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WITH POYNTER'S KELLY MCBRIDE

Wednesday March 25, 2009

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NPR Isn't Cutting all Newspaper Subscriptions

by Alicia C. Shepard

March 25, 2009 • Some blogs on the news industry recently scooped up an NPR internal memo that said NPR was canceling all newspaper subscriptions. While not true, the memo engendered some lively commentary

Wednesday March 18, 2009

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Backlash to NPR's Gay Marriage Story

by Alicia C. Shepard

March 18, 2009 • Dan Savage and his 11-year-old son were listening to Morning Edition in Seattle when a segment on gay marriage came on that angered Savage and upset his son.

Thursday March 12, 2009

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Disrespectful or Stating a Fact?

by Alicia C. Shepard

March 12, 2009 • On Thursday, Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep did what's known in radio parlance as a "two-way," with NPR's Baghdad bureau chief, Lourdes Garcia-Navarro talking abo

Tuesday March 10, 2009

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Is Neal Conan Rude?

by Alicia C. Shepard

March 10, 2009 • On Monday I appeared on a call-in show, Open Line with Fred Andrle on WOSU, the public radio station owned by Ohio State University in Columbus. A local liste

Wednesday March 4, 2009

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Foot Fetishes

by Alicia C. Shepard

March 4, 2009 • Amber Pinter had just picked up two of her children from Fayetteville, Ark. schools when an NPR interview about erotic longings far outside normal acceptance came on the radio.

Monday March 2, 2009

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Why Do YOU Listen to the Pledge Drive?

by Alicia C. Shepard

March 2, 2009 • This comes from The Mediavore, which bills itself as "Devouring public media daily to discover the best."

Friday February 27, 2009

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Watch Out for Internet Hoaxes

by Alicia C. Shepard

February 27, 2009 • This week the New York Times ran an 'Editors Note' correcting a Jan. 28 story about a support group for women having a tough time dating Wall Street bankers in a recession. The headline read,

Monday February 23, 2009

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Negative Coverage and Pledge Drives

by Alicia C. Shepard

February 23, 2009 • Today's Post includes 2 listener queries:

Wednesday February 11, 2009

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Juan Williams, NPR and Fox News

by Alicia C. Shepard

February 11, 2009 • Juan Williams.

Tuesday February 3, 2009

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What about Chuck and his Sister?

by Alicia C. Shepard

February 3, 2009 • His sister is a jerk, I thought when I heard on NPR about a Memphis man who wanted to go to the Inauguration but couldn't stay at his sister's house in Washington because she's no fan of Barack Obama.

Wednesday January 28, 2009

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Mr. Obama, Mormons and Susan Stamberg's Paris Vacation

by Alicia C. Shepard

January 28, 2009 • UPDATE on Mr. Obama 2-3-09From Ron Elving, NPR's Senior Supervising Editor of the Washington Desk:

Sunday January 25, 2009

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Where was Rev. Gene Robinson's Invocation?

by Alicia C. Shepard

January 25, 2009 • As part of NPR's in-depth inaugural coverage, the network broadcast the two-hour free, "We are One" concert at the Lincoln Memorial Jan. 18.

Tuesday January 20, 2009

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NPR's Arab-Israeli War Coverage

by Alicia C. Shepard

January 20, 2009 • A woman calls to complain that NPR's coverage of the Gaza conflict is biased toward Palestinians.

Sunday January 11, 2009

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Reminder: LIVE CHAT on Mon. Jan. 12 @ 1p.m. on Blagojevich Coverage

by Alicia C. Shepard

January 11, 2009 • Upcoming EventTitle: Blagojevich: Has the Media Found Him Guilty?

Thursday January 8, 2009

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Chat: NPR's Coverage Of Gov. Rod Blagojevich

by Alicia C. Shepard

January 8, 2009 • From the moment that U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald announced the arrest of Gov. Rod Blagojevich last month, the news media began reporting the story in a