AltWeeklies Wire
Power of the Paparazzinew
Wolf Blitzer and Co. are but one rung higher than TMZ in the devolution of the media.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
David Ehrenstein |
03-07-2008 |
Commentary
'Now I'll Be Famous'new
Big dreams and heinous acts at an Omaha mall.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
12-14-2007 |
Commentary
That '60s-'70s-'80s Shownew
Will the nostalgia industry package the bad times?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
10-19-2007 |
Commentary
For What It's Worthnew
The 40-year anniversary of the Summer of Love finds L.A. -- and America -- still looking for peace and understanding.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
06-08-2007 |
Commentary
Let's Not Go Nuclearnew
Nuclear energy is indeed a clean fuel -- right until the moment something goes terribly wrong.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Editorial |
06-08-2007 |
Commentary
The LAPD's Clampdownnew
What happened at the close of immigration rights protests in Los Angeles this week was an unfortunate smear on a department that has shown great improvement in recent years, but it was also an insult to the constitutional rights these same police are sworn to protect.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Editorial |
05-04-2007 |
Commentary
Is That A Pistol in Your Pocket?new
The motives behind suicide, not slaughter, is where the attention to the Virginia Tech gunman should point.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
05-04-2007 |
Commentary
School and Workplace Shootings Are All Remarkably Similarnew
And little is done to correct the conditions that bring them on.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
04-20-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: shooting, virginia tech
Anna Nicole Smith & the Rise of the Mindless Attention-Grabnew
Smith's sorry stations of celebrity was summed up by a totally coincidental, three-part media arc that gratuitously occurred over the last couple of weeks.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
02-23-2007 |
Commentary
The All-Seeing Eyenew
In the hanging of Saddam Hussein, propaganda was betrayed by the ubiquitous miniature recording device, something that will happen with increasing regularity from here on out.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
01-12-2007 |
Commentary
Peddling Patriotismnew
National pride is a marketing tool for "America!" the catalog.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
06-02-2006 |
Commentary
Choosing Sciencenew
This week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors delivered an important victory for medicine in defiance of the Bush administration's War on Science.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Editorial |
05-12-2006 |
Commentary
Freedom Isn't Insult-Freenew
Even those of us who already think fundamentalism is capable of anything find it hard to accept the Islamic fury over those Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
02-17-2006 |
Commentary
Jesus Is Hot!new
The self-righteous demand control of Jesus' image, even as they distort his teachings to conform to far more earthly ideals, using his words of inclusion to exclude.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
01-20-2006 |
Commentary
Harbor Safety Measures Don't End Vulnerabilitynew
Radiation detection portals are being set up in the Los Angeles and Long Beach harbor area, but that's not enough to protect the twin ports from deadly shipments.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
08-02-2005 |
Commentary
