Archive for the ‘News Media’ Category
The New York Times is breathlessly covering the latest mysterious disappearance in the animal kingdom with an article entitled “Bats Perish and No One Knows Why.” Regular readers of the Times will have also noted that just two weeks ago, the Chinook Salmon Disappear[ed] Without a Trace as well. And of course, everyone knows about [...]
The non-profit Project for Excellence in Journalism has released its annual report on the state of the news media (h/t Think Progress). Its highly interesting findings include detailed analysis of the three major 24-hour cable news channels and what they do and do not cover. In its review of 2007, they find that MSNBC led [...]
Tom Curley, president of the Associated Press, gave a speech this week to the National Press Club accusing the US Government of arresting journalists in Iraq in order to “control information” rather than for any legitimate criminal reasons. He also criticized the Administration’s restrictions on the Freedom of Information Act and challenged the major Presidential [...]
A major focus of my interest is in things that are not being reported on by the so-called mainstream media. I have a close friend who refuses to give credence to any of my opinions or citations unless I can prove that it has been reported in the news section (not the op-ed section) of [...]
War is all the rage these days. We’re fighting the War in Iraq, the War in Afghanistan, and The War on Terror. We’re still fighting a War on Drugs, although we’ve been losing for thirty years, which has managed to put one out of every 100 Americans in prison. There’s even a War on Christmas, [...]
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