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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle: Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report (HuffingtonPost)
U.S. mayors resolve to avoid burning dirty tar sands oil, Bush signs $162B war spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, Afghanistan civilian death toll rises sharply, Scalia still blames Gore for the 2000 election debacle.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:46:21 GMT

Nathan Robinson: Washington's "Newseum": The Media Gives Itself a Big, Wet, Sloppy Kiss (HuffingtonPost)
The Newseum is a mammoth structure, and it does a fairly good job of illustrating just why mainstream media is such a letdown, even if it does so unintentionally.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:16:35 GMT

Coverage shows anti-cop bias (Daily Record)
One of the things I find truly disgusting about the media, and especially your paper of late, is when a news outlet takes the opportunity to inflame negative emotions through slanted headlines and reporting.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:35:19 GMT

Media begins to hound Sobhraj's 'little wife' (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Kathmandu, July 4 (IANS) Till 24 hours ago, few in Nepal knew about Nihita Biswas. But as the news of her becoming engaged to imprisoned former crime guru Charles Sobhraj spread like wildfire, the 20-year-old overnight became the quarry of the media at home and abroad.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:52:00 GMT

Brinkley split is newest image-crushing NY divorce (AP via Yahoo! News)
When the media capital of the world meets a celebrity divorce, it's a breakup made in tabloid heaven. So the city that has hosted the spectacular splits of Woody Allen, Liza Minnelli and Rudolph Giuliani now is feasting on the salacious details of model Christie Brinkley's fourth marital breakup.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:04:43 GMT