Alas, a Blog - honest Miranda warnings;

Avedon's Sideshow - it's been a bad week for celebrities;

Darwinfish2 - mid-year meme dump;

PressThink (Jay Rosen) - former politics editor says press is failing our democracy;

Rick Perlstein - the independent media hustle (TPM edition).

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