Paul TostoOn Wednesday, the publisher of the Blooming Prairie Times in southern Minnesota apologized for “inexcusable” plagiarism in columns by the paper’s managing editor, Jon Flatland, who “quickly and quietly left town” after being confronted. Small town ethics breach by a journalism neophyte? No. Flatland, a “former president of the North Dakota Newspaper Association and one-time Read more →
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From AdAge.com: The boycott against talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh has some unexpected beneficiaries: nonprofits getting more ad time on his show. The United Negro College Fund, Big Brothers Big Sisters and the American Heart Association are among the organizations that had ads air yesterday during Limbaugh’s program… Win McNamee/Getty Images Dozens of companies have pulled Read more →
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