Shamelessly taken from Miranda Writes, journalism in six words:
Doing more with less since 1690
We’ll always have Paris … or Britney
It’s how I change the world.
Get it right, write it tight
They’ll miss us when we’re gone
Feed the watchdog, euthanize the lapdog
Who, what, when, where, why, Web
Facts, schmacts … how [...]
Via Boing Boing, something awesome:
I think it’s time I blogged a bit about work. I have always intended this space to be one in which I can write about what matters to me, but I’ve refrained from writing about this new job thus far for fear of the consequences. As you’ll see, this post will maintain some [...]
From Carrie Brownstein’s Monitor Mix, an excerpt from an interview Brownstein did with a producer from The Bachelor (yes, I know):
Q: What tricks or strategies does the show employ to amp up the drama and tension during the taping of the show?
A: Well, in the private one on one interviews with a producer (like me) [...]
Why don’t journalists everywhere publicly repudiate Fox News?
Inspired by this.
…or is that atheist? Either way, he’s got a point: The holier-than-thou game is counterproductive:
One of the more frustrating, futile, and self-aggrandizing rhetorical games is to tell people what their priorities should be. Nick Kristof has played this game in the past, chastising womens’ rights groups for not focusing their limited resources on [...]
“Sometimes, though, the professional outlook can become a disadvantage, preventing the very people who have the most at stake – the professionals themselves – from understanding major changes to their profession. In particular, when a profession has been created as the result of some scarcity, as with librarians or television programmers, the professionals are [...]
Crallspace points out that there’s a slight discrepancy in two stories covering the recent cancellation of jetboat races on the Willamette.
The races were cancelled, as far as I know, due to complaints and public outcry regarding the noise and pollution.
How the DH story explains the cancellation and opposition:
Gary Weaver of Crabtree, who serves on the [...]
From the New York Times:
In a major shift of policy, the Justice Department, once known for taking down giant corporations, including the accounting firm Arthur Andersen, has put off prosecuting more than 50 companies suspected of wrongdoing over the last three years.
Instead, many companies, from boutique outfits to immense corporations like American Express, have avoided [...]
I’ve been paying a lot of attention to politics and the media my entire adult life, and I still can’t believe this actually happened.
SHUSTER: Well, here’s the other thing that we saw on the tape, Chris, is that, when Obama went in, he was offered coffee, and he said, “I’ll have orange juice.”
MATTHEWS: No.
SHUSTER: He [...]
I had one long day today, but something pretty fun happened at the end of it: I got to have drinks and talk with Mark Rudd, formerly of Students for a Democratic Society.
Plenty of my friends were there, and the conversation was great. I’ve not the time or energy to rehash things now, [...]
Yes, that’s FUCK, in BIG FAT LETTERS.
What else do you say to this?
The exact circumstances surrounding the dealings between Haynes and Yoo that led to the development of this memorandum are unclear. However, it is clear that Haynes had previously authorized the use of the torture techniques, and had secured an order from Secretary of [...]
The National’s “Fake Empire,” off Boxer.
Eric Alterman has a great essay in The New Yorker. I’ve been meaning to blog about it for a week or more, but…. I just haven’t. Instead, I’m going to link and excerpt:
In a recent episode of “The Simpsons,” a cartoon version of Dan Rather introduced a debate panel featuring “Ron Lehar, a [...]
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