Media

J-Slide

A depressingly accurate headline to an essay by author and actual journalist Sydney Schanberg: Internet Only One Factor in Journalism’s Slide Into the Superficial

July 18, 2010 | Posted in: Media | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Water soon to be not wet

Yes. Lying is now so acceptable that hot is not just cold, it’s the coldest evah. In three separate instances over two weeks, Sean Hannity [...]

November 25, 2009 | Posted in: Current Events, Media | Tags: global warming, science | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Really lame-O

Another Monday, another lame point/counterpoint in my Metro Daily Newspaper. This week, the debate is over whether Joe Wilson was out of line when he [...]

September 21, 2009 | Posted in: Newspapering | Tags: N&O | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Why bother?

I used to say that under M. Sill the target reader for the N&O became the lonely commuter. Now, I’m not sure what to make [...]

September 14, 2009 | Posted in: Newspapering | Tags: N&O | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Vanishing

In just a few short years my local metro daily has become tiny — the width is down, the sections collapsed or consolidated, ads have [...]

September 6, 2009 | Posted in: Newspapering | Tags: N&O | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Not necessarily the news

Dear Mr. Editor, I am not interested in the least whether or not Miss California keeps her and I certainly don’t need a teaser for [...]

May 12, 2009 | Posted in: Newspapering | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Tent of Freedom

Yes, what the hell does the biggest tent of all is the tent of freedom mean? Good golly.

April 28, 2009 | Posted in: 2010 Elections, Media, Politics | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Our nation’s discourse

Ruled by idiots. Perhaps this will help in the future. (Saw this live at IU and really dug it).

April 23, 2009 | Posted in: Media | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink