Clik here to view.
Moonves calls Rather’s remarks sexist, but who’s the real sexist here?
So, CBS CEO Les Moonves thinks Dan Rather’s comments about Katie Couric are sexist, huh? CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves shot back at former CBS news anchor Dan Rather today, saying remarks...
View ArticleClik here to view.
S&R Poll: the press and trust
The results of the latest S&R poll are in. Readers were asked “Which major press entity do you regard as the most credible source of news?” 1. Other/None of the above (70) 2. BBC (64) 3. PBS (39)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Our latest tragic shooting: who's to blame?
Another church shooting, this time in Knoxville. By now you’ve probably read the accounts and know that the shooter, Jim Adkisson, was motivated by, among other things, an apparent hatred of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why American media has such a signal-to-noise problem, pt. 2
Part 2 of a series; Previously: What Bell Labs and French Intellectuals Can Tell Us About Cronkite and Couric The Signal-to-Noise Journey of American Media The 20th Century represented a Golden Age of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nota Bene #86: Blog Post Go Boom
I learned something new today. Just wish I could remember what it was. Ah well, here’s something new for you: the latest issue of Nota Bene. Enjoy! … Herschel Walker, ass kicker … It’s not only greed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Today at 11 EST: the most important story in the entire world, live
Finally, after all these months, Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods is going to apologize. To you, to me, and to all the other people around the world that he cheated on. I know, I know, it’s not really his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nota Bene #105: The Illustrated Dick
“When all you are becomes defined as the amount of information traceable to you, what are we then? What have we become, in a world where there is no separation, no door, no filter beyond which we can...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Remembering Andy Rooney. Moving on.
Andy Rooney is dead. When Kurt Cobain died in 1994 Rooney launched perhaps his most infamous rant. From the Wikipedia summary: “I’d love to relieve the pain you’re going through by switching my age for...
View ArticleJournalism’s new (not really) vehicle for delivering news — email newsletters
I don’t read The Washington Post any more. I don’t see a hard copy. I don’t go prowling around its website. Instead, I read four of its newsletters delivered by email every […]
View ArticlePolice state media: does CBS know what “misdemeanor” means?
At the time Rose was executed in the street by unaccountable violent police state power, the crime in which he was in commission was the crime of…fleeing. He was fleeing. I really […]
View Article
