Former Editor Sues Philadelphia Police for Constitutional Violations in Her Arrest
A former managing editor for the online newspaper, OpEdNews, has sued the city of Philadelphia and eight of its police officers for violating her Constitutional rights. Cheryl Biren-Wright, Pennsauken, N.J.,…
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Blood on the Lens
”If it bleeds, it leads” is local TV’s aphorism that dictates its belief that fires, car crashes, and shootings lead off the nightly newscast. These stories, of course, are more…
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The News, It Is a-changin’
t is still be the responsibility of the mass media–of radio, television, newspapers, and magazines–to give in-depth coverage and analysis of the events. But, for millions worldwide, it is no longer the mass media that establishes the first alerts.
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Late Breaking—Sometimes Broken—News
Unless you’re a TV network desperate to score points by being the first to broadcast what it thought was news, you’re as likely to think there was actual gunfire as you are likely to hear someone say “arf, arf, arf” and think a real dog was barking.
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Toothless:
The president of the Associated Press (AP) was spewing venom at the Bush-Cheney administration for having turned the Department of Defense into a propaganda machine.
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America’s Buddy-Buddy Campaign Press Corps
It’s a little more than a week before the presidential election, and I’m worried about what happens afterwards. I’m not worried about the candidates, the people, or the country. I’m worried about the media.
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Progressive. And Proud of It.
The Center for American Progress is a progressive think-tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action.
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Downsizing the News
During the past few years, newspaper owners demanded and were getting at 20-40 percent profit, among the highest for any industry–and that includes Big Oil. With newsrooms and the news product already lean, the owners kept taking and taking.
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Geo Beach: A Swamp Yankee in the Last Frontier
Unlike Reality TV, there aren’t thousands of people desperately trying to do anything to be on camera and become almost-famous. They aren’t willing to humiliate themselves by eating live bugs, swapping wives, exposing their weak vocals to snippy judges, jumping off buildings, or plotting intricate revenge schemes.
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