http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/media media news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2010 2010-09-09T15:49:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/090710_brewerbeheaded/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/090710_brewerbeheaded/#When: 23:47:59Z Roberto De Vido We can all agree that being beheaded can ruin your day. Are you in imminent danger? Depends on where you live and what you do for a living. news, politics, border, crime, media, local, arizona, opinion, comics, breaking, hub_headlines, mexico_latin 2010-09-07T23:47:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/090610_brewerdummies/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/090610_brewerdummies/#When: 21:50:23Z Roberto De Vido It’s like a Zen koan: if a governor joins a debate, but doesn’t say anything, is she debating? news, politics, media, local, arizona, opinion, comics, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-09-05T21:50:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/090410_brewerspeechless/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/090410_brewerspeechless/#When: 06:37:23Z Roberto De Vido “It was the longest 16 seconds of my life,” said Governor Jan Brewer after what were, undoubtedly, the longest 16 seconds of her life. news, politics, media, local, arizona, opinion, comics, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-09-04T06:37:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/090210_governor_debate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/090210_governor_debate/#When: 19:53:24Z Dylan Smith The pause heard ‘round the world? Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s 16-second pause at the beginning of Wednesday’s debate between candidates for governor has gone viral. Here’s your chance to watch the entire video. news, politics, media, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-09-02T19:53:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/090210_haiti_radio/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/090210_haiti_radio/#When: 18:33:19Z Jennifer Maloney Broadcasting from tarpaulin tents, Haiti’s radio journalists are striking a more critical tone. news, environment, media, nationworld, breaking, globalpost 2010-09-02T18:33:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/090210_exiled_reporter/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/090210_exiled_reporter/#When: 16:09:08Z Julian Aguilar Reporter Emilio Gutiérrez says he knew the script the Mexican general wanted him to follow. But the reporter kept writing about soldiers robbing citizens. He believes it almost cost him his life. Two years after seeking asylum in the U.S., Gutiérrez still waits for an immigration judge to rule. news, border, crime, media, local, arizona, nationworld, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, mexico_latin 2010-09-02T16:09:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/082710_southafrica_press/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/082710_southafrica_press/#When: 21:25:15Z Erin Conway-Smith In the old South Africa, journalists were censored, arrested and sometimes forced into exile when they tried to cover the anti-apartheid movement. Now media watchdogs are sounding an alarm about a possible return to repression. news, politics, crime, media, nationworld, breaking, globalpost 2010-08-27T21:25:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081910_murdoch_donation/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081910_murdoch_donation/#When: 00:17:22Z Eric Alterman Much of the media world is understandably agog at the size of the million-dollar donation Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation gave to the Republican Governors Association. The News Corp empire is vast and wide, and it deliberately slants the news while shamelessly promoting blatant disinformation in platform after platform all over the world. news, politics, business, media, opinion, analysis, nationworld, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, center_for_american_progress, columnist 2010-08-20T00:17:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081810_anchorbaby_dailyshow/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081810_anchorbaby_dailyshow/#When: 15:50:11Z Reeve Hamilton When he warned of terror babies on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 last week, U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, told Cooper that he and comedian Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, could “have their fun” with him. So, Stewart did. news, politics, border, family, media, local, arizona, nationworld, breaking, mexico_latin 2010-08-18T15:50:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/080910_maddow/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/080910_maddow/#When: 15:31:06Z Dylan Smith You can grab a drink with journalists from the Rachel Maddow Show on Tuesday at Hotel Congress. news, politics, media, local, entertainment, todo, breaking, bars_drinks 2010-08-09T15:31:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/080610_media_right/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/080610_media_right/#When: 18:31:11Z Eric Alterman Opinion: The notion that the nastiness and dishonesty that is coming from the left is comparable to that coming from Breitbart, Limbaugh, Beck, and the entire cast of characters at Fox News and on conservative talk radio would be laughable were it not mindlessly repeated news, politics, media, opinion, analysis, nationworld, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, center_for_american_progress, columnist 2010-08-06T18:31:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/073010_wikileaks_op/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/073010_wikileaks_op/#When: 18:35:06Z Stephen Engelberg The release of more than 75,000 classified documents by WikiLeaks this week makes the old arrangement between reporters and sources regarding government secrets seem as quaint as vinyl records and typewriters. nationworld, news, politics, media, war, opinion, analysis, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, propublica 2010-07-30T18:35:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072910_writeforthesentinel/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072910_writeforthesentinel/#When: 01:45:18Z Dylan Smith We are always on the look for sharp contributions, thoughtful comments and witty opinion pieces. If you’d like to join the TucsonSentinel.com team, let us know. We need people who have in-depth knowledge about a particular topic, a passion about that topic and/or a desire to share related insights with others. flags, news, media, local, breaking 2010-07-30T01:45:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072810_factcheck_hayworth/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072810_factcheck_hayworth/#When: 23:42:47Z Factcheck.org Hayworth attacks the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 for potentially costing U.S. taxpayers $2.6 trillion and “rewarding illegal aliens with Social Security and Medicare benefits.” The first claim is misleading, and the second is wrong. nationworld, news, politics, border, media, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-07-28T23:42:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072710_sheehan_wikileaks/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072710_sheehan_wikileaks/#When: 15:39:33Z Marian Wang Classified documents leaked in a time of war. The comparisons abound, but what did the Pentagon Papers say about Vietnam, and what do the War Logs tell us now? We asked Neil Sheehan, who reported the Pentagon Papers story for the New York Times. nationworld, news, politics, media, history, war, opinion, analysis, breaking, propublica 2010-07-27T15:39:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072710_wikileaks_analysis/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072710_wikileaks_analysis/#When: 15:21:17Z Michael Moran Pakistani intelligence fooled only those who didn’t pay attention. nationworld, news, politics, media, war, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-07-27T15:21:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072610_wikileaks_afghan/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072610_wikileaks_afghan/#When: 22:11:30Z Jean MacKenzie The WikiLeaks documents have hit Kabul like a small-scale nuclear explosion: from media analysts to shopkeepers, everyone is talking about the more than 90,000 classified reports on the Afghan war that have now been made public by WikiLeaks.org nationworld, news, politics, media, war, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-07-26T22:11:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072610_journalism_integrity/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072610_journalism_integrity/#When: 03:56:34Z Jimmy Zuma Smart v. Stupid: Bloggers seldom have the benefit of an editor, but one has to wonder if it would have made any difference to Andrew Breitbart, the man who published the salacious snip of a speech by USDA employee Shirley Sherrod, then labeled her a racist. The next day, we all found out that she was exactly the opposite of what he’d claimed. nationworld, news, politics, media, opinion, analysis, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, columnist 2010-07-26T03:56:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072510_chinainternetporn/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072510_chinainternetporn/#When: 14:11:03Z Thomas Mucha Since May, Chinese web users have had access to internet pornography. With no word from the government, people are speculating about what’s behind this apparent loosening of regulations. nationworld, news, politics, business, media, sci_tech, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-07-25T14:11:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072210_cis_video/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072210_cis_video/#When: 09:11:24Z Dylan Smith A online video showing hidden-camera footage of groups of illegal immigrants walking through the Arizona desert is creating a stir online and in the media. But there’s been little focus on the producer, an anti-immigration group from Washington, D.C. nationworld, news, politics, border, crime, media, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, mexico_latin 2010-07-22T09:11:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072110_greek_journalist/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072110_greek_journalist/#When: 20:59:22Z Iason Athanasiadis Fears are growing that Greece is on a path of destabilization after an investigative journalist was gunned down Monday in the latest of a series of high profile terror strikes. nationworld, news, politics, crime, media, breaking, globalpost 2010-07-21T20:59:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072010_onion_english/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072010_onion_english/#When: 20:08:22Z Dylan Smith From the satirical website the Onion comes a photo commentary on Arizona’s move to ban teachers with accents from teaching English to students who aren’t yet fluent in the language. flags, news, politics, border, education, media, local, arizona, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-07-20T20:08:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/0710_guardian_sb1070/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/0710_guardian_sb1070/#When: 17:04:57Z Morrison Institute The Guardian newspaper of London reported this weekend on the uncertainty surrounding SB 1070, especially in Latino-populated areas, which are experiencing an exodus of residents and businesses. flags, news, politics, border, business, media, local, arizona, breaking, morrison_institute 2010-07-19T17:04:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071510_britcommando/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071510_britcommando/#When: 00:05:24Z Barry Neild Unexpected outpouring of sympathy for a man who briefly became Britain’s most-wanted criminal sparks free speech debate. nationworld, news, crime, media, breaking, globalpost 2010-07-16T00:05:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071310_mccainbrewer/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071310_mccainbrewer/#When: 08:22:52Z Roberto De Vido Who is John McCain, really? Is he left-wing? Right-wing? A maverick? Not a maverick? The news media exists so that you can know his latest positions. flags, news, politics, media, local, arizona, opinion, comics, breaking, lead_ok 2010-07-13T08:22:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071210_sarkozy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071210_sarkozy/#When: 20:20:14Z Mildrade Cherfils Separating fact from fiction has become a national pastime in the case that began as an inheritance dispute between France’s wealthiest woman, Liliane Bettencourt, and her daughter but gradually escalated into a full-blown political scandal, embroiling President Nicolas Sarkozy. nationworld, news, politics, crime, media, breaking, globalpost 2010-07-12T20:20:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071310_bowden/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071310_bowden/#When: 17:01:57Z Julian Aguilar Probably more than any other author, Southern Arizonan Charles Bowden has revealed the intricacies of the violence haunting Ciudad Juárez. He’s swatted at flies swarming fresh bloodstains and reported from a house where bodies were drenched in acid before burial. One wonders if he didn’t lose a slice of his sanity with each movement of his hand. (with audio) nationworld, news, border, crime, media, local, arizona, arts_culture, books, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, mexico_latin 2010-07-12T17:01:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071210_first_amendment/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071210_first_amendment/#When: 11:51:48Z Jimmy Zuma Smart v. Stupid: You probably never heard of Dave Weigel, a short-timer at The Washington Post who was forced out for expressing his personal opinion about conservatives (like Matt Drudge) in private emails. But his case marks the final nail in the coffin for freedom of speech in America. nationworld, news, politics, media, opinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, columnist 2010-07-12T11:51:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071110_octopuspaulonlarryking/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071110_octopuspaulonlarryking/#When: 01:06:15Z Roberto De Vido Yes, Spain lifted the World Cup today for the first time, but most soccer fans would agree that the real winner after a month of soccer was a German-based octopus named Paul. flags, news, media, sports, soccer, pro, opinion, comics, breaking 2010-07-12T01:06:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070910_dem_senate_debate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070910_dem_senate_debate/#When: 18:17:07Z Dylan Smith The four candidates - Rodney Glassman, John Dougherty, Cathy Eden and Randy Parraz - running in Arizona’s Democratic primary race for the U.S. Senate will debate Friday night. nationworld, news, politics, media, local, arizona 2010-07-09T18:17:07+00:00