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Prison Crisis: Will California Spend More on Jails Than Universities?

Sasha Abramsky, In These Times. October 23, 2007.

As the number of prisoners in California prisons explodes, the state may soon spend more locking up its citizens than on public university education.

Media Corrections We’d Like to See

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. July 24, 2007.

One aspect of news media that needs a different paradigm is the correction ritual. Newspapers are sometimes willing to acknowledge faulty reporting, but the "correction box" is routinely inadequate.

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