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Views of the News: Lehrer's Logic; Biden, Ryan & Raddatz; Big Bird Ads; CNN Buys Docs; Sam Engaged

Lehrer's Logic

Brian Stelter, The New York Times: "After a New-Look Debate, a Harsh Light Falls on the Moderator"

David Bauer, AP: "Jim Lehrer To Media Critics: 'Weren't You Paying Attention To What Was Happening?'"

The Center for Media and Public Affairs: "Study: Presidential Debaters More Aggressive in 2012"

Biden, Ryan and Raddatz

Jonathan Martin, Politico: "A veep debate that could really matter"

Michael Calderone, The Huffington Post: "Martha Raddatz Enters A New Battlefield: The Vice Presidential Debate Stage"

Juana Summers, Politico: "Paul Ryan spars with reporter"

Obama's Ads: Andrea Mitchell and Big Bird

Alex Weprin, TV Newser: "Andrea Mitchell Not Cool With Being in an Obama Ad"

Dylan Byers, Politico: "NBC News, Sesame Street, and 'Fair Use'"

Beth Fouhy, AP: "Obama's Big Bird campaign ad causing a new flap"

David Dayen, Firedoglake blog: "Obama Ad About Big Bird Cannot Find One Prominent Wall Street Criminal Prosecuted By Administration"

CNN to Buy Documentary Films

CNN Pressroom: "CNN Announces Creation of CNN Films"

Joe Flint, The Los Angeles Times: "CNN's creation of film unit is step in right direction"

The Economist: "CNN's woes: Unbiased and unloved"

GMA's Sam Champion Engaged

Jack Mirkinson, The Huffington Post: "Sam Champion's Engagement: A Sign of How the Media Has Changed"

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.