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YouTube Al Jazeera English Channel

YouTube Al Jazeera English Channel

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In an interesting move, the Al Jazeera English channel put a video on YouTube asking for feedback videos on the YouTube channel. What are people’s perceptions, views, and suggestions? (An aside – wow, is that anchorwoman Ghida Fakhry ever pretty!) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVFrryFNfEA[/youtube] As you might expect, the video responses were of varying quality. Many respondents disguised themselves. One hid a pretty nasty message in pig latin. Others used it to interview for a job, or to express various opinions of their…

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Media Vocabulary Guidelines Needed

Media Vocabulary Guidelines Needed

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When you see it, protest. I wrote to Brad Kalbfeld (Deputy Director, Managing Editor, a member of the AP senior management team) to recommend vocabulary guidelines: “I am writing to you to request that you draw up some vocabulary guidelines for the Associated Press. As an objective reporting service, you surely cannot have missed the fact that vocabulary choices resonate. In the political climate of the United States at this time, I think it is important that you consider very…

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