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ON THE MEDIA: This week

Media mistakes of 2011 and predictions for 2012.
North Korea's Forays Into Photoshop

Why did North Korea make seemingly arbitrary changes to crowd photos at Kim Jong-Il's funeral?
Brooke Gladstone Remembers Christopher Hitchens

Brooke's Tribute to Christopher Hitchens who died Thursday, December 15th.
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Honor Among Thieves

So you're thinking of cracking down on copyright thieves and you're worried about looking like a hypocrite? Know thyself ...

December 30, 2011

Regret the Error 2011
Predictions of a Newsosaur
The Thorny World of Online Comments
How to Create An Engaging Comments Section
Hellhounds On My Trail
State-Owned Media in South Africa
Political Satire in South Africa

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In Pennsylvania, a 45-year-old factory worker was charged with disorderly conduct (and fired) after placing an obituary for his living mother so he could take three days off from work. (Hey, we’ve all been there, right?)

The death of Tarzan’s Cheetah at a Florida roadside zoo was “too good to check,” as journalists like to put it—especially during a holiday week.

-Jack Shafer on the death of a chimpanzee that allegedly appeared in the Tarzan movies of the 1940's