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Views of the News: 60 Minutes "Fluff," CNET Censored Again, News Tech, Super Bowl Ads

60 Minutes "Fluff" With Obama and Clinton

60 Minutes, CBS News: "The President and the Secretary of State" (watch the video)

David Bauder, AP: "Steve Kroft On '60 Minutes' Obama-Clinton Interview: The Request Came As A Surprise"

Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic: "Steve Kroft's Softball Obama Interviews Diminish '60 Minutes'"

Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast: "The Real '60 Minutes' Revelation"

CBS Does It to CNET Again

Tim Carmody, The Verge: "CNET forbidden from reviewing Aereo following CBS-Dish controversy"

Chad Sinclair, Daily Download: "CBS Continues to Block CNET From Committing Journalism"

Katy Bachman, AdWeek: "CBS' Hopper Award Knock Could Set Back Media Ownership Rules"

Tech or Biology to the Rescue?

Jeff John Roberts, Paid Content: "New York Times contest brings tech startups into its headquarters"

Mathew Ingram, Paid Content: "Can you automate political fact-checking in real time? Truth Teller is going to try"

Tanzina Vega, The New York Times: "Make Babies, Urges Saucy Public Radio Campaign"

Andrew Beaujon, Poynter.org: "Public radio's looooong-term strategy: Have more babies, listeners"

WBEZ on Facebook: "We want listeners tomorrow. Go make babies today."

Hyping and Slamming Super Bowl Ads

Mae Anderson, AP: "Super Bowl Advertisers Release Teasers"

Hulu AdZone

USA Today's Super Bowl Ad Meter

Huffington Post: "Volkswagen Super Bowl Ad Accused of Being Racist"

Really?

Julie Moos, Poynter.org: "More than 150 newsrooms want to be in NBC reality show"

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.