AltWeeklies Wire
The New York Times Goes Slummingnew
"Class Matters" -- the New York Times’ epic inquiry into the widening economic divisions of the new millennium -- appears to be a well-intentioned effort to reckon with a serious social condition. However, the New York Times is in no position to deliver.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Lehmann |
06-02-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Smut Doctors Broadcast Filthy Radio to the Worldnew
Two reprobate strip-club disk jockeys interview up-and-coming stars in the adult-film industry for their live Monday evening Internet radio show.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
05-25-2005 |
Media
Activists Combat Corporate Media With Alternativesnew
As newspapers lose readers and consumption of mainstream media continues to decline, independent media -- often run by volunteers -- is sprouting all over America.
Illinois Times |
Joan Villa |
05-23-2005 |
Media
Poking the White Underbellynew
Meet the Air America Radio personality that has Rush Limbaugh asking, "Has anyone heard of Rachel Maddow?"
Valley Advocate |
Andrew Varnon |
05-19-2005 |
Media
Heart of Darthness: Confessions of a Former Skywalkernew
While most girls her age were playing house, writer Cathy Resmer played Star Wars. When kids from her neighborhood acted out scenes from the movies, she was always Luke.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
05-19-2005 |
Media
The Man Behind the Self-Cleansing Filmnew
Meet the Utah-based head of CleanFlicks.com: the man who claims to have started the whole DVD-sanitization craze among various Values Belt boobs.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
05-19-2005 |
Media
Newsweek's Not the Issue; U.S. Policy Isnew
Newsweek's screw-up is a gift to right-wingers looking to blame the media for Bush's foreign-policy failures.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
05-19-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Student Journalist Charged With Misdemeanor Riotingnew
Documenting some "action" outside a club for a class assignment resulted in Quincy Shannon's arrest. Police say he egged a fight on by videotaping it.
"If the Shoe Fits," "Welcome to America," and "Duke of Oil"new
AltWeeklies Award - News Story (1500 words or less)
High Decibel: Polls, Pets and Men Without Shirtsnew
The Gallup Poll turns 70 this year, and Frank Newport, the poll's editor-in-chief, says it's as relevant as ever. Just be wary of questions concerning your household pet.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
05-16-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Bad Timesnew
Where are the writings of the liberal media elite? In the pages of its purported flagship, The New York Times, all this critic finds are namby-pamby and naive centrists slumming for cred.
Cable News Networks Love White Chicksnew
This country is crazy about white chicks, especially when they've been kidnapped, ravaged or killed. But what about the black 16-year-old who disappeared on her way to class?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
05-12-2005 |
Media
The Next Great Indecency Threatnew
The religious right (and a few liberals) already have broadcasters on the run. Coming up: Cable, satellite, and -- just possibly -- the Internet.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
05-12-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Strike at SF Chronicle Seems Unlikelynew
With labor contracts up in July, the paper's labor unions face a near-impossible task: maintaining some of the best contracts in the industry in the teeth of one of the worst newspaper slumps anywhere.
New SF Chonicle Publisher Takes On Staffing Issuesnew
Frank Vega has been cast as a villain, but he may be just what the Hearst empire needs to defeat the dark forces of the new economy.
