Mediagazer: Media Calls Out Paul Ryan Falsehoods (Jack Mirkinson/The Huffington Post)

3:00 PM 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 …

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

Discussion: New York Times, EdCone.com, New York Magazine and Xark

Bonnie Kavoussi / The Huffington Post:
Fox News' Sally Kohn: Paul Ryan's RNC Speech ‘Was Attempt To Set World Record For Blatant Lies’

Discussion: Fox News, @antderosa and @moorehn

James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Bit by Bit It Takes Shape: Media Evolution for the ‘Post-Truth’ Age

Discussion: Poynter, CNN, The Daily Dish, The Raw Story and Los Angeles Times

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Twitter Tries Cranking Up the Money Machine: More Precise Targeting = More Ad Dollars — Someone smart who doesn't work at Twitter tells me the company expects to do $350 million in revenue this year. — Here's one of the ways they could get there: A new slug of ad dollars, generated by an overhaul of its ad platform.

Discussion: VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Twitter Advertising, The Next Web, Business Insider, CNBC and Mashable!

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, Folio, MediaPost, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Engadget, Journalism.co.uk and Inside Flipboard

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Simon Fox named Trinity Mirror chief executive — Former HMV boss to take over from Sly Bailey, who stepped down in June — Trinity Mirror has appointed outgoing HMV chief Simon Fox as its new chief executive. — The company's seven-strong board met on Thursday afternoon to make a final decision …

Discussion: Media Week, paidContent, Sky News and Telegraph

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.”

Alex Ben Block / Hollywood Reporter:

Guggenheim Partners Nearing Deal to Buy Dick Clark Productions (Exclusive) — The private-equity firm has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire the storied producer of the Golden Globe Awards. — Guggenheim Partners has entered final negotiations to acquire Dick Clark Productions …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times and TVWeek.com

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

As Hurricane Isaac hits New Orleans, Times-Picayune prints in Alabama — Any day a hurricane hits the Gulf Coast, the Times-Picayune's front page is a must-peek. But Thursday's front page is missing from the Newseum's “Today's Front Pages” feature. — Did the presses stop early?

Discussion: mediabistro.com, The Huffington Post and Yahoo! News

Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:

Twin threats peril preprint newspaper ads — Preprint advertising, a long-reliable source of business that represents a quarter of the remaining revenue for the struggling newspaper industry, is at greater risk than ever before, owing to a perfect storm of challenges.

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

If Content Is King, Multiscreen Is The Queen, Says New Google Study — New research out from Google, working with market analysts Ipsos and Sterling Brands, puts some hard numbers behind the often-noticed trend of how people in the U.S. are using a combination of phones, tablets, computer and TVs to consume digital content.

Discussion: Beyond Search, Google Mobile Ads Blog, Trends in the Living Networks, Forbes, GigaOM and CNET

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

CNN Camerawoman On Harassment At RNC: 'I hate that it happened, but I'm not surprised at all' — Patricia Carroll, the CNN camerawoman at the center of a controversy at the RNC is speaking out. On Tuesday, Carroll was on the job in the Tampa Bay Times Forum when two attendeeds threw nuts at her and said …

Discussion: Mediaite, The Maynard Institute …, Gawker, Witches' Brew, FishbowlDC, ThinkProgress, The Huffington Post, Pressing Issues and The Huffington Post

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: Deadline.com 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 and The Huffington Post