{"id":2572,"date":"2009-01-11T18:19:51","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T01:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2009-01-11T18:19:51","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T01:19:51","slug":"newsletter-476-preview-apple-confronts-yellow-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2009\/01\/newsletter-476-preview-apple-confronts-yellow-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #476 Preview: Apple Confronts Yellow Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, you had two fundamental classes of journalists. 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There's more than meets the eye!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2009\/01\/newsletter-issue-476\/#journalism\">Story continued in this week&#8217;s Tech Night Owl Newsletter.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, you had two fundamental classes of journalists. One group worked for regular newspapers or broadcast facilities, plying their trade; the others were employed by the supermarket tabloids, offering up gossip, real and otherwise, about various and sundry celebrities, political figures and notables from the business world. 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