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    • Who Were the Saigon Correspondents and Does It Matter? 

      Hammond, William M. (Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2000)
      Who were the Saigon correspondents? Until now, everyone has had their own opinion, and much has depended upon each individual’s view of the Vietnam War. The former U.S. commander in South Vietnam and the subject of much ...

    • Window to the West: How Television from the Federal Republic Influenced Events in East Germany 

      Buhl, Dieter (Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 1990-07)
      Only a short time after a member of the East German Politburo (SED) had announced dramatic changes in travel regulations and after West German television had interpreted them on the evening news, East Berliners began to ...

    • The Wisdom of the War Room: U.S. Campaigning and Americanization 

      Scammell, Margaret (Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 1997-04)
      One might anticipate, therefore, that the more professional campaigning is, the more it will be possible to demonstrate clear lines from general theoretical principles to practice. Further, the more professional U.S. ...

    • “. . . without uncertainty, compromise and fear,” or Should the New York Times Rule Be Introduced in Hungary? 

      Molnar, Peter (Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2000)
      This article compares the 1994 CLC decision regarding defamation suits against public officials and public figures, with the New York Times rule5 as well as the practice of the European Court of Human Rights (“Eur. Ct. ...

    • Word of Mouse: Credibility, Journalism and Emerging Social Media 

      O’Connor, Rory (Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2009-02)
      On August 29, 2008, Republican presidential candidate John McCain announced that he had chosen Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska, as his running mate. The surprising choice of the little‐known Palin captured the nation’s ...

    • The World-Wide Conversation: Online participatory media and international news 

      MacKinnon, Rebecca (Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2004)
      This is not a paper about what is wrong with American journalism. Nor is it an analysis of the shortcomings of the American media’s international news reporting. The American public’s growing distrust of news media is ...

    • Would You Ask Turkeys To Mandate Thanksgiving? 

      Snider, J.H. (Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2008)
      PAPER #1: The Dismal Politics of Legislative Transparency The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prevents legislators from infringing on the freedom of the press. But, of necessity, legislators have been granted ...