That's how former UPI reporter, now columnist, Helen Thomas has been described by someone whose job I would like to have. I generally don't read her columns, because they're mostly useless at best and a steaming pile of dung at worst. This week's column is somewhere in the middle -- it's useless crap. A tsunami […]
A degree from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism, that is. I understand it's a prestigious institution, but I'm having a hard time figuring out why -- especially after having read this comment by the school's dean regarding the New York Times' deal with Columbia University to slant its coverage. The dean of Columbia’s Graduate School […]
A commentor in this post, challenged me to make a correction. The Washington Post's Mike Allen reports today that the legal counsel to Republican Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida, was the author of the memo. Well, no correction from me -- basically because the gist of my post is still valid: If a reporter requests […]
Someone needs to remind The New York Times of the basics of Journalism 101. From today's Times corrections column: An article yesterday about the Arab Human Development report of the United Nations Development Program asserted that its release had been delayed by Bush administration pressure on the agency to change language critical of the United […]
Romenesko's MediaNews column published the following letter yesterday. From MATTHEW HOY, Metro designer, San Diego Union-Tribune: I don’t believe CJR’s dart should be aimed across campus, but directly at The New York Times. I’m never surprised by the efforts of some sources to shape news coverage, so Columbia University’s less-than-noble action could’ve been expected. If […]
Today's New York Times includes an "Editors' Note" atop the regular list of corrections, major and minor. A front-page article on Thursday described a report by a committee at Columbia University formed to investigate complaints that pro-Israel Jewish students were harassed by pro-Palestinian professors. The report found "no evidence of any statements made by the […]
I actually watched some local and network news before the NCAA national championship game came on, and I was a little surprised at a repeated formulation that kept coming up when discussing the late Pope John Paul II. The phrase was something along the lines that people loved the Pope, despite the fact that he […]
Pope John Paul II died today. Of course, it's not possible to not know this by now, it's been all over the Internet, radio and television. (I cannot concur with Michelle Malkin's outrage at the fact that CBS went ahead with airing the NCAA Men's Basketball national semifinals. The Pope died about 3 1/2 hours […]
You can't turn on the TV without seeing wall-to-wall coverage of Pope John Paul II's imminent demise. It was even on talk radio. Implementing a religious test for calling-in yesterday was Hugh Hewitt, who was only taking calls from Catholics who wanted to share what the pontiff meant to them. This sort of thing brings […]
say the dumbest things. Fox News' Greg Palkot, detailing the Pope's medical condition had the following analysis. If the heart goes, you're in real trouble. Thanks. Good to know. I'll file that away for future reference.