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Introduction
In the race for higher ratings, TV news programs have turned to eye-catching production techniques and other showbusiness touches, including the recreation of some stories. At the same time, newspaper and magazine editors are enlivening their publications with everything from gossip columns to color weather maps. What's behind the socalled “infotainment” trend, and where is it headed? Has the media's traditional distinction between news and entertainment disappeared?
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Overview
The scene was a busy European street corner. In the foreground, captured by a hidden camera, suspected American spy Felix S. Bloch looked cautiously over his shoulder, then gave a package of papers to a Soviet agent. As the two men talked, a digital clock recorded the date and time of their meeting in the lower righthand corner of the picture. It seemed to be a damaging piece of evidence in the case against Bloch, then a State Department diplomat, and a major scoop for ABC News, which aired the tape last summer.
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| Journalism, Newspapers, and the Media |
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Jan. 28, 2022 |
Misinformation and the Media |
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Oct. 02, 2020 |
Social Media Platforms |
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Sep. 18, 2020 |
The News Media |
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Aug. 24, 2018 |
Conspiracy Theories |
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Jun. 09, 2017 |
Trust in Media |
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May 30, 2014 |
Digital Journalism |
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May 03, 2013 |
Media Bias |
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Apr. 26, 2013 |
Free Speech at Risk |
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Apr. 12, 2013 |
Combat Journalism |
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Nov. 2010 |
Press Freedom |
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Oct. 08, 2010 |
Journalism Standards in the Internet Age |
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Feb. 05, 2010 |
Press Freedom |
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Mar. 27, 2009 |
Future of Journalism  |
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Jun. 09, 2006 |
Blog Explosion |
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Jan. 20, 2006 |
Future of Newspapers |
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Apr. 08, 2005 |
Free-Press Disputes |
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Oct. 15, 2004 |
Media Bias |
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Oct. 10, 2003 |
Media Ownership |
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Dec. 25, 1998 |
Journalism Under Fire |
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Jun. 05, 1998 |
Student Journalism |
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Sep. 20, 1996 |
Civic Journalism |
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Sep. 23, 1994 |
Courts and the Media |
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Aug. 24, 1990 |
Hard Times at the Nation's Newspapers |
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Jan. 19, 1990 |
Finding Truth in the Age of ‘Infotainment’ |
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Aug. 18, 1989 |
Libel Law: Finding the Right Balance |
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Jun. 06, 1986 |
Magazine Trends |
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Oct. 12, 1984 |
News Media and Presidential Campaigns |
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Jul. 15, 1983 |
State of American Newspapers |
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Oct. 23, 1981 |
High Cost of Libel |
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Dec. 23, 1977 |
Media Reforms |
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Mar. 11, 1977 |
News Media Ownership |
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Jun. 21, 1974 |
Access to the Media |
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Dec. 20, 1972 |
Newsmen's Rights |
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Aug. 16, 1972 |
Blacks in the News Media |
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Dec. 15, 1971 |
Magazine Industry Shake-Out |
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Jul. 18, 1969 |
Competing Media |
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Sep. 02, 1964 |
Politicians and the Press |
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Dec. 04, 1963 |
Libel Suits and Press Freedom |
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Jan. 09, 1963 |
Newspaper Mergers |
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Dec. 20, 1961 |
Reading Boom: Books and Magazines |
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Dec. 02, 1959 |
Privileged Communications |
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Apr. 25, 1956 |
Newsprint Deficit |
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May 06, 1953 |
Government and the Press |
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Sep. 21, 1948 |
Press and State |
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Sep. 05, 1947 |
Newsprint Supply |
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Mar. 26, 1947 |
Facsimile Newspapers |
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Dec. 10, 1945 |
World Press Freedom |
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May 01, 1940 |
New Experiments in Newspaper-Making |
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Nov. 04, 1933 |
Press Freedom Under the Recovery Program |
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