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ProgressiveProfessor

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19. Actually I was going to cite the case, decided not to, and miseditied it. I have since corrected it

Reply to mojowork_n (Reply #18)

Wed Nov 14, 2012, 06:00 PM

Nov 2012

Pegler was once considered a crusading journalist who took on any one. Even won a Pulitzer Prize. However he was nothing more than a demagog, not unlike Hedda Hopper. His loss to Quentin Reynolds was a watershed case. I would consider him more of a Jack Anderson that those you cited. A real muckraker, even in the heyday of yellow journalism.

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Is the death of newspapers the end of good citizenship? (CS Monitor) [View all] pinto Nov 2012 OP

Thanks to the Christian Science Monitor locks Nov 2012 #1

One of the stalwarts of old media complaining about the fate of old media ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #2

The CSM is one of a few orgs that still maintains a network of international reporting sites. pinto Nov 2012 #3

Professional Journalism is an oxymoron ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #4

So what does Amy Goodman do for a living, or Greg Palast? mojowork_n Nov 2012 #5

Media figures ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #8

Hmmmm.... mojowork_n Nov 2012 #9

With the emergence of web based news, the concept of what is journalism and who is a journalist has ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #10

Politifact. mojowork_n Nov 2012 #13

The web has really lowered the bar for low cost publication ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #14

PS mojowork_n Nov 2012 #15

So, what is journalism? pinto Nov 2012 #7

a bad lie? ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #11

Brain-Dead Cynicism. (nt) Paladin Nov 2012 #16

Another Pegler supporter I see ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #17

Oh, OK. That clarifies it. mojowork_n Nov 2012 #18

Actually I was going to cite the case, decided not to, and miseditied it. I have since corrected it ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #19

good citizenship daisiebell Nov 2012 #6

Why does the format/media matter? ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #12

Format MisterScruffles Nov 2012 #22

Good article, but there are 2 conflated issues here jade3000 Nov 2012 #20

only daily media floods the zone roseBudd Nov 2012 #21

huh!? what does this even mean? jade3000 Nov 2012 #23

Sends reporters to cover everything at every city hall, every meeting... roseBudd Nov 2012 #24

Thanks! jade3000 Nov 2012 #25

Yeah I picked it up in some article about newspapers and how what they do is nothing like... roseBudd Nov 2012 #26