Mediagazer: Fox News Tops Viewership In Boston Manhunt Capture; CNN No. 1 In Demo (Dominic Patten/Deadline.com)

3:20 PM ET, April 22, 2013

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Ali Velshi / Quartz:

Ex-CNN anchor: Twitter is merciless when media lag, ruthless when they're wrong — For a time, Gabrielle Giffords was dead. So was Newtown, Connecticut, shooter Adam Lanza's father. Or maybe it was his brother in Hoboken, New Jersey. All three, as we now know, are alive. Two of them weren't even shot.

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David Carr / New York Times:

In Boston, CNN Stumbles in Rush to Break News — Like a lot of Americans, when I woke up on Friday morning and found out there was a manhunt in the Boston area for the remaining suspect in Monday's bombing at the marathon, I turned on CNN. — It's a common impulse, although less common than it used to be.

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Bill Grueskin / Columbia Journalism Review: In defense of scoops — Their reputation took a beating in Boston …

Dominic Patten / Deadline.com:
Fox News Tops Viewership In Boston Manhunt Capture; CNN No. 1 In Demo

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Bloomberg:

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Amy Chozick / New York Times:

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Jim Romenesko:

Chicago Tribune sends pizza to Boston Globe newsroom — According to a Globe tweet, the Tribune told Globe journalists that “we can't buy you lost sleep, but we can pick up your lunch.” The Globe's response: “Classy to the core.” — * Check out the pizzas in the Globe newsroom (vine.co) |

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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:

Matthew Keys on Reuters firing: ‘I assume they were looking for an out’ — Matthew Keys said his firing from Reuters “wasn't unexpected” — and while the company told him they “did not agree with” some of the coverage he did on his own about the Boston bombings and did not mention the indictment against him …

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Sam Biddle / Valleywag:

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Discussion: Gawker, @davemcclure and @samfbiddle

Chloe Albanesius / PC Magazine:

Reddit on Marathon Bomber Crowd Sourcing: We Were Wrong — Reddit on Monday addressed the controversy surrounding the Internet sleuths who crowd sourced the search for the Boston Marathon bombers, admitting that the effort got out of hand. — “Though started with noble intentions …

Discussion: reddit, Gawker, CNET, Boston Herald and TrustedReviews

Andy Carvin / MediaShift:

ISOJ Keynote: Can Social Media Help Us Create A More Informed Public? — Here's the transcript of a talk I gave at the International Symposium for Online Journalists in Austin, Texas last Friday. We Messed Up Now as many of you know, I'm usually I'm not at a loss for words.

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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Intel's TV project loses key exec months before going to market — Intel Media, the chip giant's ambitious attempt to reinvent pay TV, has lost a key executive just months before going to market. Jim Baldwin, who was working as VP of Engineering for Intel Media, has left the company.

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Felix Salmon:

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