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12:29 pm
Wed August 29, 2012

Fact-Check Fracas; Convention Experiments; Public Editor's Shot; Armstrong Legacy [VIDEO]

Professor Lee Wilkins

Media criticism and critique from Missouri School of Journalism professors Mike McKean, Lee Wilkins and Charles Davis.

11:00 am
Wed August 29, 2012

TV ad-buys ramping up

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There's a ton of political advertising on TV these days and it's only going to get worse (or better, if you're into that kind of thing). Our colleagues at Project Open Vault keep track of these things and they know who's buying what and when:
Susan B. Anthony List runs ads against Obama's stance on abortion; Still, Martin buy time for future Every week Project Open Vault receives new political ad buy contracts from three mid-Missouri TV stations, updating our ad spending database as soon as possible. Below is a brief look at the past week's ad buys: The Susan B.
Politics
8:10 am
Wed August 29, 2012

Judge revises wording for Mo. health care measure

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The language used in a ballot initiative approved by Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan has been tossed out by a Cole County judge. 

Proposition-E centers on the conditions for creating a health care exchange in Missouri. It read in part if the law should, quote, “deny individuals, families and small businesses the ability to access affordable health care.”  Republican Lt. Governor Peter Kinder called the language used by the Democratic Secretary of State unbelievably biased.

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Media talk from the Missouri School of Journalism
8:01 am
Wed August 29, 2012

Views of the News: Fact-Check Fracas; Convention Experiments; Public Editor's Shot; Armstrong Legacy

Politics
6:33 pm
Tue August 28, 2012

Lawsuit challenges Mo. on cellphone tracking

A federal lawsuit is seeking to strike down a new Missouri law making it easier for police to track people's cellphone signals during emergencies.

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