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    Bring on the young internet savy journalists. We are ready for a change.
    Posted to Press Box by david wayne osedach on July 1, 2009

  • The Edwards Photos

    Enquirer just released the photo (singular) and, well, the Emperor has no clothes. That is, the photo, while not necessarily faked, is not even close to damning, is laughable. I stared at it like a Magic Eye image, trying to see the hidden picture and, um, no. No wonder it took so long to release them. So much for the ''tipping point'', ...
    Posted to Kausfiles by teslock on August 6, 2008

  • A Refreshing Change of Events

    I find it oddly comforting that regardless of any manipulation in the press, when confronted with this latest salacious story, by and large the public says ''meh''. When pressured to join the tarring they fight back. When it comes to reasoned debate, the voices of restrain (in my limited experience) win. More encouraging is the growing ...
    Posted to Kausfiles by teslock on August 1, 2008

  • Fark

    Back in the 1985 Neil Postman warned of the dawn of this age of non-news in his book Amusing Ourselves To Death: Public Discourse In The Age of Show Business. It's still worth a read for its analysis of the impact of fark on America's ways of thinking.
    Posted to Press Box by Doc R on June 5, 2008

  • Slate Running to the Defense of Murdoch's Rep

    Rupert Murdoch is a major, worldwide corporatized Media Baron who is wealthy beyond comprehension of most Americans and certainly most people worldwide. Rupert Murdoch owns a media empire that just keeps expanding, and which now includes the Wall Street Journal, and apparently now, New York City's Newsday. I would like to see a complete list of ...
    Posted to Press Box by MichaelBernard1 on April 24, 2008