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HuffPo Scrubs Vid of Drunk Israelis' Obama Rants

(Newser) - The Huffington Post censored a video of young people in Israel using using racial slurs to attack President Obama, and Gawker wants to know why. Max Blumenthal, who shot the film, says a HuffPost administrator told him the clip lacked “any real news value.” Notes Blumenthal: “For...

Huffington Post Helps Left Dominate Right Online

(Newser) - In the battle for the blogosphere, left-leaning sites are clobbering their conservative counterparts, thanks mostly to the Huffington Post, David Kaplan writes for paidContent. Liberal sites attracted 6.4 million unique visitors in April, to 4.8 million for conservative sites. Of those, 5.6 million were Huffington Post hits,...

Web Will Make Conservatives Miss the Times
Web Will Make Conservatives Miss the Times
OPINION
May 27, 2009 11:49 AM CDT

Web Will Make Conservatives Miss the Times

(Newser) - Conservatives have delighted in making a piñata out of the New York Times, but they’re not going to like the post-Times world, writes Francis Wilkinson of The Week. “Like most powerful, entrenched institutions, the Times has a deep bias in favor of the way things are,”...

Tucker Carlson Plans Rightie News Site

HuffPo-like site will try to 'tell the truth, and be accurate,' pundit says

(Newser) - Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson plans to launch a news website to serve as a right-leaning alternative to the Huffington Post, reports The Hill. The focus of TheDailyCaller.com will be "adding facts to the conversation" and driving the news cycle. "It will not be a forum for discussing...

HuffPo Starts Investigative Journo Venture

Site steps in as daily newspapers fold or cut reporting staffs

(Newser) - Laid-off journalists, take heart: The Huffington Post, aiming to take up the slack as daily newspapers shrink staffs, is about to fund an investigative team that will begin by casting critical eyes on the economy. Ten staff journalists, coordinating with freelancers, will provide work to other sites at the same...

Why Obama's Everywhere You Look, Listen, Read

President looks to get past media filter

(Newser) - When it came to getting past what he called “the media filter,” President Bush’s favorite strategy was to go around it. President Obama’s style is more to go over, under, around, and through, courting both the new and mainstream media in an effort to communicate directly...

Print Times Not Quite Dead, But Hope Lies in Its Ashes

Journalism faces a challenge, but hardly a disaster

(Newser) - We know it’s coming, that day when print newspapers cease to exist, but it won’t be this year, right? Maybe, maybe not, Michael Hirschorn writes in the Atlantic, and it wouldn’t necessarily be a disaster. The New York Times is in trouble—it could default on $400...

HuffPo Worth $200M? Em, More Like $2M
HuffPo Worth $200M?
Em, More Like $2M
OPINION
Jan 5, 2009 1:41 PM CST

HuffPo Worth $200M? Em, More Like $2M

Comparing site to Salon's performance deflates the hype

(Newser) - The Huffington Post stunned the media world when it scooped up $25 million last month from Oak Investment Partners for an undisclosed stake, but industry tongue-waggers who put the uberblog's value between $100 million and $200 million are full of it, writes Simon Dumenco in AdAge. To "anybody with...

David Gregory to Host Meet the Press

38-year-old White House correspondent will replace Russert

(Newser) - David Gregory is about to get the nod as host of NBC’s Meet the Press, reports Huffington Post. The chief White House correspondent has been a top contender for the spot since Tim Russert’s death in June. An announcement is expected as soon as today, reports Politico, giving...

'Rightosphere' Hopes to Reshape GOP
'Rightosphere' Hopes to Reshape GOP
ANALYSIS
Nov 18, 2008 1:26 PM CST

'Rightosphere' Hopes to Reshape GOP

Bloggers hope to catch GOP up to Democrats on harnessing the internet

(Newser) - The election of Barack Obama has energized conservative bloggers, who see a spell in opposition as an opportunity ideal for reshaping the party, writes Walter Alarkon for the Hill. Conservatives in the “rightosphere” are eying the progress the left’s “netroots” made during the Bush years, when sites...

Writer Stabbed Estranged Wife 222 Times

HuffPo blogger Carol Anne Burger killed gay partner, then herself

(Newser) - On Oct. 22, one day after last blogging about the election for the Huffington Post, writer Carol Anne Burger fatally stabbed her estranged gay spouse 222 times with a screwdriver, the Palm Beach Post reports; Burger committed suicide 2 days later. Burger and Jessica Kalish, a software executive, had been...

Paris Mom Blasts 'Wasteful' McCain Ad

Attack on Barack way to pick a prez, grumbles Mac contributor Kathy Hilton

(Newser) - Paris Hilton's mom has written a scathing response to John McCain's ad comparing Barack Obama's popularity with the tabloid celebrity of Paris Hilton. McCain campaign contributor Kathy Hilton rips the ad as a waste of  time and money in a blog in the Huffington Post.

Left Breaks News; Right Can't Fix It
Left Breaks News; Right Can't Fix It
ANALYSIS
Jul 24, 2008 7:31 PM CDT

Left Breaks News; Right Can't Fix It

Liberals add reporting to arsenal; pro-GOP sites mainly comment

(Newser) - The left is using the Internet far more effectively than the right, Jonathan Martin writes on Politico. While conservative political sites are principally opinion, lefty destinations like the Huffington Post and Talking Points Memo tread the line between reportage and commentary, breaking stories ignored by the mainstream media that advance...

Blogger on Trail Scoops MSM
 Blogger on Trail Scoops MSM 
GLOSSIES
Jun 16, 2008 7:20 PM CDT

Blogger on Trail Scoops MSM

Californian makes a name for herself

(Newser) - Two of the biggest recent campaign scoops—Barack Obama's "bitter" bomb and Bill Clinton's "scumbag" tirade—originated not with the mainstream media but with a 61-year-old Oakland resident who blogs for the Huffington Post. The New Yorker visits with Mayhill Fowler, who ruminates about her exclusives and expresses...

Journalists Crave That Touch of Link
Journalists Crave That Touch of Link
opinion
Mar 26, 2008 7:25 PM CDT

Journalists Crave That Touch of Link

Spotlighting individual stories transforms competition for readers

(Newser) - "If it bleeds, it leads" is a journalistic truism, but in the age of new media, the traffic-driving link is the gold standard. With aggregators and bloggers cherry-picking lively content, "since the hits are often coming for specific stories, and not the entire site, a blockbuster story that...

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