AltWeeklies Wire
Can This Election Season's News Coverage Get Any Dumber?new
It's cheaper and easier to talk about the ravings of some South Side Chicago preacher than it is to discuss the economic reasons why lifting the gas tax for a month would only cause consumers to see pennies while the oil companies rake in billions. Stupid sells. Policy doesn't.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
05-13-2008 |
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Al Jazeera English Could Change The Way You See The Worldnew
That is, if you ever get to watch it. Because even though it has a large and active bureau in Washington, and it's available in most other English-speaking nations in the world outside of North America, no major cable or satellite carriers in the United States includes the channel.
Baltimore City Paper |
Erin Sullivan |
05-13-2008 |
Media
Burlington Telecom to Dump Al Jazeeranew
Community outcry has forced Burlington Telecom to pull the Arab news network's English-language broadcast from its programming.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
05-12-2008 |
Media
How Seriously Should We Take Rush Limbaugh's Fantasies of Riots in Denver?new
Anyone who dismisses the syndicated talk-show host as a credibility-free joke does so at his own peril. Although he's embarrassed and contradicted himself plenty of times during recent years, he still attracts an audience estimated at 13.5 million people per week.
In the World of Fair Housing, 'Discrimination' is in the Eye of the Beholdernew
Neither the courts nor the federal government have provided publications with clear, specific and comprehensive guidelines for what constitutes discriminatory advertising. As a result, many newspapers don't realize they're breaking the law until it's too late.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
05-05-2008 |
Media
Kidnapped Journalist Talks About His Ordealnew
The BBC's Alan Johnston refused to cover the Mideast conflict from comfort of a hotel, and was kept in a three-month captivity as a result.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Wheeler |
05-02-2008 |
Media
Panicked Newspapers Seek Salvation ... Will Madison's Capital Times Find it on the Web?new
Good luck, Cap Times. You'll need it. Converting from a six-day-a-week paid paper to an online news site is like jumping from a very high cliff into a very deep and mysterious pool.
4,000 Illegal Billboards Choke L.A.'s Neighborhoodsnew
The mayor and Los Angeles City Council have let the billboard industry flout the law -- in this case, a flat-out 2002 ban on new billboards -- so openly that activists in other big cities laugh out loud when they hear the latest tales.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
04-25-2008 |
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Net Neutrality: World War Webnew
The era of an open, egalitarian and transparent internet could soon come to a screeching halt in America -- unless we fight back.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Univ. of Colorado's 'Campus Press' Fights for Independencenew
A contentious faculty meeting points to independence for Boulder's student newspaper -- but at what cost?
The Biggest Fuck-Up in the History of Mainstream Media Hip-Hop Coveragenew
The Los Angeles Times royally screwed up a big story about Tupac's 1994 robbery and shooting. What else did it get wrong?
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
04-10-2008 |
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Deconstructing the DNA of a Pulitzer Finalistnew
Critics raise questions regarding an impressive Denver Post series shortly after it's named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Testing the Right to Rantnew
As a developer sues neighborhood activists for defamation, a new law protecting citizen journalism gets its first day in court.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
04-07-2008 |
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CBS and Clear Channel Lose Billboard Secrecy Bidnew
The judge says L.A.'s thousands of billboards are hardly a "trade secret."
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
04-04-2008 |
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Perez Hilton Picks a Fightnew
Can a "crazy, flamboyant dork" from Miami find happiness as a Hollywood mudslinger?
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
03-31-2008 |
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