Mediagazer: Brian Stelter's ‘Top of the Morning,’ on Talk Show Wars (Ed Bark/New York Times)

6:30 PM ET, April 22, 2013

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Ed Bark / New York Times:

Brian Stelter's ‘Top of the Morning,’ on Talk Show Wars — Brian Stelter's book on the nefarious network morning show wars ends up being like a breakfast made not quite to order. — The eggs over easy have one hard yolk, and the bacon's a little limp. The toast is well-buttered but burned, and the coffee's short on heat.

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Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:

Citizen ‘journalism’ ran amok in Boston crisis — With an entire city on lockdown and the whole world watching, crowd reporting on the drama in Boston last week reached critical mass. Now, we are facing a critical mess. — Armed with iPhones, empowered by Twitter and amplified …

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Chloe Albanesius / PC Magazine:
Reddit on Marathon Bomber Crowd Sourcing: We Were Wrong

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

AP Editor: We Deserved ‘Shellacking’ For Boston Marathon Misreporting — Kathleen Carroll, executive editor of the Associated Press, addressed “some missteps” Monday in the news organization's coverage last week of the Boston marathon attack investigation, including having misreported Wednesday …

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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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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Twitter Gets a Vote of Confidence — And a Big Check — From Madison Avenue — More momentum for Twitter's growing ad business — a commitment from a big ad buyer to funnel “hundreds of millions” of its clients' money to the social network. — As the Financial Times reports …

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