Is it the job of a news organization to change behavior?
Boston Rob: important. Civil war in Ivory Coast: not so much.
View ArticleSocial media and the duty to correct inaccurate information
I for one like to receive corrections of fact. (Corrections of opinion, not so much...)
View ArticleGrimm Tidings
I would have noted these earlier save that I didn't want to get in trouble with King Features Syndicate.
View ArticleRegret the Error
It seems that the three examples I cited have some factors in common. The lowered standards are a function of cost-cutting, doing it fast, and a different ethos of publishing than what existed in the...
View ArticleWhere Do You Get Your News?
I do record the ABC evening program, but fast forward through more and more of it.
View ArticlePicking columnists like one picks comic strips
For me, I enjoy the balance of commentary.
View ArticleFox News Explains Why Presidents Can’t Control Gas Prices
And FOX News is right! From HERE.
View ArticleDo you want to know a secret? Secrecy News: a favorite source
Congress has declined to make...most other CRS reports available online, and has directed CRS not to release them to public requesters.
View ArticleGingrich disingenuous in his criticism of Obama re Rayvon Martin
I certainly got "The Talk". Or more correctly, my sisters and I got a series of messages, spoken and unspoken, about the way to speak, how to address authority figures such as the police, where to be...
View ArticleChuck Schumer should can the Yenta/Michael Scott schtick
Chuck Schumer seems like an intelligent sort. But even bright guys can have blinders, as he surely does in staff relations.
View ArticleLove and cheating, and what I don’t understand
There's something about failing in small things that might well be a projection of failing in more substantial things. Or not.
View ArticleDOMA is only partially dead
So many complain, rightly, of an uninformed, or ill-informed, public, so the informers ought to get it right.
View ArticleWalking 133 miles for justice
Lynne Jackson is walking, with other supporters, to demand justice for Yassin Aref.
View ArticlePlease don’t sue me, Mr. Faulkner!
The court also stated 'how Hollywood’s flattering and artful use of literary allusion is a point of litigation, not celebration, is beyond this court’s comprehension.'"
View ArticleGood news from bad #2
I’m going to try again to show how bad news can be seen as good news. The first is a historical piece in honor of the day. The bad news: After [Martin Luther] King’s house was bombed in 1956, the...
View ArticleEver get quoted in the paper and not recognize yourself?
Dan Van Riper said, "The Hearst Rag LIED. She clearly told them we are paying less and getting more coverage..."
View ArticleThe Kitty Genovese narrative debunked
Read the New Yorker article about the 1964 Kitty Genovese murder, and you will recognize that the New York Times story of the time had done a grand disservice to our views of the cities, especially NYC.
View ArticleThe JCC ticks off many with its “retro” membership ad
if I had made such a mistake, and received as much negative feed back as the JCC has from the community, I would most certainly immediately remove the sign and end the campaign, not justify and defend...
View ArticleVery bad news, but wear your floppy hats
Elaine Stritch was, as they used to say, a pistol.
View ArticleDavid Brickman’s return to blogging about art
David Brickman has brought back his Get Visual blog,
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