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A “PS” on AmberPaw vs. Howie Carr
Here is my original "Open Letter to Howie Carr" http://bluemassgroup.com/s... with all of your comments. I note that the "Brave Howie Carr" never to this day has contacted me, asked permission to quote me, or checked any of his … [Read more...]
Associated Pric – I Mean Press
The AP's clamping down on writers using AP content on their blogs. Well, "clamping down" is putting it conservatively, I'd go as far as to say they're trying to stop blog quoting altogether. Basically, they're trying to bully blogs … [Read more...]
Op Ed by Elizabeth Edwards calling for real coverage by the MSM in the NYT #6 on the hits parade
As Elizabeth herself says: FOR the last month, news media attention was focused on Pennsylvania and its Democratic primary. Given the gargantuan effort, what did we learn? Well, the rancor of the campaign was covered. The amount of money … [Read more...]
Big Democrats & The National Media
See also Greg Sargent. … [Read more...]
Keller: If it’s not true, at least it’s a good story
If you can't check Keller's work, how do you know you can trust him? The absence of annotation unfortunately and perhaps unnecessarily puts the whole book straight into the category of "Bullshit", as defined by Harry … [Read more...]
The money *is* the story.
Now, I think any sensible reading of any poll or any financial report in the MA-05 race would say that Tsongas will be very tough to beat. That being said, what was up with 'BUR's Fred Thys' report for All Things Considered on the race? It … [Read more...]
Journalists Lean Left
I've always known that the vast majority of mass media tilts decidedly to the left. Sort of like university professors. But people on the left will claim the opposite, esp. regarding Iraq war coverage. And the absolutely … [Read more...]
Battenfeld’s hackery
Get ready for the faked-up backlash to Patrick's decision to refuse "abstinence only" education funds: Fox25's Joe Battenfeld just did an absolute hatchet-job on the Governor, deliberately conflating teaching "abstinence" in a comprehensive … [Read more...]
Reporters blowing smoke
For your consideration, a quote:The Globe reporter, in short, saw something that did arguably raise questions. She looked into it. She found nothing. Then rather than printing nothing -- since, after all, that's what she found -- she … [Read more...]