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    Annie Leibovitz’s “nightmare”

    Peerless photographer Annie Leibovitz may be the latest victim of America’s bad debt crisis and nationwide recession — and also, said an Agence France-Presse story, “of her own relentless artistic ambition.” “How Could This Happen to Annie Leibovitz? The $24 million question,” asked New York Magazine. “Her debts now total a staggering $24 million, consolidated…

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    Lindhout/Brennan kidnapping anniversary

    (This post updated Aug. 22) It’s nearly a year since Canadian Amanda Lindhout and Australian Nigel Brennan were kidnapped in Somalia. The families of the freelance journalists released a statement asking for continued privacy. Previously this summer, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Canada and Australia should do more to help free them. Reporters Without…

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    Censoring journalists in Afghanistan

    None of the previous incidents of censorship in Afghanistan (here and here, to cite just two of the more egregious examples) come remotely close to this week’s ban on news media coverage of Taliban violence during the presidential elections….

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    Never give up, never give in

    Consumer reporting, when combined with investigative journalism, can issue vital public warnings and can even save lives. This is why, writes Cecil Rosner, reports about a seasoned consumer reporter who lost his job over a column that was critical of one of his newspaper’s major advertisers are especially troubling.

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    Rather keeps fighting

    Dan Rather’s legal battle is in the news again, after a judge who previously dismissed his $70 million lawsuit against CBS and Viacom restored the claim. Sidney Blumenthal’s Salon.com article, Dan Rather Stands By His Story, provides detailed background on CBS’s alleged manoeuvres to suppress 60-Minute’s Air National Guard story, along with the program’s scoop…