Al-Zarqawi the Journalist
June 15th, 2006 12:40 PM
I'm reading the text of the document that al-Zarqawi was caught with and I have to say it's a more accurate portrayal of what is really going on in Iraq than the average New York Times article. The situation and conditions of the resistance in Iraq have reached a point that requires a review of the events and of the work being done inside Iraq. Such a study is needed in order to show the best…
al Qaeda and Mainstream Media Hug It Out Together
June 15th, 2006 9:52 AM
As I mentioned earlier, al Qaeda is nothing without the mainstream American media to prop them up and help them win the hearts and minds of greater Marin County. But now it comes out that in the face of massive circulation decline, the mainstream American media is in bad shape without al Qaeda. More ink equals more blood, claim two economists who say that newspaper coverage of terrorist incidents…
On Hume’s Show, Barnes and Kondracke Castigate Press Corps’ Questi
June 14th, 2006 9:46 PM
During the panel segment on Wednesday’s Special Report with Brit Hume on FNC, Fred Barnes and Morton Kondracke criticized and ridiculed the questions posed by the White House press corps during the morning’s presidential press conference in the Rose Garden. Kondracke pointed out how “there was hardly any question, critical question from the right,” such as about how Bush was following a…
Calling the Great Leopold
June 13th, 2006 1:04 PM
I'd like to revisit the comedic styling of one Jason Leopold. Now, maybe you haven't heard of Leopold, or maybe all that comes to mind is the Bugs Bunny cartoon ("Leopold, LEOPOLD, leopold") but Jason is a hero to journalists. He writes the stories that other journalists won't touch, for websites other journalists won't admit to reading, like CounterPunch, Common Dream, Truthout.org, you know,…
Two Liberal Journalists Scold NY Times for Spinning GOP Win Into 'Prob
June 10th, 2006 2:06 PM
Shown the Thursday Washington Post headline, “Victory in California Calms G.O.P.” followed by the New York Times headline, “Narrow Victory by G.O.P. Signals Fall Problems,” NPR's Nina Totenberg exclaimed on Friday night's Inside Washington: "The Times is wrong!" Syndicated columnist Mark Shields suggested his disagreement with the spin of the New York Times: "I don't think there's any question…
Thursday Morning With Rita Braver
June 8th, 2006 3:52 PM
From an online Q&A with Rita Braver of CBS News. Who is the most fascinating person you've covered...Bill Clinton is probably the most fascinating person I've ever covered ... because he is both brilliant and flawed. I have never met anyone more charming ... or more exasperating. If you could change one thing about the profession of journalism, what would it be? I'd like to see everyone who…
Even Art Museums Tired of Unethical NYT
June 7th, 2006 2:03 PM
ArtsJournal.com has a problem with the NY Times art critic Grace Glueck being on the board of the trustees for the Clark Art Institute. The Journal wants to know: Did Glueck's role at the museum in any way influence this past Sunday's Times story on the Clark? In June, 2005, the Times reviewed a Jacques-Louis David show at the Clark instead of at the originating institution, the J. Paul Getty…
