Mediagazer: News of the World jeopardised Ipswich murders investigation, claims former police investigator (Natalie Peck/Hacking inquiry)

7:55 AM ET, March 19, 2012

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Theater, Disguised as Real Journalism — Is it O.K. to lie on the way to telling a greater truth? The short answer is also the right one. — No. — It's worth examining that question now that we have learned about the lies perforating the excerpt of Mike Daisey's one-man show …

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Felix Salmon:

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Jack Shafer:
Busting Mr. Daisey — This week, the highly regarded public radio show …

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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
New York Times edits article by Mike Daisey it posted just after Steve Jobs' death due to fabrications

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

C-Span Founder, Brian Lamb, to Step Down as C.E.O. — Brian Lamb, who created the revolutionary nonprofit cable television network C-Span in the late 1970s and has been its public face ever since, is handing it over to two lieutenants, Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain.

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stateofthemedia.org:

What Facebook and Twitter Mean for News — Perhaps no topic in technology attracted more attention in 2011 than the rise of social media and its potential impact on news. “If searching for news was the most important development of the last decade, sharing news may be among the most important of the next …

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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:

Pew: Twitter, Facebook Aren't Moving As Much News As You Think — We've heard that social media is a great source of traffic for news outlets so often that it's close to textbook. Yes, Facebook, Twitter and the rest are important, according the 2012 State of the News Media report …

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Natalie Peck / Hacking inquiry:

News of the World jeopardised Ipswich murders investigation, claims former police investigator — A News of the World surveillance team jeopardised the investigation into the Ipswich murders, a retired criminal investigator has claimed. — Dave Harrison, who was part of the Serious Organised …

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk

Alan Travis / Guardian:

Murdoch met Thatcher before Times takeover — The media mogul requested a meeting at Chequers to personally lobby the PM, and explicitly briefed her on his bid - something long denied by both sides — • Read the original documents here — A secret meeting between Rupert Murdoch …

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Amy O'Donnell / MediaShift Idea Lab:

SMS Builds the Radio Star — Radio's history has spanned over 100 years and it continues to reach billions — even in remote and underserved regions. So when UNESCO announced that the inaugural World Radio Day was to be celebrated on February 13, one question on many people's lips was: Why now?

Michael Learmonth / AdAge:

YouTube Plans More Investment in Original ‘Channels’ — Site Will Fund and Launch New Content Plays, May Increase Backing of Existing Ones — YouTube's $100 million investment in new premium “channels”? Consider it a down payment. — YouTube content chief Robert Kyncl says it's …

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Jeff Roberts / paidContent:

Newspapers And Video: Slow And Steady Or Flood The Zone? — The Wall Street Journal (NSDQ: NWS) has embraced video with gusto. The venerable paper is pumping out hours of live news clips and splashing them onto everything from the iPhone to the X-Box. — According to Alisa Bowen …

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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

Study: The most credible tweets come from people we trust, follow — Twitter users place the most faith in items retweeted by someone they trust, according to recent research, a finding that should make journalists and other influencers cautious about passing along suspect information.

Discussion: Mashable! and Nieman Journalism Lab

Carl Prine / Line of Departure:

A Defense of Nir Rosen — Over the past several days, the Guardian newspaper in the UK and the Pan Arab news channel Al Arabiya have been publishing a trove of emails purloined from the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. While Al Arabiya and others have declined to print several …

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