Mediagazer: Robin Roberts Starts ‘GMA’ Medical Leave Early: 'I'll Get Back As Soon As I Can' (VIDEO) (Rebecca Shapiro/The Huffington Post)

10:20 AM ET, August 30, 2012

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Media Calls Out Paul Ryan Falsehoods — Paul Ryan's vice presidential acceptance speech ran into a lot of trouble with fact-checkers and journalists. — It seemed like some reporters' heads were going to explode on Twitter as Ryan spoke. For instance, he blasted President Obama for not doing …

Discussion: Mediaite, The Daily Beast, Media Nation, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, Splice Today, Salon, PolitiFact, The Nation, The New Republic, Pressing Issues and Gawker

James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:

Bit by Bit It Takes Shape: Media Evolution for the ‘Post-Truth’ Age — Over the years, and recently in a few posts this month, I've mentioned signs that the mainstream press is adjusting to the realities of “post-truth politics.” — Everyone in the press is happiest, safest-feeling …

Discussion: The Raw Story

James Bennet / The Atlantic Online:
'We're Not Going to Let Our Campaign Be Dictated by Fact-Checkers'

Discussion: New York Magazine and The Daily Caller

Dan Conover / Xark:
Why Fact Checkers fail

Discussion: @stevebuttry

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

With Reddit chat, Obama goes around press directly to voters — How do you get President Obama to do a live Q&A with Reddit users? Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian told Peter Kafka, “There are quite a few redditors at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave and at the campaign HQ.”

Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:

Correspondence and collusion between the New York Times and the CIA — Mark Mazzetti's emails with the CIA expose the degradation of journalism that has lost the imperative to be a check to power — (updated below) — The rightwing transparency group, Judicial Watch …

Discussion: The Wrap, Media Decoder and Inside Movies

Arthur S. Brisbane / The Public Editor's Journal:
Pre-Publication Disclosure of Dowd Column: A Breach of Two Boundaries

Discussion: Guardian, Poynter and The Huffington Post

Josh Feldman / Mediaite:

Fox News Responds To Sarah Palin's Facebook Post On Cancelled Fox Appearances — Earlier today on Facebook, Sarah Palin informed her followers that her scheduled interviews on Fox News tonight were cancelled. Palin expressed disappointment that she would not be on-air to react to the speech given …

Discussion: New York Magazine, The Wrap and The Huffington Post

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

Three billion flips later, Flipboard turns to video — Tablet content aggregators like Flipboard and Zite have found favor by re-imagining modern web text as linear pages of ye olde magazines. But can the same paradigm work for other online content? — Flipboard on Wednesday launched …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals, MediaPost, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Engadget and Inside Flipboard

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

HMV's Simon Fox tipped to become Trinity Mirror's new chief executive — Board set to make final decision as share price rises on prospect of an announcement soon — Trinity Mirror is set to appoint a new chief executive, with outgoing HMV chief Simon Fox tipped to take the reins at the Daily Mirror publisher.

Discussion: paidContent, Telegraph and Sky News

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

A best-seller sells out: Amazon pulls Kindle Fire sales ahead of September 6 tablet refresh — With its September 6 event circled on its calendar in big red ink, Amazon has announced today that its Kindle Fire tablet is “Sold Out,” pulling the tablet from sale as it looks to its “exciting roadmap ahead.”

Discussion: TechCrunch, Amazon.com and AllThingsD

Rebecca Shapiro / The Huffington Post:

Robin Roberts Starts ‘GMA’ Medical Leave Early: 'I'll Get Back As Soon As I Can' (VIDEO) — “Good Morning America” host Robin Roberts moved up her last day before medical leave to Thursday. — While Friday was expected to be her last day, the network announced that the “GMA” host would make her final appearance on Thursday.

Discussion: Speakeasy, Broadcasting & Cable, Mediaite, Yahoo! Good Morning America, Yahoo! Good Morning America and Yahoo! Good Morning America

Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

Survey: Public prefers news from professional journalists — The public's trust in the institution of the press may be fading, and digital platforms have opened the publishing world to anyone with a desire to speak, but it seems professional journalists themselves are not seen as obsolete.

Discussion: The Newspaper Guild

Emma Gardner / Lean Back 2.0:

What can publishers learn from the music industry? — In the pre-digital days of not-so-long ago, news articles were bundled into nice, neat packages. Every day or week, a newspaper or magazine featuring a selection of articles would be delivered to a reader's door.

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Yahoo News fires David Chalian — TAMPA, Fla. — Yahoo News has fired Washington bureau chief David Chalian after he was caught on a hot-mic during an online video broadcast today saying that Mitt Romney and his wife Ann had no problem with African Americans suffering as a result of Hurricane Isaac …

Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Yahoo! News Washington Bureau Chief: Romneys ‘Happy To Have A Party When Black People Drown’

Discussion: Erik Wemple and FishbowlDC

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Digg's “Blank Slate” Approach Could Hinder Its Journey Back to Relevance — Once the darling of Web 2.0 enthusiasts the world around, social news aggregation site Digg fell from grace over the past three years. — The final death rattle of the Digg we once knew sounded last month …

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

States reach $69 million ebook pricing settlement with publishers — Ebook-buying consumers in 49 states (all except Minnesota) and five territories are set to receive $69 million as the result of a settlement between the states and HarperCollins, Hachette and Simon & Schuster.

Discussion: CT.gov Portal, WMAR and bizjournals

Barb Palser / American Journalism Review:

A Promising New Venue — TV stations and their digital outlets may play a more prominent role in investigative reporting. Mon., August 27, 2012. — Barb Palser (bpalser@gmail.com), AJR's new-media columnist, is vice president, account management, with Internet Broadcasting.

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Phone hacking: former News of the World head of legal arrested — Tom Crone understood to have been arrested by by detectives from Scotland Yard's Operation Weeting — Phone hacking: detectives from Scotland Yard's Operation Weeting have arrested a 60-year-old man. Photograph: Felix Clay for the Guardian

Discussion: The Huffington Post