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Views of the News: Bomb Plot; Gay Marriage; China Ousts Al Jazeera; Flush Rush; Nerd Prom

AP and the Bomb Plot Leak

Adam Goldman, Associated Press: "US: CIA thwarts new al-Qaida underwear bomb plot

CNN: "U.S. official upset over bomb plot mole leak"

Andrew Malcolm, Investor's Business Daily: "Don't tell al Qaeda we got a mole inside its bomb ops..."

Obama's Gay Marriage "Problem"

Michael A. Memoli and David Lauter, Los Angeles Times: "Gay marriage is distancing Obama from other Democrats"

Howard Kurtz, The Daily Beast: "Democrats Hit Romney on Marriage"

Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Martin and Glenn Thrush, Politico: "President Obama's marriage muddle"

ABC News: "President Obama Affirms His Support for Same Sex Marriage"

China Boots Aggressive Al Jazeera Journalist

Michael Wines, The New York Times: "China Expels Al Jazeera Channel"

Damian Grammaticas, BBC: "China's 'memory holes' swallow up Melissa Chan"

Flush Rush Campaign Costs Radio Millions

Dylan Byers, Politico: "Cumulus: Limbaugh boycott cost 'millions'"

Cidney King & Kerry Leary, KOMU-TV: "Women Protest to get Rush Limbaugh Off the Radio"

Correspondents' Dinner Too Celebrified

Rem Rieder, American Journalism Review: "Death to Nerd Prom!"

Alex Alvarez, Mediaite: "Ed Henry Responds to Tom Brokaw's White House Correspondents Dinner Criticism: It's Also About Charity"

Newspapers Annoying Online Readers?

Dan Mitchell, SF Weekly: "Desparate Newspapers Pin Hopes on Annoyed Readers"

Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic: "Pernicious Myth That Slideshows Drive 'Traffic'"

Andrew Beaujon, Poynter.org: "Haters frustrated by reasonable explantion for social reader apps' sudden decline"

MIKE MCKEAN directs the Futures Lab, the experimental newsroom and technology testing center of the Reynolds Journalism Institute. He founded the School's Convergence Journalism program and serves on the MU Information Technology Committee. McKean is a leader in the School's partnerships with Apple, Inc., and Adobe Systems to transform journalism education through pervasive computing. He is a frequent trainer and guest lecturer at top media companies and universities in China, has helped establish convergence journalism programs at Shantou University and Moscow State University, and has conducted Internet workshops in the United States, the Russian Federation and Albania. McKean has been honored with the William T. Kemper Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching and the MU Faculty-Alumni Award. He earned a bachelor's degree at the Missouri School of Journalism in 1979 and a master of arts in political science from Rice University in 1985. McKean has served on the J-School faculty since 1986.