Who Is The Real Obama? (Video)
By Real News Network
Talk show hosts from across the U.S. met in New York last weekend to attend the “New Media Seminar.” Real News Network’s Senior Editor Paul Jay met with New Jersey talk show host Sam Greenfield to discuss his take on recent developments in the Democratic primaries.

Barack Obama Recruits Team To Tackle Web Smears
By Ewen MacAskill, Guardian
Obama is recruiting senior staff to a new unit which will combat virulent rumour campaigns on the internet that threaten to cost him votes.

Clinton Drives The Media Narrative The Week Obama Wins
By Mark Jurkowitz, PEJ
In the last official week of the long and grueling Democratic nomination battle, Barack Obama captured his party’s top prize. But it was Hillary Clinton – by providing most of the week’s suspense and drama – who proved she could still dominate the story line in defeat.

Networks Wary Of Convention Coverage
By Michael Calderone, Politico.com
As political junkies flee to cable, prime-time network coverage of the conventions dwindles.

IFJ Calls For Immediate Release Of Journalist Held By Guerillas In Colombia
By IFJ
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today launched an international campaign for the release of Colombian journalist Mario Alfonso Puello who has been held by a guerilla group for 113 days.

French TV Turmoil As ‘Sarkozy’s Glamorous Blonde’ Takes Limelight
By Henry Samuel, Telegraph
France’s best-known TV news anchor is to be replaced by a glamorous blonde half his age after she reportedly received the enthusiastic backing of President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Gannett Suffers From Housing Downturn
By Ben Fenton, Financial Times
Gannett is likely to miss earnings forecasts and reported an impairment charge of up to $3bn due to falling property advertising revenue.

Mr Russert – Will YOU Ante Up For War Victims Like YOU Asked Of Scott McClellan?
By Linda Milazzo
Mr. Russert, Although YOU haven’t accepted any culpability for your own enabling during the lead up to the war as McClellan has stepped-up to do, it’s still a fact that Meet The Press provided a national platform for the Bush administration to push its war with minimal challenge from YOU.

VIDEO – Listening Post: Bursting the White House Bubble – Part I
This week on The Listening Post, we look at media reaction in the US to an incendiary new Washington tell-all memoir by former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. And British supermarket giant Tesco attracts bad publicity for its pursuit of libel damages against journalists in Thailand.
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Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio
Written by veteran media critic and Emmy winner Rory O’Connor, Shock Jocks features unsparing profiles of the ten worst conservative radio talkers in America, including Michael Savage, Bill O’ Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Don Imus and the rest.

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