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• Christianity Today Editor Suggests That Reuters Is Sloppy, Clueless on Religion Reporting

  Published: August 7, 2007, 2:54 pm

  Tags: Christianity, Religion, Ted Olsen, Online Media, Wire Services, Blogs, Christianity Today, Reuters, Magazines

  why he doesn't rely on Reuters for that ol' time religion (reporting): Today's nonsensical headline from Reuters: "New evangelist leader plans to avoid politics" Reuters still doesn't get the difference between an evangelical, an evangelist, and a pastor. When the story finally does get around to using the word evangelical, it's

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• Reuters aid Turkey's psychological warfare.

  Published: August 8, 2007, 5:42 pm

  Tags: Reuters Psychological Warfare Turkey Kurds Pkk

  said on Sunday. I wish Reuters would travel to this village and independently verify this story. It smells of a classic Turkish 'pscyho war' story to me. Does Reuters want to become an arm of the Turkish psychological warfare dept? Well, too late they seem to be already!

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• Electronic Arts and Hasbro Enter Blood Pact

  Published: August 10, 2007, 5:37 pm

  Tags: Games Industry, Gamer Life, Electronic Arts, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Game Companies, Digital Games, Electronic Arts, Games, Hasbro, Licensing Agreement, Mobile Telephones, Monopoly, Reuters, Scrabble, Worldwide Rights, Yahtzee

  instead of quality. via: Reuters ---Related Articles at Gaming Today:E3 2007: Microsoft Bringing E3 Home To Xbox 360 OwnersEA, a Great Place to WorkEA and Pongo.com Sign Deal With Lucifer a.k.a. Rosie O'DonnellElectronic Arts to Shut Down All Online 2006 Sports TitlesBurnout Coming to Mobile

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• Reuters: Fooled by Another Fake Iraq 'Massacre'

  Published: August 10, 2007, 1:21 pm

  Tags: Iraq, Media Bias Debate, War On Terrorism, Reuters, Government Amp Amp Press, Journalistic Issues

  police." BAGHDAD, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Iraqi police said on Sunday they had found 60 decomposed bodies dumped in thick grass in Baquba, north of Baghdad. There was no indication of how the 60 people had been killed, police said. No indication of how they were killed? Try no indication that they were killed! According to an Aug. 8th letter from

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• Another Reason to Exercise: Cardio Builds Stronger Hearts

  Published: August 22, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Cardio, Cardiovascular Health, Heart Health, Reuters, Stronger Heart, Women S Health

  In the past it was difficult to find information about women and cardiovascular disease. The main reason, most research was performed on men. The times they are a changing, especially since it has come to light that cardiovascular disease affects each of the sexes differently. A recent study found that aerobic exercise builds strong, big hearts

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• Reuters article uncritically quoted "expert" who said Dems face "nightmare scenario" on Iraq

  Published: August 22, 2007, 7:54 pm

  Tags: Reuters, Government Elections, Media, National Security Foreign Policy, Polling

  August 22 Reuters article by David Alexander headlined "Democrat split on Iraq may hurt '08 chances: analysts" reported that "[f]ailure to end the Iraq war has so divided Democrats it could jeopardize their chances of consolidating power in U.S. elections in November 2008, analysts said." The article uncritically quoted Matthew

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• Dow Jones board member is replaced

  Published: August 23, 2007, 6:51 pm

  Tags: Wall Street Journal, Barron S, Marketwatch, Reuters, Dow Jones Amp Co

  Murdoch has been replaced, Reuters writes. The story noted, “Dow Jones, which owns The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Marketwatch.com and Dow Jones Newswires, in a regulatory filing named Joseph Stern as the newest director. “Stern is currently executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of the company.

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• Future of Business Media conference to be held in October

  Published: August 27, 2007, 9:27 am

  Tags: Information, Wall Street Journal, Conde Nast Portfolio, Forbes, Reuters

  and a Q&A session with Reuters COO Devin

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• Choking on doughnut coverage

  Published: August 27, 2007, 8:51 pm

  Tags: Commentary, Reuters

  on a glazed cruller. “Reuters runs with a headline, no less than 20 minutes later: ‘Krispy Kreme realigns operations.’ I guess it took them a full 20 minutes to edit down Krispy Kreme’s slightly longer headline. But it gets worse. Much worse. “Remember that throwaway line (completely lacking in backup facts) about

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• Dragon Quest IX Pushed To 2008 In Japan

  Published: August 27, 2007, 11:17 am

  Tags: Nintendo Ds, Development Time, Dragon, Game Watch, Impress, Launch, Release Date, Reuters, Square Enix, Territories

  There’s of course no release date for the US but now it’s probably looking more like 2009 for all other territories. Square Enix said it had to postpone the “Dragon IX” quest launch because it needed more development time to improve the quality of the game. Watch Impress Coverage Reuters

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• CNN will stop using Reuters

  Published: August 30, 2007, 11:21 am

  Tags: Reuters, Bloomberg

  network CNN will stop using Reuters for coverage, according to an internal memo. Lee wrote, “‘We are making significant investments in our own newsgathering while simultaneously reducing our reliance on agency material,’ according to the e-mail sent to employees by Atlanta-based CNN International’s Managing Director Tony

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• Are Europeans Really 'Greener' Than Americans? Reuters Report Suggests No

  Published: September 4, 2007, 1:05 pm

  Tags: Environmentalism, Global Warming, Al Gore, John Edwards, Europe, Reuters

  purport them to be. Reuters reported yesterday that at IFA, a huge consumer electronics fair being held in Berlin through September 5th, consumers were more interested in how big and bright television screens were than how green the electronics companies are striving to be. Among the exhibitors displaying "green credentials" at

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• Reuters Unnecessarily Hypes Racial Gap In Medical Care

  Published: September 8, 2007, 9:19 am

  Tags: Medicine, Race Issues, Reuters

  The headline (via MSNBC) is ominous: Racial gaps may exist in kidney cancer care -- 5-year survival rates have increased for whites, but not blacks, study finds. But beginning with the second paragraph, we're provided with a big "nevermind": There are disparities in the treatment and outcome between older black and white patients who

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• Top financial news web sites in August: Yahoo! and Forbes

  Published: September 10, 2007, 7:11 pm

  Tags: Forbes, Reuters, Bloomberg, Internet Web Sites

  wire service web sites, Reuters outranked Bloomberg. Reuters had 6.3 million visits and an average visit of 5 minutes, 25 seconds, while Bloomberg had 3.5 million visits and an average visit of 5 minutes, 26 seconds. Read more

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• US remembers 9/11...

  Published: September 11, 2007, 4:17 pm

  Tags: Sad News, United States, In Memory, Reuters, Nyc, 9 11

  Must have been very moving to be at the sites...New Yorkers observed moments of silence at the times the hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center and when each of the towers collapsed. Ceremonies were also held at the Pentagon and at a Pennsylvania field, where the third and fourth planes crashed.Be sure to stop by for more later...

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