AltWeeklies Wire
Rightbloggers Denounce the Wealthy, Treasonous Schoolteachers of Wisconsinnew
The effort by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the Republican-led state legislature to deprive the state's teachers of collective bargaining rights was catnip to rightbloggers last week. This is because it involves two of their traditional objects of hatred: Unions and public education.
The Village Voice |
Roy Edroso |
02-22-2011 |
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Remembering Clif Garbodennew
The life and times of an alternative-media true believer.
Boston Phoenix |
Boston Phoenix Staff & Contributors |
02-18-2011 |
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Borders is Bankrupt. Will Books Survive?
The next time you walk past the empty ghost store where your local Borders used to be, you may ask yourself: Are we becoming a post-literate society?
Off the Press! My Life and Good Times in Alternative Journalismnew
Written in 2006 for the 40th anniversary of the Boston Phoenix. Alt-weekly veteran Clif Garboden passed away on Feb. 10, 2011.
Boston Phoenix |
Clif Garboden |
02-11-2011 |
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Tags: Clif Garboden
Bully Pulpitnew
Why a sports owner's lawsuit matters.
Washington City Paper |
Michael Schaffer |
02-10-2011 |
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Nikki Finke vs. The Dailynew
Rupert Murdoch's new iPad newspaper, The Daily, claims to have a new exclusive: A photo of fearsome Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke.
The Village Voice |
Joe Coscarelli |
02-09-2011 |
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Snyder Suesnew
It's Super Bowl week, but instead of preparing to take on the AFC champions, Dan Snyder is taking on a newspaper article. Several months after he was the subject of a Washington City Paper cover story, the owner of the Redskins has filed suit.
Washington City Paper |
Michael Schaffer |
02-03-2011 |
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Should Sportswriters be Allowed to Gamble on Sports?new
Financial reporters aren't allowed to buy stock in companies they cover. Political reporters often go so far as to not vote in order to keep their claims of objectivity legitimate. But many sports reporters -- gatekeepers of all the juicy tidbits that could sway public opinion on a game, either in Vegas or with a local bookmaker -- think nothing of placing a wager themselves.
Boston Phoenix |
Sean Kerrigan |
02-03-2011 |
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Hell to the Chiefnew
The new editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland faces mixed reviews and an uphill battle.
Cleveland Scene |
Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs |
01-20-2011 |
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Tags: Debra Adam Simmons, Plain Dealer
The Gift of Gabbynew
A former Tucson Weekly writer reminisces on covering Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
01-13-2011 |
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Tags: Gabrielle Giffords
WikiLeaks Betrayed by Amazon, Visa, Mastercard--and Worst of All, the Medianew
The outrageous behavior of Amazon, Visa, Mastercard and PayPal directed at WikiLeaks represents a much greater threat to America than any of the alleged security breaches from Julian Assange.
The Village Voice |
Michael Lacey |
12-14-2010 |
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Who is the Media Person of the Year?new
An entire media panel opted to stay seated in a room in a building that may or may not have been on fire instead of getting up to leave. This media discussion going up in flames is a completely and utterly apt metaphor for something about the content and state of these kinds of discussions.
The Village Voice |
Foster Kamer |
12-07-2010 |
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Fish In A Barrelnew
Betsy Rothstein's Fishbowl D.C. is the gossip column the beltway media deserves.
Washington City Paper |
Moe Tkacik |
12-02-2010 |
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Tags: Betsy Rothstein, Fishbowl D.C.
'Burbs or Bustnew
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has left Atlanta -- literally and figuratively -- in its quest for suburban readers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
11-18-2010 |
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Tags: AJC, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
21st Century Situationists
Framed inaccurately by the press, The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear is best understood as a contemporary extension of the French Situationist movement of the ’60s, a mass inversion of rhetorical logic, meant to break the spectator’s passivity toward the spectacle and turn the obscuring force of mass media back on itself. Using pop cultural references and superficial Internet memes like the double-rainbow guy and “Hide ya kids, hide ya wife...” in the context of a once-powerful political forum was a Dadaist attempt to wipe the slate clean, to rise above the fruitless tit-for-tat schoolyard shouting match to which our political discourse has been reduced by the 24-hour news cycle and corporate spin-doctoring.
