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Pew – How News Happens: A Study of the News Ecosystem of One American City

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Project for Excellence in Journalism – How News Happens: A Study of the News Ecosystem of One American City, January 11, 2010.

  • “The study, which examined all the outlets that produced local news in Baltimore, Md., for one week, surveyed their output and then did a closer examination of six major narratives during the week, finds that much of the “news” people receive contains no original reporting. Fully eight out of ten stories studied simply repeated or repackaged previously published information. And of the stories that did contain new information nearly all, 95%, came from traditional media—most of them newspapers. These stories then tended to set the narrative agenda for most other media outlets. The local papers, however, are also offering less than they once did. For all of 2009, for instance, the Sun produced 32% fewer stories on any subject than it did in 1999, and 73% fewer stories than in 1991, when the company still published an evening and morning paper with competing newsrooms. And a comparison of one major story during the week studied—about state budget cuts—found newspapers in the area produced only one-third as many stories in 2009 as they did the last time the state made a similar round of budget cuts in 1991, and the Baltimore Sun one seventh as many. Yet the numbers suggest the addition of new media has not come close to making up the difference.”

    • New on LLRX.com – Wrongful Conviction and Attorney-Client Confidentiality

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    Wrongful Conviction and Attorney-Client Confidentiality: Interpreting Rule 1.6(b)(1) of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct in the context of wrongful convictions is complicated by evidentiary and practical considerations surrounding the potential use of such information. This article by Ken Strutin examines resources about several notable cases and the scholarly literature analyzing different approaches to… Continue Reading

    Commentary: New Deal Denialism

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    New Deal Denialism, Eric Rauchway, Dissent Winter 2010 “From the start of the current economic crisis, commentators have compared the ongoing unpleasantness to the crash of 1929, with the implication that we might soon begin to suffer a version of the Great Depression if we did not avoid the errors of our predecessors. Right-wing and… Continue Reading

    Joint Forum Release of Review of Differentiated Nature and Scope of Financial Regulation

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    News release: ” This report, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, The Joint Forum, Review of the Differentiated Nature and Scope of Financial Regulation Key Issues and Recommendations, January 2010, analyses key issues arising from the differentiated nature of financial regulation in the international banking, insurance, and securities sectors. It also addresses gaps arising from the… Continue Reading

    Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission Report, November/December 2009

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    Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, Report on the Situation of Economic and Social Rights in Afghanistan – IV Qaws 1388 (November/December 2009) “This report aims to assess the status of economic and social rights in Afghanistan in the year 1387 (2008/09). In this report we measure the national and international obligations of the Government with… Continue Reading

    Search Engine For Combined Senate and House Health Bills

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    “The House of Representatives HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act together with the Senate Patient Protection and Affordable Care bill as amended and passed December 24, 2009 are presented here in searchable form. This is provided as a public service. MarpX is a precision search engine uses the “Words Close Together” method of… Continue Reading

    Rand Policy Brief – The Potential Impact of House Health Reform Legislation

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    “Health reform as set forth in legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in November would cut the number of uninsured Americans to 24 million by 2019 (a 56 percent decrease) and increase personal spending on health care by about 3.3 percent cumulatively between 2013 and 2019, according to an independent assessment released today… Continue Reading

    China May Assume Role as China likely 2009 World Leader in Exports, Auto Sales

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    MarketWatch: “New data this week showed China continued its ascent into economic superpower status, rising above Germany as the world’s top exporter and overtaking the U.S. in domestic auto sales, according to reports. China exported $957 billion worth of goods in the first 10 months of 2009 compared with $917 billion by Germany, according a… Continue Reading

    CareerCast.com's 2010 Jobs Rated report – Ranking 200 Jobs From Best to Worst

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    “CareerCast.com’s 2010 Jobs Rated report offers a comprehensive analysis of 200 different jobs – from Accountant to Zoologist – giving each a unique ranking based on factual analysis and hard data, not guesswork. If you’re entering (or re-entering) the job market and want to avoid selecting the wrong career, our rankings can help you make… Continue Reading