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Entries by Rory O'Connor from 03/2010

A Victory for Online Journalism

| Posted 03.03.2010

The City of New York announces a new press credentialing system that, for the first time, will include online media.

Racist, Violent Shock Jock: Feds Made Me Do It!

| Posted 03.04.2010

Turner has long been notorious for making anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, white supremacist remarks, but says that the person you hear [or hear about] on radio is not real life.

Second Mistrial for Shock Jock Hal Turner

| Posted 03.12.2010

Hal Turner claims federal agents encouraged his seemingly dangerous rants over the years, and told him to "ratchet up the rhetoric" while asking for help in identifying a white supremacist killer.

Health Care Reform Needs Media Reform

| Posted 03.18.2010

If you were hoping for a modicum of media reform, aimed at reducing health care costs and delivering better services in the Obama Administration's forthcoming health care reform bill, you can forget it.

Union Busting, Bloomberg Sale Looming at ABC News?

| Posted 03.25.2010

Turmoil continues at troubled ABC News. Morale among employees was already low after President David Westin's announcement that their ranks are to be decimated as part of a "new digital day."

Media Mutes General's Afghan Admission

| Posted 03.31.2010

An astonishing open admission of possible US war crimes by Obama's man on the ground in Kabul was reported by the Times and then promptly ignored by the rest of the mainstream media.