Media Tenor – It’s the Economy: Both Candidates Questioned
By Media Tenor
# Criticism of both candidates increases
# Neither Obama’s nor McCain’s platform appears convincing
# Media trend swings slightly back to McCain
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/13/media
-tenor-its-the-economy-both-candidates-questioned/

Mainstream Media Not Jumping On The Political Rumor Bandwagon
By James Rainey, Los Angeles Times
Blogs have buzzed since late May with ‘news’ that a videotape would emerge of Barack Obama’s wife spewing a racial epithet.
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/13/mainstream
-media-not-jumping-on-the-political-rumor-bandwagon/

Fox Addresses Baby Mama Drama: Producer Used ‘Poor Judgment’
By Michael Calderone, Politico
Since Salon’s Alex Koppelman caught Fox News characterizing Michelle Obama as “Obama’s Baby Mama,” there’s been an uproar over use of such an offensive term.
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/13/fox-
addresses-baby-mama-drama-producer-used-poor-judgment/

Tribune’s Publisher To Exit
By Phil Rosenthal and Michael Oneal, Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune Publisher Scott C. Smith announced that he will leave the company, indicating he agrees that parent Tribune Co. must change but not necessarily in the ways being discussed by Chairman Sam Zell.
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/
2008/06/13/tribunes-publisher-to-exit/

First MOLLY National Journalism Award Goes To Diane Suchetka
By Brian Anthony Hernandez, Plain Dealer
Plain Dealer reporter Diane Suchetka has won the MOLLY National Journalism Award for “Bernard’s Story.”
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/13/first-molly-
national-journalism-award-goes-to-plain-dealer-reporter
-diane-suchetka-for-bernard-hill-stories/

Ask Congress To Protect Talk Radio
By Jennifer Mesko, Citizen Link
Democrats have threatened to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, which would force conservative stations to broadcast liberal viewpoints.
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/
13/ask-congress-to-protect-talk-radio/

Internet Most Powerful Medium, Says F-H Study
By Clare O’ Connor, PR Week
The internet has ten times the influence of traditional print media on the average consumer, according to a study by Fleishman-Hillard.
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/13/internet
-most-powerful-medium-says-f-h-study/

Germany: Internet Growth Cut For Broadcasters
By Ed Meza, Variety.com
In a major setback for ARD and ZDF, Germany’s state leaders have agreed to restrict the pubcasters’ expanding Internet activities as a result of mounting pressure from the EU Commission.
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/
06/13/internet-growth-cut-for-broadcasters/

Nine Women, Including Five Journalists, Arrested In Latest Attempt To Intimidate Cyber-feminists
By Reporters Without Borders
At least 14 websites that defend women’s rights were blocked by Iranian authorities.
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/13/nine-women-
including-five-journalists-arrested-in-latest-attempt-to-
intimidate-cyber-feminists/

VIDEO – Listening Post: US Elections and Media Blunders – Part I
On this episode of Al Jazeera’s Listening Post, the ups and downs of the media and the race for the White House, and how Indian soap operas are being taken off the air in Afghanistan. Part II available here. Watch Here “
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/13/
listening-post-us-elections-and-media-blunders-part-i/
Watch here Part 2 – youtube.com/watch?v=CN1jNfEukrc

NEWS DISSECTOR – THE SUPREME COURT DISSES BUSH POLICY ON GUANTANAMO TRIALS
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