{"id":1397,"date":"2009-07-04T10:32:32","date_gmt":"2009-07-04T15:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2019-02-20T11:52:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T16:52:23","slug":"todays-blog-roundup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/04\/todays-blog-roundup-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s watchdog blog roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sxf90TXThY8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What others are saying about watchdog <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/tag\/journalism\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"journalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">journalism<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Associated-Press-How-to-do-watchdog-journalism-YouTube.png\" alt=\"Associated Press  How to do watchdog journalism - YouTube\" width=\"250\" height=\"156\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11405\" \/><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180302165628\/https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/investigates\/\">Austin American Statesman<\/a>: A new Web page of investigative reports.<\/li>\n<li>Scottberkun.com: How to detect bullshit. 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