Rupert Murdoch apologizes for chimp cartoon - CNN.com

The controversial editorial last week in the New York Post enraged so many people that Post chairman Rupert Murdoch has issued a formal apology.

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Rupert Murdoch apologizes for chimp cartoon - CNN.com

"Sexting": The Newest Reason for Parents to Monitor Computer Activity - PR Web

Here's an example of a story that is in the form of a press release but which could very well be lifted almost in its entirety and placed in a newspaper and you would read it as news and may not realize that it's public relations for a corporation that makes software to help parents protect their kids from this growing phenomenon of "sexting."

• The first paragraph sets up the issue and is presented very much like a standard news lede.
  
• The second paragraph quotes someone who is in the company and specifically identifies the company.
  
• The third paragraph returns to a standard news article, but by this time the spokesperson for the company that is promoting its product has already gotten their foot in the door with the readers of the article.
  
• The second-to-last paragraph describes the product for editors and consumers alike, so it could be left in the article or taken out when it's placed in a newspaper.
  
• And the last article speaks directly to "reporters and producers" and wouldn't actually appear in the newspaper.
  

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http://www.prweb.com/releases/PCPandora/SextingSolution/prweb2134624.htm

BBC News | Americas | The Power of the Cartoonist

The BBC has a very insightful article on the power of editorial cartoons to incite emotions and influence people. The cartoon in question is one that shows two cops shooting a runaway chimpanzee and saying "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill." The cartoon, which uses a fairly standard editorial cartoon tactic of merging two separate and unrelated events (the stimulus bill and the recent chimp attack on a woman) has provoked anger and charges of racism.

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BBC News | Americas | The Power of the Cartoonist

tehran times : The moral insanity behind the lies and crimes of Israel in Gaza

Here's an article from The Tehran Times ("Iran's leading international daily") that originally appeared on the website thepeoplesvoice.org and that was written by an Israeli journalist who makes explicit the role that propaganda--particularly labeling and pre-persuasion--plays in wars in general and in the Israeli-Palestianian conflict currently under way. This article shows how the careful use of language can predispose us to seeing one side of a story over another.

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tehran times : The moral insanity behind the lies and crimes of Israel in Gaza

China state broadcaster rejects propaganda charge - MSNBC Wire Services- msnbc.com

While more than 20 Chinese lawyers, writers, and intellectuals have accused China's state-owned television station, China Central, of feeding viewers a steady stream of propaganda, the station has--not surprisingly--disputed the charges.

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China state broadcaster rejects propaganda charge - MSNBC Wire Services- msnbc.com