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CNN suspends Martin for homophobic tweets:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/post/cnns-roland-martin-suspended-for-homophobic-tweets/2012/02/08/gIQA3F8OzQ_blog.html

Poynter Institute: what journalists need to know about libelous tweets:

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/141987/what-journalists-need-to-know-about-libelous-tweets/

AP’s guide to using social media:

http://www.ap.org/pages/about/pressreleases/pr_110311b.html

SocialMediaGuidelinesNov.2011

http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/can-you-name-this-cluster-bomb/?smid=tw-nytimes

http://bit.ly/xYqHoa

Faced with closure, the estimated $150,000 that the Premont, Tex., school district would spend during the next year on spring and fall sports, including football, could no longer be justified. http://nyti.ms/A0Xrtp

Mitt Romney would rank anoong the richest presidents ever – USAToday

http://usat.ly/xlhVhi

Slow Freedom of Information answers a shade on window into Washington – NYTimes

http://nyti.ms/A0pRE8

Texas Senate committees push boundaries on social media – Statesman

http://bit.ly/z9tqHP

Faced with closure, the estimated $150,000 that the Premont, Tex., school district would spend during the next year on spring and fall sports, including football, could no longer be justified.

http://nyti.ms/A0Xrtp

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/01/25/us/AP-US-Police-Discrimination-Conn.html?hp

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The mayor of a Connecticut community roiled by allegations of police discrimination against Hispanics is under fire for saying he “might have tacos” as a way to do something for those minorities.

East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo initially defended his response Tuesday to a reporter’s question and said it was being unfairly twisted. He later apologized, saying he’d had a long day of interviews after the FBI arrested four of his town’s police officers on charges of depriving Latinos of their constitutional rights.

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/160370/how-onward-state-evolved-from-online-coffee-house-to-breaking-news/

Let’s talk about this online Penn State news site that rejects “sacred journalism traditions, quaint rituals like editing, striving for objectivity, and verifying rumors before publication.”

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/160280/college-news-site-that-misreported-joe-paterno-death-heralded-as-future-of-student-media/

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