‘I Guess You Can Call It Torture’
By Nieman Watchdog
McClatchy reporters traveled to 11 countries to interview 66 freed Guantanamo and Afghanistan prison detainees. The result is a stunning 5-part series and multi-media presentation titled ‘Guantanamo: Beyond the Law.’
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/
17/i-guess-you-can-call-it-torture/

Media Tenor To Open Media Impact Center In Boston
By Media Tenor
Over the past 24 months the requests for ongoing and-up-to date media analysis have grown. After several joint studies with the Harvard Business School and the Kennedy School for Government, Media Tenor reached a decision to open a Media Impact Center in Boston this year.
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/17/
media-tenor-to-open-media-impact-center-in-boston/

Italian Bill Limits Use Of Wiretaps
By Tom Kington, The Guardian
Silvio Berlusconi’s cabinet approved a bill to restrict wiretaps conducted during criminal investigations in Italy and impose jail sentences on journalists who publish leaked extracts.
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/
06/17/italian-bill-limits-use-of-wiretaps/

Blogger Arrests Hit Record High
BBC News
More bloggers than ever face arrest for exposing human rights abuses or criticising governments, says a report.
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06
/17/blogger-arrests-hit-record-high/

McClatchy Newspaper Group To Cut 1,400 Jobs
By AFP
The McClatchy Company, the third-largest US newspaper publisher, announced plans Monday to cut its workforce by about 10 percent due to a “difficult advertising market” and other challenges.
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/
17/mcclatchy-newspaper-group-to-cut-1400-jobs/

The High Cost Of Health Care
By Trudy Lieberman, Columbia Journalism Review
Do journalists deserve some of the blame?
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/
2008/06/17/the-high-cost-of-health-care/

Firefox Aims For Download Record
By BBC News
Version 3 of the popular Firefox web browser is going on general release on 17 June.
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/
17/firefox-aims-for-download-record/

VIDEO – Shooting the Messenger
This documentary on the deliberate killing and intimidation of journalists in conflict zones, examines how international reporters became targets. View rest of documentary here. Watch Here “
www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/
2008/06/17/shooting-the-messenger/

MEDIA IS A PLURAL – BuzzFlash Interview: Rory O’Connor Sees Nothing Funny In Talk Radio Hate Speech From Shock Jocks Such As Limbaugh
A lot of liberals dismiss the right-wing shock jocks with disdain. O’Connor takes them seriously — and at their word. That is how he came to write this provocative book about the top ten purveyors of hate speech on the airwaves.
www.roryoconnor.org/blog/

NEWS DISSECTOR – On The Anniversary of THE Break In, Bush Notches Up The Pressure on Iran
The Pressure On Iran | How Iran’s Press TV Covers It | US Bullying Iraq | Honoring Parliament’s External Member, The Honorable Brian Haw | “Capitalism In Crisis’ Admits Big Capitalist | The Mortgage Massacre | Saudi’s To Take The Oil Price Down—They Know You Are Pissed | More From My World To Yours
www.newsdissector.com/blog/

Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio
https://www.alternet.org/books/9/?mediachannel
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.
Click here to buy it!

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