenesko:
NYT public editor on reaction to Truth Vigilante post  —  What I was trying to ask was whether reporters should always rebut dubious facts in the body of the stories they are writing.  I was hoping for diverse and even nuanced responses to what I think is a difficult question.
Discussion: Poynter and FishbowlNY
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
So whaddaya think: should we put truthtelling back up there at number one?  —  Somewhere along the way, telling truth from falsehood was surpassed by other priorities to which the press felt a stronger duty.  Arthur Brisbane, public editor of the New York Times, was unaware of this history …
Craig Silverman / Poynter:
Journalists incredulous as Times public editor asks: ‘Should the Times be a Truth Vigilante?’  —  New York Times Public Editor Arthur S. Brisbane is attracting attention and derision for his latest blog post, “Should The Times Be a Truth Vigilante?”  —  “I'm looking for reader input on whether …
Bloomberg:
News Corp. Tells Judge About Tabloid Editor's $1,150 Bribe to Prison Guard  —  News Corp. (NWSA) for the first time publicly detailed bribery by a journalist at its now-defunct News of the World, telling a court that a former editor agreed to pay a prison guard to get a story about a child killer.
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Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:
Express continued to use convicted PI Whittamore  —  Richard Desmond's Express Newspapers continued using convicted private investigator Steve Whittamore until as late as July 2010, the Leveson Inquiry heard this morning.  —  The company's legal chief Nicole Patterson was also unable …
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
‘Daily Express right to quit PCC because it failed to stop McCann libels’
Discussion: Press Gazette
Press Association:
Why I published Madeleine stories
Discussion: Guardian
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Homeland Security watches Twitter, social media  —  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's command center routinely monitors dozens of popular websites, including Facebook, Twitter, Hulu, WikiLeaks and news and gossip sites including the Huffington Post and Drudge Report, according to a government document.
Discussion: Techland, MediaFile and WebProNews
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Erik Wemple:
How did the Tennessean scoop the White House press corps on the Johnny Depp Halloween party?
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Newsweek Reviving Its 1960s Design for ‘Mad Men’ Issue, Down to the Ads  —  Effort Marks Season-Five Premiere of AMC Show  —  Newsweek is planning an issue marking the return of “Mad Men” this March by adopting the magazine's 1960s design throughout — all the way, it hopes, to the ads.
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Amazon Kindle Owners Are “Borrowing” Nearly 300,000 Electronic Books A Month  —  Amazon is releasing new data on its Kindle Lending Library, which the e-commerce site says now has over 75,000 books.  The Kindle Owners' Lending Library is a collection of books that Amazon Prime members who own …
Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:
James O'Keefe's Weak New Hampshire Exposé Could Get Him Arrested  —  The Alfred E. Newman of investigative journalism, James O'Keefe, staged his latest undercover video at the New Hampshire primary, where members of his team attempted to expose voter fraud by obtaining ballots for dead people.
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
CNN Reporter Becomes Target Of Ron Paul Supporters  —  A group of Ron Paul supporters are calling on CNN to remove the correspondent covering the candidate from her assignment, claiming that she is too biased against Paul.  Dana Bash aroused the ire of the pro-Paul brigade on Monday …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
New Republic owner quashes reports of liberal journal's sale  —  Despite reports to the contrary, the New Republic's principal owner insists the 98-year-old journal of liberal political opinion, reporting and arts criticism isn't shopping for a new owner.  —  “There's nothing there to the story …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:   Will Anyone Buy Influential D.C. Magazine?
 
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Matthew Fleischer / FishbowlLA:
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Felicia Pride / FishbowlNY:
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Matthew Futterman / Wall Street Journal:
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
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Marianne Bouchart / Journalism.co.uk:
French landmark case: A new dawn for investigative journalism?
Douglas Page / News & Tech:
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Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:
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Jim Romenesko:
Kent State alum pulls $1M gift after student paper asks questions
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Pandora Young / FishbowlLA:
Gawker Editor: N-Word Did Not Get Blogger Fired
Discussion: The Wrap and Gawker
Steve Myers / Poynter:
Google uses AP results for New Hampshire election results map
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
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Discussion: eMedia Vitals
Megan Garber / The Atlantic Online:
Tablet as Time Machine: Old Magazine Issues Are Finding New Life on the iPad
Foster Kamer / The New York Observer:
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Discussion: The Daily Swarm and FishbowlNY