Jennifer RankinDecember 20, 2012 07:00

MOSCOW — When a handful of people first set up camp in New York's Zuccotti Park in September 2011 to protest “corporate greed” on Wall Street, only a handful of journalists showed up to report on them. Among the news organizations on the scene was RT, the Kremlin-backed English-language satellite channel. It produced the kind of reporting that’s become a hallmark of the channel, enabling it to cultivate the image of an emerging source for alternative views. But does anyone believe it?

Jessica PhelanNovember 27, 2012 12:19

South Korean, Chinese papers fall for The Onion's Kim Jong Un spoof

The Korea Times thinks the North Korean leader really IS the sexiest man alive.

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Attention! This news is fake. (People's Daily Online/Screengrab)

There are still people who don't know The Onion writes satire.

Gregory FeiferJuly 25, 2012 16:00

Rethinking virtual violence

Movies don't kill people, but they make us more likely to do so.

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James Holmes killed 12 people and injured 59 others during his shooting rampage. (RJ Sangosti-Pool/Getty Images)

Some have wrung their hands since last week’s shooting in Colorado about the need to force gun-control laws on our gun-happy society. Much less is said about the glorification of violence in our movies, video games and other pop culture.

Mexican election protesters now claiming media corruption

Samuel Blackstone, Business InsiderJuly 13, 2012 16:50

If you've been in the Zócalo in Mexico City the past few days, chances are you've bumped into some angry Mexicans. Don't blame it on any of your missteps though, Mexicans are angry at something much more important — they believe their election, resulting in a win for Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate Enrique Peña Nieto, is a fraud.

Charlie FeinbergJuly 9, 2012 17:40

HIV/AIDS: A turning point in coverage?

Newsrooms have been bustling with discussion of HIV/AIDS this week, as the United States prepares to host the International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC.

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Blocks of The Aids Memorial Quilt are displayed in Washington, DC. (Shaun Heasley/Getty Images)

Newsrooms have been bustling with discussion of HIV/AIDS this week, as the United States prepares to host the International AIDS Conference for the first time in more than 20 years. Coverage of HIV/AIDS has swept across the country in the past few days, bringing light to a topic that the media has often kept in the dark.

Here are some recent articles.

Letters from London: Listening in on Murdoch hearings

Michael GoldfarbApril 26, 2012 12:12

LONDON — I knew the Australian-American was a titanic figure in modern business history, but by the time the first day's session was over it became clear he is much more than that. Murdoch is arguably the single most important figure in British public life over the last 35 years.

Rupert Murdoch goes on the offensive

Barry NeildApril 26, 2012 06:00

This time, Murdoch and his family appear to have turned on the British establishment, pressuring Prime Minister David Cameron, and putting a key minister in the spotlight over a controversial business deal.

Gawker hires Fox News employee to spy

Alexander BesantApril 10, 2012 17:32

Gossip news website Gawker said Tuesday that it had hired a mole within Fox News to deliver reports anonymously on the behind-the-scenes workings of the right-leaning network.

Hollywood trade magazine 'Variety' put up for sale

Alexander BesantMarch 24, 2012 21:15

Variety, Hollywood's most famous trade magazine is up for sale.

German paper Bild takes topless women off front page

Jessica PhelanMarch 9, 2012 10:34

"It might be a small step from women's point of view. But it's a big step for Bild and for all the men in Germany," the paper said in its front-page announcement today – which appeared under a shot of a model cupping her naked breasts, with the caption: "I am the last."