August Issue of Extra! Available (FAIR)

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August Issue of Extra! Available
http://www.fair.org/extra/current.html

Featured articles include:

COVERING THE "CAGED HAMSTER"
Media's picture of Kerry based on RNC distortions
By Peter Hart
http://www.fair.org/extra/0407/caged-hamster.html

MUTING THE WOMEN'S MARCH
Media lose focus when women protest in Washington
By Julie Hollar
http://www.fair.org/extra/0407/womens-march.html

STILL FAILING THE "FAIR & BALANCED" TEST
Special Report leans right, white, Republican & male
By Steve Rendall & Julie Hollar
http://www.fair.org/extra/0407/special-report.html

Among the other articles in the current issue, available only to
subscribers:

-- REAGAN MYTHS LIVE ON
Retrospectives excluded critics, criticism
By Peter Hart & Julie Hollar

-- NEW YORK TIMES BYLINES SIDELINE WOMEN
Female reporters found mainly on inside pages, back sections
By Pat Arnow

-- WHEN JOURNALISTS CALL FOR SELF-CENSORSHIP
Prominent pundits say CBS should have spiked the Abu Ghraib photos
By Kristian Williams

-- A TIMELY SCANDAL
Oil-for-food charges conveniently tarnish U.N.
By Seth Ackerman
Excerpt online: http://www.fair.org/extra/0407/oil-for-food.html

-- ENTER THE BLOGOSPHERE
Do-it-yourself pundits have the power to change journalism
By Jake Sexton


Every Extra! also includes cartoons by Tom Tomorrow and others, and much
more.

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It's always a good read.