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5:50 PM ET, May 31, 2012

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Politico:
To GOP, blatant bias in vetting  —  On the front page of its Sunday edition, the New York Times gave a big spread to Ann Romney spending lots of time and tons of money on an exotic genre of horse-riding.  The clear implication: The Romneys are silly rich, move in rarefied and exotic circles, and are perhaps a tad shady.
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Devin Gordon / GQ:
Five Points About Politico's Hatchet Job On NYT and WaPo  —  Here's the piece, published this morning.  The upshot: The political coverage of The New York Times and The Washington Post is “blatantly biased” in their vetting of Romney versus Obama.  (Guess which way they supposedly lean.)
Oliver Burkeman / Guardian:
Perhaps I'm biased, but can we please stop talking about ‘media bias’?  —  No human can adopt a position of perfect neutrality.  Can we at least agree on that?  —  There is something brain-stretchingly confusing about today's article on media bias in Politico, headlined “To GOP, Blatant Bias In Vetting”.
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
New York Times, Washington Post Defend Against Politico's Media Bias Claims  —  NEW YORK — Politico's executive editor, Jim VandeHei, and chief White House correspondent, Mike Allen, suggested Thursday that The New York Times and Washington Post are biased in favor of President Barack Obama …
Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
Producer of Obama Video on Fox News Loses CNN Job Offer  —  The Fox News producer behind a provocative four-minute anti-Obama video that aired Wednesday and caused the network considerable embarrassment has suddenly found his career on ice.  —  The producer, Chris White, had been offered a job by CNN before the video was broadcast.
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Obama Video on Fox News Criticized as Attack Ad
Steve Myers / Poynter:
Will other Advance newspapers face cuts like Times-Picayune, Alabama papers?  —  Advance Publications' decision to cut staff and reduce printing to three days a week at its papers in New Orleans and Alabama has worried journalists at its other newspapers.  Cleveland Scene's Kyle Swenson reported …
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Jim Romenesko:
Times-Picayune editor on reporting ambitions, salary rumors  —  New Orleans Times-Picayune editor's memo to staff, sent this morning: From: Jim Amoss Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 7:18 AM To: Newsroom Staff Subject: some facts Dear colleagues, In our meetings at Howard Avenue and the East Jefferson bureau …
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Mike Daisey: Perhaps tech writers 'aren't actually journalists either?'  —  KQED |  Mike Daisey, back with more media criticism, casts a steely eye at AllThingsD's D10 (or is that DX?) conference, currently teching it up in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Daisey thought AllThingsD's co-executive …
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Sorkin On ‘The Newsroom’: ‘None of the characters are inspired by real people, not even a little bit’  —  TV and film writer Aaron Sorkin appeared at the All Things D conference, where he talked about writing the Steve Jobs biopic, and of course “The Newsroom,” his upcoming cable news-centric show on HBO.
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Now playing: The New York Times signs on to Hulu to reach a new audience for its long videos  —  You can now find videos from The New York Times on Hulu, thanks to a content licensing agreement between the paper and the popular video site.  —  Video produced for NYTimes.com …
Discussion: New York Times
Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Alan Horn to Run Disney Studios (Excusive)  —  UPDATED: The former Warner Bros. chief is Disney CEO Bob Iger's choice to run the studio  —  Former Warner Bros. chief Alan Horn is the choice to run Disney Studios, a source tells The Hollywood Reporter.  —  The source says the announcement …
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Google, Facebook vie for stake in Vevo  —  Vevo — a joint venture of Universal Music Group and Sony Music along with the Abu Dhabi Media Co. — is valued at about $1 billion on revenue of $150 million, according to industry sources.  Vevo licenses its content to a number of partners …
Discussion: CNET, VentureBeat and The Next Web
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Letters to the DOJ: Public speaks out on e-book pricing case  —  As the Department of Justice's lawsuit against Apple and five big publishers for allegedly colluding to fix e-book prices moves forward, the public has the chance to respond with their take on the allegations.
Discussion: paidContent
 
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Jen Doll / The Atlantic Wire:
Do Female Journalists Have a Confidence Problem?
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Harriet Sherwood / Guardian:
Israeli journalist to be tried over leaks that revealed illegal military killings
Associated Press:
Former NY Daily News editor Michael O'Neill, who led newspaper in the late 1970s, dead at 89
Discussion: Charles Apple