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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 |
Media
Tags: Betsy Rothstein, Fishbowl D.C.
Maddow to Media: Come Out of the Closetnew
Koppel blames journalism woes on cable TV, Maddow, Olbermann fight back.
Boston Phoenix |
Carly Carioli |
11-18-2010 |
Media
'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 |
Media
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.
Media Matters Wants You to Drop Fox Like It’s Hotnew
Days before the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert rallies, a bevy of advertisements for the campaign against Fox News Channel hit stations across the D.C. Metro system last night.
Washington City Paper |
Alex Baca |
10-26-2010 |
Media
It Didn't Start With Samnew
The story of the Tribune Company's decline is more nuanced than what you read in the New York Times.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
10-25-2010 |
Media
Rick Sanchez's Non-Triumphant Return to Twitternew
Rick Sanchez may be off the air, but he's back on the medium he truly loves: Twitter.
Miami New Times |
Kyle Munzenrieder |
10-20-2010 |
Media
How Important Editorial Decisions Are Madenew
The Oregonian’s editorial board last week endorsed John Kitzhaber for governor and filmed its discussion about this important decision.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
10-18-2010 |
Media
Tags: The Oregonian
Who Is Howard Kurtz and Why Shouldn't You Care?new
Kurtz's move to The Daily Beast matches up exactly with his shtick: schlocky, celebrity friendly, high poses, low plays, spotlight-hungry news-as-brand-building.
The Village Voice |
Foster Kamer |
10-06-2010 |
Media
"Opinionating" Is Cheapnew
The strange, poignant logic behind Mayhill Fowler's decision to quit blogging for HuffPo.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
10-05-2010 |
Media
Patch, the WalMart of News?new
AOL takes on longtime local bloggers with its hyperlocal news sites in Los Angeles.
L.A. Weekly |
Tibby Rothman |
09-30-2010 |
Media
Virginia Quarterly Review Editor Speaks Outnew
Breaking his silence after a staffer's suicide, Ted Genoways depicts pressures at VQR and answers the charge that he bullied Kevin Morrissey to death.
C-Ville Weekly |
Brendan Fitzgerald |
09-28-2010 |
Media
Censored in a Brave New Worldnew
Project Censored: The top 10 big stories the major news media didn't report in 2009.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rebecca Bowe |
09-16-2010 |
Media
Tags: Project Censored
Our Warriorsnew
The terminology we use to describe our soldiers reveals the gap between us.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
09-13-2010 |
Media
Tags: Military
Gazette Abdicates Its Rolenew
I was more saddened than shocked to open the Sept. 4 Gazette and see my old editorial page selling out its editorial independence in pursuit of one publisher's personal agenda.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Sean Paige |
09-09-2010 |
Media
Tags: Steve Pope, The Gazette
