Posts Tagged ‘journalism’
Dan Conover: Advertising is not enough
Very excellent and insightful piece on the past and future of “news and advertising in the 21st century” by Dan Conover at Xark … What I’m challenging is the prevailing wisdom that because advertising shaped and subsidized journalism in the 20th century, the reinvention of journalism in the 21st century is simply a matter of […]
A friend’s lament – from FB to newspaper
A new version of the clichéd reporter’s question: ‘How do you feel?’… I don’t know the background, but I observed this morning that a young woman’s lament on Facebook about her friend’s death in a car crash was reproduced on a news website, along with a photo purportedly of the two of them from the […]
Beeee-aaautifully put! We’d write for free for Arianna, but not AOL
I don’t mind saying, sometimes one comes across writing that says EXACTLY what you were thinking — or formulating — and says it so well you shiver in recognition. Douglas Rushkoff, on guardian.co.uk nails it on the unease about Huffington Post/AOL deal. … here we have a new media company fooling an old media company into […]
Oh.
315 million reasons to build an internet following … Well done to the crew at Huffington Post. I guess. Huffington Post Gets Bought by AOL for $315 Million The Huffington Post has confirmed tonight that it has been acquired by AOL. According to a report by Kara Swisher, site-cofounder Arianna Huffington will become Editor in Chief of […]
Bad scene in Egypt — round up the usual suspects
A crackdown on the truth often starts with rounding up the journalists… images from Huffington Post. + UPDATE 5/2/11 Bugger!
Speaking what seems to be true re CNN & Tea Party Express
Impressive and worth watching — Rachel Maddow on CNN’s decision to air what they (CNN) described as the ‘OFFICIAL Tea Party response’ to Obama’s State of the Nation speech: CNN presented an alternate reality of their own making, one in which their debate partner officially speaks for the Tea Party and in which the Tea Party […]
NY Times: Dealing With Assange and the Secrets He Spilled
Very interesting article Dealing With Assange and the Secrets He Spilled by Bill Keller in the NY Times. The reporters had begun preliminary work on the Afghanistan field reports, using a large Excel spreadsheet to organize the material, then plugging in search terms and combing the documents for newsworthy content. They had run into a […]
Goodbye from Keith Olbermann
I rate broadcaster Keith Olbermann highly, especially his eloquence and his passion and his willingness to face, call out and go after hypocrisy. From the New York Times 12:05 a.m. | Keith Olbermann, the highest-rated host on MSNBC, announced abruptly on the air Friday night that he was leaving his show, “Countdown,” immediately. The host, […]
Whistle-blowing at a news conference (note the smear)
LONDON, Jan 17: A former Swiss private banker handed over data on hundreds of offshore bank account holders to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at a news conference on Monday. Rudolf Elmer once headed the office of Julius Baer in the Cayman Islands until he was fired by the bank in 2002. He is scheduled to […]
Not a bad mission statement
Broadcaster Keith Olbermann recently gave an insight into his motivations and goals for a controversial segment of his show… “This ordinarily is where you would see our ‘Worst Persons in the World‘ segment,” Olbermann said Monday late into the broadcast. “For more than two months, I’ve struggled with its value. We suspended it for a […]
‘No comment’ with reasons = ‘an interview’? Nope.
So the Sunday Star Times rang Paul Henry for an interview. He said ‘No, sorry, won’t/can’t talk’ (meaning on the record) or words to that effect and was courteous enough to have a brief chat with the journo… who later transcribed the discussion, and the paper published it. THIS sort of behaviour, in my opinion, […]
There’s sometimes a price for HOW you state your opinions
No, actually, I’m not talking about Paul Henry. Over the weekend CNN anchor host Rick Sanchez was fired after a misguided book promo/radio show appearance turned into a rant where he accused The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart of being a ‘bigot’ towards Hispanics, of working with the ‘north east liberal elite’ to keep ‘people like Rick’ […]
Being Glenn Beck
There’s a REALLY interesting profile on Glenn Beck in the NY Times magazine. Totally worth reading. – P
