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	<title>News notes &#187; National media issues</title>
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		<title>Kennedy coverage inspiring, mostly balanced</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2009/08/kennedy-coverage-inspiring-curious-funny/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National media issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coverage of the death of Edward Kennedy got me thinking about one of the trickiest issues faced by journalists.
No human being is perfect. Even great men are flawed. Ted Kennedy is a case study for that statement.
So, if it&#8217;s your job to summarize Ted Kennedy&#8217;s life for a news story, how do you handle the flaws.
For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new era begins today</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2009/03/a-new-era-begins-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2009/03/a-new-era-begins-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National media issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Detroit newspapers are not being delivered to homes today.
Is this evidence of the fall of newspapers, or a healthy sign of the re-birth of  journalism in America?
Only time will tell.
The idea that newspapers can survive as a new paper/online mix that emphasizes daily news on the Web and a print edition only two or three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good for Rush Limbaugh</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2009/03/good-for-rush-limbaugh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2009/03/good-for-rush-limbaugh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National media issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/?p=264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been listening to Rush Limbaugh off and on for years, since early in his rise to the top of talk radio.
I agree with some of what he says, disagree with some of it, and get a good laugh almost every time I tune him in.
This week was good for several laughs, as Mr. Limbaugh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speech coverage became political too quickly</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2009/02/251/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2009/02/251/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National media issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Journalism is all about telling both sides of a story.
That&#8217;s as it should be. I can&#8217;t tell you how many times I&#8217;ve heard one side and been convinced they were right, only to hear the other side and be equally convinced. Often there are third and fourth perspectives, too.
The world isn&#8217;t a black and white place; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Language of steroid coverage drives me crazy</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2009/02/language-of-steroid-coverage-drives-me-crazy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2009/02/language-of-steroid-coverage-drives-me-crazy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National media issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I read and listen to the coverage of Alex Rodriguez’s steroid use, I find myself wincing at the imprecise and sometimes just plain wrong use of the language.
One radio commentator kept talking about A-Rod’s drug abuse.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t think steroids when I hear the term “drug abuse.”
Of course, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking down Kwame &#8211; no hard feelings</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2009/02/taking-down-kwame-no-hard-feelings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2009/02/taking-down-kwame-no-hard-feelings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National media issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State and national issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s not personal.&#8221;
That comes from Mike Elrick, one of the reporters who broke the text message story that ended in Kwame Kilpatrick moving from city hall to the county jail.
&#8220;It&#8217;s business. Just doing my job. No hard feelings on my part,&#8221; was how Elrick described his state of mind just days after the former mayor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago Tribune newstand tabloid works</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2009/01/chicago-tribune-newstand-tabloid-works/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2009/01/chicago-tribune-newstand-tabloid-works/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National media issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Chicago Tribune, one of America&#8217;s greatest and most troubled newspapers, launched an experiment today that make sense.
It may be too little, too late. And it may not address the digital future.
But the Tribune&#8217;s move to a tabloid size for its street sale edition is a smart move from a reader&#8217;s perspective.
The digital future is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mixed feelings about the Detroit experiment</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2009/01/mixed-feelings-about-detroit-retreat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2009/01/mixed-feelings-about-detroit-retreat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National media issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was dismayed when I first read about the Detroit newspapers&#8217; plans to halt home delivery four days a week.
What kind of a strategy is that? Why would they cut off their most loyal customers &#8211; the people who are willing to pay for the paper seven days a week? It doesn&#8217;t make sense.
Now, nearly a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interviewing victims and their families</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2008/12/interviewing-victims-and-their-families/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2008/12/interviewing-victims-and-their-families/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National media issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I watch a lot of holiday movies. Films that would seem bland and vapid other times of the year somehow seem warm and comforting during the days leading up to Christmas.
One recent movie (&#8221;The Note&#8221;)  was fun because it involved a newspaper reporter who had a scoop being harassed by an unscrupulous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on credibility and the news</title>
		<link>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2008/10/more-on-credibility-and-the-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogsmonroe.com/editors/2008/10/more-on-credibility-and-the-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National media issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ I spend a lot of time in two of my classes at Monroe County Community College talking about credibility in news coverage.
In my beginning journalism class, it&#8217;s important for students to learn &#8211; right from the get-go &#8211; that being accurate and fair is more important than anything else. If readers don&#8217;t trust you, why [...]]]></description>
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