There's been a lot of outrage in the blogosphere over the past few days as industrious, investigative bloggers discovered that all six of CNN's "undecided voters" weren't your average, everyday politically disinterested citizens. In a nutshell, CNN's six "undecided voters" were: A Democratic Party bigwig An antiwar activist A Union official An Islamic leader A […]
After reading this report, I just can't believe that radio talk show host and former head of the California Democratic Party said this: Liberals, such as radio host Bill Press, say it's only fair for government to rein in right-wing broadcasters who dominate the airwaves licensed by the government. "Conservatives rule talk radio," Press said. […]
There's an old warning to those who would take on newspapers cautioning them against going after a business that buys ink by the barrel. Nowadays that isn't even accurate; newspapers buy ink by the tanker truck. But if there's one thing true about the Internet and the proliferation of cheap, easy-to-use publishing tools it's that […]
Today's New York Times has an article on the meetings President Bush commonly has with the families of those who have lost loved ones in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since this is the Times, it's no Veterans Day weekend puff piece. The head of a group of about 100 anti-war military families complains […]
The San Diego Union-Tribune is running a series of articles on various members of the military in honor of Veterans Day. I encourage you to check out this article, with video, of Marine Gunnery Sgt. Nick Popaditch (retired). Popaditch achieved a measure of fame when he was photographed smoking a cigar as a statue of […]
Don't look good. When will newspapers figure out the new media paradigm? No sign of it happening yet. Good news? I'm still employed.
The media is biased. Yeah, you didn't need me to tell you that, but earlier this week the Project for Excellence in Journalism out of Harvard University released its first study on the 2008 presidential election coverage for Jan.-May 2007. It just doesn't feel right writing that. This super-early primary stuff is getting on my […]
It takes some real doing to make the way The New Republic handles questions about its stories look journalistically responsible. It's a bar that the Los Angeles Times has cleared with ease. The other day I published a link-filled post about a report in the Times by media writer Tim Rutten on the TNR-Beauchamp affair […]
Longtime Los Angeles Times media writer David Shaw must be spinning in his grave after his successor Tim Rutten and his "four levels of editors" let this mistake-filled piece run in the paper last Saturday. Bob Owens, who has owned this story, goes through the mistakes here. Patterico has been e-mailing the Times public editor, […]
Armed Liberal over at WindsofChange.net has an excellent fisking of The New Republic's explanation of why it has been less than forthcoming the Scott Thomas Beauchamp affair.