Mediagazer: Don't bust bogus “hype” (Jay Rosen/Salon)

5:50 PM ET, July 25, 2012

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

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Tim Stenovec / The Huffington Post:

James Taranto, WSJ Editor, Tweets Controversial Aurora Shooting Comment, Issues ‘Mea Culpa’ — James Taranto, an editor at The Wall Street Journal, has found himself the target of criticism after sending a tweet about the three men who died shielding their girlfriends from gunfire during …

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Jay Rosen / Salon:

Don't bust bogus “hype” — Why Salon's article on Reddit's Aurora reporting ticked me off — My journalism day began with a groan when I read “Hold the Reddit Hype” by Michael Barthel. ("The site broke important Aurora news, but ‘crowdsourced’ journalism is as sensational and market-driven as the MSM.")

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Charlie Warzel / Adweek:
Fast Chat: Erik Martin on Reddit's Coverage of the Aurora Theater Massacre

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

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Erik Wemple:

Post reporter criticized for . . . checking his facts — The Texas Observer has the e-mails. The tell-tale, slimy e-mails sent by Post reporter Daniel de Vise to officials at the University of Texas at Austin. As the Observer story alleges, those e-mails document some “unusual, perhaps even unethical, techniques.”

Dylan Byers / Politico:
WaPo journo shared drafts with sources

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Forrest Wilder / The Texas Observer:
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Jason Del Rey / AdAge:

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Lisa Richwine / Reuters:

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Gregory Ferenstein / TechCrunch:

Screw Objectivity: Study Finds Opinionated Journalism Boosts Civic Engagement — Veteran journalists who sing the praises of objective reporting have steadily lost ground to the media's new guard of proudly opinionated voices, from broadcasters such as MSNBC and Fox News, to the growing menu of online news blogs.

Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:

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Reuters:

New York Times drops BlackBerry app — (Reuters) - Research in Motion's BlackBerry users can no longer use the official New York Times app to read news stories over their devices, in a fresh blow to the maker of the smartphone once considered an essential tool for business professionals.

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