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10.01.2009 11:11 am

Times says administration is hindering bill to protect press, sources

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

President Barack Obama’s administration is trying to weaken legislation that would protect journalists and their sources, the New York Times reports.

This is the top of a story — headlined “White House Proposes Changes in Bill Protecting Reporters’ Confidentiality” — by…

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08.05.2009 12:06 pm

Was Bill Clinton’s trip a propaganda victory for North Korea?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kim Jong Il and Bill Clinton. AP photo from KRT video.

Kim Jong Il and Bill Clinton. AP photo from KRT video.

Mission accomplished: Former President Bill Clinton went to North Korea Monday to secure the release of two jailed American journalists and this morning they returned to California.

But there are many…

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06.08.2009 4:47 pm

Rep. Lamar Smith forms group to combat threat of liberal media

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran this short on Saturday among seven Washington Digest items:

Saying the greatest threat to the country is not a recession or terrorist attack but liberal media bias, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, announced Friday that he is…

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05.27.2009 11:11 am

Tucker Carlson is launching news site to keep watch on Obama

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson

Citing “very large gaps in news coverage of the Obama administration,” political commentator Tucker Carlson says he’ll launch a right-leaning web site — the dailycaller.com — within weeks.

Michael O’Brien of the Hill’s Blog Briefing Room quotes Carlson:

“We are a general-interest newspaper-format style…

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01.14.2009 10:39 am

Does it matter if White House reporters are black or white?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A post today on our new blog — A Conversation about Race — considers that question. Columnist Jeff Jacoby of the Boston Globe has answered a column by the Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz. Jacoby says it doesn’t matter. Kurtz earlier this…

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