For about eight years I've had my name on the SPJ-L list. Back in the mid-90s the list served as a forum for advice on the craft of journalism, job opportunities and general advice. Starting about the time of the 2000 presidential election, however, the listserv became little more than a collection of conspiracy theories, […]
The media has gotten a ton of criticism (much of it deserved) for injecting the prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison into everything from theater reviews to food columns. The Union-Tribune's Gina Lubrano steps up and acknowledges that, at least in one case, the reference was inappropriate. After seeing the story, White, who was […]
But if these losers are American, then the fourth estate has much more serious things to worry about than Jayson Blair.
The Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal continues to consume journalists everywhere -- even at the San Diego Union-Tribune. Today's A1 has an article by Finlay Lewis of the Copley News Service (the U-T is the Copley Press' flagship paper) on President Bush's trip to Europe for the D-Day comemmoration. The second paragraph: Long a target […]
Former New York Times editor Howell Raines has a piece in tomorrow's left-wing Guardian newspaper taking Sen. John Kerry to task for not running a competent campaign. Let's set Raines' arguments aside for a moment and focus on one throwaway statement. As America's first war-hero candidate since John F. Kennedy, he ought to be leading […]
The liberal radio network is apparently making some of its payroll. Al Franken is not being paid.
Feel free to think. All you want. In a crowd. It's much safer than smoking. Smoking More Hazardous than Thought
Today Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gave a speech at the West Point graduation ceremony. The Associated Press lead paragraph: Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, making no mention of the prisoner-abuse scandal that has led to calls for his ouster, told a cheering crowd of graduating cadets Saturday that they will help win the global […]
Slate's one-trick pony, Jacob Weisberg, author of their "Bushisms" feature has stuck his foot in it again. "I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein."—Washington, D.C., May 25, 2004 As Eugene Volokh notes, and anyone who had been following the story would know, […]