It’s Their Fault

Let’s look at how the Times screws up its portrayal of McCain and Obama every day, in an arena that journalists are supposed to be obsessed with (and that is perhaps more influential than any content): language. It’s the one place where fairness can be judged, and one in which the Times’s susceptibility to [...]

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Creeping into the comments section of a recent Salon article, I found an insane collection of responses.  Maybe I just am not familiar with Salon comments, but these seemed particularly horrid.  Is it a reflection of  America’s true reaction to poverty , or just of Salon readership?  In either case, it’s ugly.

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Can’t help posting one more great link:
Marty Kaplan succinctly describes exactly what has went wrong with media today.
More analysis on this to come.

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Get your fix.

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I must apologize for the recent silence.  I’ve been consumed by a recent apartment move and am without reliable internet for the time being.  I’ll be back in a few days.
In the meantime…
The Edwards non-scandal/scandal is fascinating me; it’s a great study of the difference between blog news and the so-called MSM.  Good summary [...]

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