Category: Journalism

Snow Fall! Journalism Success… And Fail!

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

Media FAIL… The Daily Beast Going Bust?

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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 […]

The Hillary Rosen Kerfuffle!

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I’m sure you’ve all encountered some of the blow-back from the careless comments made by former RIAA lawyer Hillary Rosen about Ann Romney. If you haven’t hear the comments, here’s the video: In a conversation on Facebook, someone wrote this about the core of Rosen’s premise: “A stay at home mom, married to a billionaire, […]

The Eyes See What We Want Them To See – Keeping An Objective Mind.

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  On the George Zimmerman video that’s shuttling around the web. Both sides are using that to bolster their case, when, if looked at with a critical eye, it may not show what either side wants it to. The Pro-Zimmerman side says, if you look at one certain frame on the vid, it shows that […]

Thursday March 29th, 2012 in Journalism, News Critique | No Comments »

Dishonest Journalism – And Fact Check FAIL ( by me)

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Oooops! So, I woke up this morning, and while I was scanning the news, I saw this headline. CBO: Obamacare to cost $1.76 trillion over 10 yrs I scanned the short piece, and applied the usual safeguards: the meat of the article seemed plausible, there was a link to the CBO report, and the link […]

Wednesday March 14th, 2012 in Economics, Journalism, News Critique | No Comments »

Most Unexpected!

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Salt Lake City is the gayest city in America (with a caveat). There are, of course other things that are most unexpected…. PS. You only have to watch the first 4 seconds. The rest is just filler.

Tuesday January 10th, 2012 in Journalism, Life | No Comments »