Category: Journalism

When The Name Doesn’t Represent The Content…. Part 2 *UPDATE* Post Is Void!

UPDATE – Dan B came to the rescue. Thankfully, he wrote a nice post on the topic, so this post is mute. So, it’s March 26th, and the Supreme Court hear the arguments for the Prop 8 case concerning the legality and Constitutionality of same sex marriage. Guess which blog that has the name Gay [...]

The Hoax, And What It Shows About The Media, And Us.

By now you’ve all heard about the Manti Te’o hoax. Details so far are here. I’m not going to go into details about the hoax, as this is just breaking and I’m sure there is much more that will come out.  Here is the point I want to touch on. Within, and outside of the [...]

The Tyrant Makes His Move!!!!

It’s just like that movie 2016 warned us about!!!! Just Kidding. I don’t know what that movie warned us about as I never saw it. But I’m sure it had something to do with his evil socialist schemes! Just thought I’d use that headline to see if i can stir up some traffic. In the [...]

One Day At A Time….

Remember this guy? If you recall, after this went viral, Ted Williams was quickly hired by a media firm, and then, just as quickly, got into trouble due to an immediate relapse. For a while, it certainly looked like he was not going to make it. I’m very happy to see that, after the shock [...]

Friday January 4th, 2013 in Journalism, Life | No Comments »

Snow Fall! Journalism Success… And Fail!

Here is the latest web offering from the New York Times. It’s being touted as the future of web content, and will supplant blogs and newspapers as our source for information. Layout wise, it is impressive. But are they expecting us to want to read, or, for those of us wading in the blog-pool, produce, [...]

Monday December 24th, 2012 in Journalism, News Critique | No Comments »

Climate Crisis – A New One!

Well….  Someone has done it now! They’ve leaked the IPCC AR5 onto the interwebs! The IPCC is SHOCKED and saddened this kind of thing could possibly happen! I would post the statement they released concerning this matter, but, as a writer, one of my talents I’m told is my ability to make long drawn out [...]

Prepair For The Storm After The Storm.

Republicans…. Get ready for an onslaught of Romney quotes saying he wants to do away with FEMA… That it’s “immoral”. Here is an exchange from one of the debates: John King: “FEMA is about to run out of money, and there are some people who say do it on a case-by-case basis and some people [...]

Tuesday October 30th, 2012 in Journalism, Politics / Law Stuff | 2 Comments »

MSNBC = Obama Campaign.

As if their were any doubt. But I’m not saying it… Chris Mathews is! “Well, this, um… wasn’t an MSNBC debate, was it. It just wasn’t. It had none of the things you mentioned. It didn’t mention all the key fighting points of this campaign…” Fighting points???? Fighting against whom????? There is a hot debate [...]

Low Water Opportunities.

Headline: “Drought Sends Mississippi Into “Uncharted Territory” Um…. Since the water level is so low, this would be a GREAT time to fix some of those old dilapidated levees we’re rightly concerned about. I’m just saying. Share on Facebook

Wednesday August 15th, 2012 in In General, Journalism | No Comments »

Media FAIL… The Daily Beast Going Bust?

Looks like the Harmon family is divesting interest in NewsWeeks Daily Beast online blog. Barry Diller launched The Daily Beast under the auspices of former New Yorker and Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown in October 2008. The presence of Brown, coupled with an emphasis on political coverage that dovetailed with the election of U.S. President [...]