Obama’s case for Syria
CNN: "Obama: Delay Syria vote to pursue diplomacy"
Washington Post: "Full Transcript: President Obama's Sept. 10 speech on Syria"
Fox News: "Syria plan in limbo, Obama asks Congress to postpone strike vote"
Paul Farhi, Washington Post, “Six TV networks get interviews with Obama as he makes case for strike on Syria”
Jared A. Favole and Krsitina Peterson, Wall Street Journal “Obama sees ‘potentially positive’ steps in Syria”
WSJ Staff, Wall Street Journal: “Highlights: Obama’s Syria interviews on 6 networks”
Who gets an interview?
Sara Morrison, The Wrap: “Univision, Al Jazeera anchors slam Obama after being left out of Media Blitz”
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera: “It’s time for Obama to talk to AlJazeera”
Charlie Rose’s exclusive
CBS VIDEO: “Assad: U.S. does not have a “single shred of evidence” of chemical weapons attack”
Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor, “Charlie Rose interview with Assad: Did he make a blunder”
Facebook: Creating a virtual town hall
Lou Dubois, NBC News: “Virtual town hall: Who in America is talking about Syria?”
Verifying social media video from Syria
Rem Rieder, USA Today, “Storyfulverifies social media from Syria”
Storyful, “Ongoing Syria Coverage”
Jimmy Kimmel’s lesson to journalists
Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times: “Jimmy Kimmel reveals truth behind ‘twerking girl on fire’ video”
Daniel Engber, Slate: “Worst twerk fail ever video hoax: Jimmy Kimmel should be ashamed, and we should be mad.”
Josh Wolk, Vulture: "Kimmel twerking prank shows inanity of tv news"
Competition in media criticism
Eric Deggans, Poynter: “Sizing up Howard Kurtz’s new show against ‘Reliable Sources’"
Huffington Post: “Howard Kurtz’s ‘Media Buzz’ debuts on Fox News”
Gail Shister, Media Bistro: “Howard Kurtz’s ‘MediaBuzz’ projects ‘authority, energy and pace’”