One of the officers told me to stop, but it was because I [said] to them that what they did it was an abuse and I witnessed everything." He said the officer also instructed him to stay where he was, but Santana said he left the scene for work.Citizens have the same rights as the media to record police actions, as long as they are not interfering...which the man in South Carolina was clearly not doing.
### Two months has passed since The Birmingham News (aka AL.COM) fired columnist and Pulitzer Prize Award Winner Joey Kennedy. They let a lot of other people go as well since 2009, but Joey is one of the highest profile people to depart.
His firing is one of the numerous cuts made by Alabama newspapers since the digital revolution took hold. Related: The New Yorker writes about creative ways to fund old/new journalism.
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"Yahoo News" gathers a variety of "stories" on its front page at yahoo.com. Some are from The Associated Press, some from Reuters, some from networks like ABC. And some, like this headline, are from Takepart Media. Who?
Elections 2016: Presidential Hopefuls' Stances on Same-Sex Marriage
"Tapepart.com" belongs to Participation Media, a media company that was formed with an agenda that's laid out in the first entry in their self-written company history:
2004
January
Jeff Skoll forms Participant Productions to create entertainment that inspires and accelerates social change, based on his belief that a good story well told can truly make a difference in how you see the world.There were always complaints about the "old media" being biased. But the new media is more so, and even willing to state as much up front.
[The Monday Morning Media Memo is a longstanding weekly feature of www.TimLennox.com]
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