I realized that it's very easy to sit here at my computer, read an article and find 20 holes in it - just like it's easy to sit in the backseat of a car and tell the driver he or she is speeding, or should have stopped sooner. Does that … [Read more...]
Rave: Frontline “News War”
Speaking of PBS, make time for the latest edition of Frontline.In a four-part special series, News War, FRONTLINE examines the political, cultural, legal, and economic forces challenging the news media today and how the press has reacted in … [Read more...]
By the way,
in case you were still unclear on this, Bill Donohue is a truly repulsive human being.Check it out.This really isn't about whether Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwen should or should not have been hired or fired by the Edwards … [Read more...]
Czech Spy in Rockport
Having to endure the cacaphony of Anna Nicole Smith blurbs I switch off the TV and turn to the internet for far more constructive stuff.Since we are well on our way to nuking Iran I wipped out the credit card and did … [Read more...]
“Beat the Press”: the larger point
Dan Kennedy snarks thusly about BeatThePressGate:The bloggers seem to be notably unflustered about Carroll's larger point, which is that some of them (not BMG) are on the take from political campaigns, and some of them don't bother to … [Read more...]
“Beat the Press” update
Our little Boston-area brouhaha over Beat the Press's take on political blogging has gone national, at least in blogworld. Kos, Atrios, Crooks & Liars, and American Prospect (both Tapped and Horses Mouth) have all front-paged the … [Read more...]