Mediagazer: Bradley Manning court papers released after Pentagon bows to pressure (Ed Pilkington/Guardian)

10:50 PM ET, February 27, 2013

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Marin Cogan / New Republic:

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

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Ana Marie Cox / Guardian:

Jackass journalism and the Breitbart bratpack — A year's passed since Andrew Breitbart died, but his combative conservativism lives on with the minions of his ‘media of mean’ … So says Michael Goldfarb, founder of the Washington Free Beacon, basking in the predictable reaction to an article …

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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

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Craig Silverman / Poynter:

New research details how journalists verify information — Stop a journalist on the street and ask her to list the fundamentals of the job and you're almost certain to hear mention of accuracy. — In “The Elements of Journalism,” Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel wrote that journalism's “essence is a discipline of verification.”

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:

Bradley Manning court papers released after Pentagon bows to pressure — Decision to post 84 documents provides first crack in the army's public information blackout during WikiLeaks trial — Read the Manning trial documents released by the Pentagon — The Pentagon has acceded to pressure …

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Alexander C. Kaufman / The Wrap:

SEC Investigating Guggenheim Partners' Relationship With Michael Milken — Guggenheim Partners, the multi-billion-dollar firm that owns the Hollywood Reporter and the Los Angeles Dodgers, is facing a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into its relationship with former junk-bond …

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

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Peter Osnos / The Atlantic Online:

The Enduring Myth of the ‘Free’ Internet — We somehow have come to believe that information is free, but people with Internet access pay substantial sums to get it — sums many can't afford. — The mantra of a “free” Internet has shaped the prevailing view of how we access information and entertainment in the digital age.

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Aaron Kushner: 'We don't like negative political advertisements' — The Orange County Register banned “ads that challenge politicians by name” following complaints from local politicos, Adam Elmahrek reports. Anaheim city councilmembers Kris Murray and Gail Eastman were “infuriated” …

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Matthew Creamer / AdAge:

Built for Newsprint, The Onion Finds New Life In Social, Video — Why The Satirical News Brand Is Getting the Last Laugh — “Area Writers Choose Life of Poop-Smeared Bum Rather Than Move to Chicago” — So maybe it's not up to snuff as an Onion headline, but you can't blame a guy for trying …

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