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Hypocrisy Anyone? NYT Touts Use of Data-mining on Own Readers

NYT on 'Right-Wing' Fox News -- Pot Meets Kettle, Again

Illegal Residence of Fort Dix Suspects Buried in WashPost

UMd. Study: RSS Feeds Poorly Designed by Media Outlets, NY Times Among

A new study by my alma mater, the University of Maryland, looked at the online divisions of 19 major traditional print and broadcast media:... to see which ones gave the users of their RSS feeds the same number of stories, the same range of news sources, in as timely a fashion as could be gotten if those users went to the individual website. The Los Angeles Times, ABCNews.com, and Foxnews.com…

NYT: Will Sarkozy's 'Divisive Legislation' Lead to More Violence in Fr

NYT Front Page Photo: Queen Elizabeth II With Unnamed 'American Escort

Update below (May 9, 23:30 EDT)First Time magazine drops the President from the '100 Most Influential' list, and now this: The big front-page photo in Tuesday's New York Times was of Queen Elizabeth (who did make Time's list of important movers and shakers) with President Bush walking past a row of photographers at the White House after her official welcome. But the photo cropped off the top…

WashPost Royally Ribs Bush for Gaffe

NYT: 'Ruthless, Us-Against-Them' Sarkozy Wins French Presidency

Reuters and the 'Women Shunned Segolene' Meme

"Women voters shun Segolene Royal" reads one Reuters headline. Writes reporter Kerstin Gehmlich:The weak female support is a bitter personal blow for Royal, who had played up her feminist credentials throughout the campaign, frequently defending policies she would want "as a mother" and accusing critics of male chauvinism.Yet Gehmlich noted that the Sarkozy-Royal split among women voters in…

NYT: Already Sniping New 'Conservative' French President

Sparse Coverage of CBO's Friday Deficit Report Ignores Record April Ta

On Friday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) spilled the beancounters' beans (PDF report is available at the link) in advance of this next Thursday's release of the Monthly Treasury Statement. The coverage of CBO's report has been very light. Excuse me if I question CBO's timing. But first, the news -- The report by Andrew Taylor of the Associated Press (HT Right Angle Blog) has all that's…

Media Virtually Ignores Dow's Best Bull Run in 80 Years

Did the Dow’s ‘Bull Run’ Milestone Get to Your Paper’s Front Page Today?Front page? Heck, the overwhelming odds are that it didn't get mentioned anywhere. It should have been. At CNNMoney.com, writers Alexandra Twin and Steve Hargreaves appear to be the only ones who even recognized the significance of yesterday's positive market close (bolds are mine): Dow: Longest bull run in 80 years Major…

'Hate Crimes' Battle Labeled As 'Civil Rights Groups' vs. 'Staunchest