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Was Chem Co.'s 'Secret Dossier' on Reporter Danielle Ivory a Sneak Attack or Predictable?

By Rick Anderson Wed., Feb. 8 2012 at 8:00 AM
Categories: Media

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​It wasn't the first time, nor the last time that a reporter investigating a large corporation was, in turn, investigated by the corporation. But it was Danielle Ivory's time, and while a lengthy report yesterday on how chemical giant Syngenta compiled a "secret dossier" on the Pullman-born Ivory may have rattled some journalists, others think such snooping comes with the territory.

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'Happy Potter,' in the 'First Lady's Box,' and Other Typographical Errors to Remember

By Rick Anderson Fri., Feb. 3 2012 at 8:03 AM
Categories: Media

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​Charles Apple's blog on the American Copy Editors Society website keeps track of, among other things, newspaper typos and assorted screwups, such as the one to the right from the Seattle Times - "I'm sure somebody in Seattle is unharry about this one!" he says. But the Times is in good company on Apple's offender list, joining the New York Times, Washington Post, and Time magazine, among many.

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American Copy Editors Society, Charles Apple, Seattle Times, The Oregonian
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Real Estate

David Fennell, Once Suspended Lawyer with Foreclosure Trustee, Now Accused of Over-Billing

By Nina Shapiro Fri., Jan. 27 2012 at 7:00 AM
Categories: Media, Real Estate

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​As if the foreclosure crisis hadn't generated enough distrust of the real estate industry, now comes another scandal. A complaint filed with the Oregon State Bar accuses an executive of Bellevue-based Northwest Trustee Services--a huge operation that has implemented a quarter million foreclosures--with over-billing clients.

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Capitol Hill Times, David Fennell, foreclosure, Foreclosure Expeditor/Initiators, foreclosure trustees, Michael Dillard, Northwest Trustee Services, Rim Publications, Western Communications
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David Horsey Already Hitting His Stride in LA, Thanks in Part to 'Freaked Out' Rush Limbaugh

By Rick Anderson Tue., Jan. 17 2012 at 8:00 AM
Categories: Media

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​Longtime P-I cartoonist David Horsey has been writing and drawing for just over a week now in his new job at the Los Angeles Times and appears to already have a legion of SoCal liberals in tow and at least a few Orange County Tea Partiers demanding that his pencil be ceremoniously broken. A cartoon and column last week on Rush Limbaugh and Mitt Romney particularly grieved the rightwingnuts and soothed the local lefties, drawing 2,600 Shares and more than 450 spirited comments. Not a bad start.

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David Horsey, LA Times, Mitt Romney, P-I, Rush Limbaugh
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David Horsey Draws His Dream Job: Work for The Los Angeles Times While Living in Seattle

By Rick Anderson Thu., Dec. 22 2011 at 10:35 AM
Categories: Media

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​So when he accepted the job at The Los Angeles Times the other day, longtime Seattle Post-Intelligencer Cartoonist David Horsey said to his new bosses, "If you need me to move down there, I will." They said naw, that's fine, you can stay in Seattle and work from there. "Well," Horsey said, "how about in the winter months then?"

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Art Thiel, David Horsey, Journal-American, Los Angeles Times, P-I, Russ Stanton
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UK Daily Mail Excoriated by British Media Board for Posting Fake Amanda Knox Story

By Curtis Cartier Mon., Dec. 12 2011 at 2:36 PM
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​For about 30 minutes on Oct. 3, British tabloid Daily Mail carried an utterly fictitious article, headlined "Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder conviction is rejected." That 30 minutes was enough for Seattle Weekly's own Jon Walczak to notice and call the paper out. And now, a UK-based media-watch organization has done the same.

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Law & Courts

Crystal Cox Blogger Case Sets a Terrible Precedent with a Correct Ruling

By Curtis Cartier Mon., Dec. 12 2011 at 7:00 AM
Categories: Law & Courts, Media

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​U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez' ruling that blogger Crystal Cox's isn't a journalist and therefore doesn't qualify for media shield-law protection should be overturned as quickly as possible--but not because the the judge's ruling was wrong.

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Crystal Cox, Kevin Padrick, Marco Hernandez, media shield law, Obsidian Finance Group
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Kevin Padrick, Defamed Attorney, Responds to Crystal Cox 'Blogger-Isn't-Journalist' Story

By Curtis Cartier Wed., Dec. 7 2011 at 3:54 PM
Categories: Law & Courts, Media

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​A federal judge's ruling that bloggers are not journalists has created a huge stir in the news and legal world since we broke the story yesterday. But behind the legal distinction is a man who quite successfully proved that he had been defamed by a blogger. That man responded to the story today.

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blogger law, blogger not journalist, Crystal Cox, Kevin Padrick, Obsidian Finance Group, www.industrywhistleblower.com, www.judicialhellhole.com, www.obsidianfinancesucks.com
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Unlike Oregon, Bloggers Are Journalists in Washington State, Do Qualify for Legal Protections

By Curtis Cartier Tue., Dec. 6 2011 at 12:00 PM
Categories: Law & Courts, Media

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​This morning we told you about the troubling case of Crystal Cox, the Oregon blogger who was successfully sued for defamation, thanks in part to a federal court ruling that she isn't a "journalist" and therefore doesn't qualify for the state's media shield laws. Now, the man who wrote the shield laws in Washington state has weighed in on whether such a ruling would fly here.

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Crystal Cox, Oregon Blogger, Isn't a Journalist, Concludes U.S. Court--Imposes $2.5 Million Judgement on Her

By Curtis Cartier Tue., Dec. 6 2011 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Law & Courts, Media

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​A U.S. District Court judge in Portland has drawn a line in the sand between "journalist" and "blogger." And for Crystal Cox, a woman on the latter end of that comparison, the distinction has cost her $2.5 million.

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