I don’t accept late assignments yet he asked me several times to read his first draft even though he knew the grade was F. I refused. But he kept insisting, I kept resisting until he said, QMFE, “Well one of my friends, a journalism student, read it and thought it was good.”
I took the bait.
By Peter Hart, March 2, 2010
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange believes people are out to smear him and his organization. That much seems clear. Today (March 2) the New York Times’ Ravi Somaiya writes a piece that would seem to confirm those suspicions.
Read full blog here.
March 3, 2010
Saw the tripod. Then the production crew. Then this thought: Students on a shoot.
Wrong.
Posted by Patricia Moscoso on March 03, 2011 at 05:00 PM EST
My summer as a White House intern redefined many parts of my life, but in a very literal sense, it gave me a new meaning of the word “humble.” When I applied, I was nineteen and wondering how I could possibly contribute to the work of our government. When I was chosen for an interview, I was shocked. When I was accepted, I was floored. The White House staffers who gave me the amazing news that day would teach me so much about committing to a team and never taking this opportunity for granted.
Read entire blog here.
This column about the sale to AOL should not be ignored.
The sale … is emblematic of this new paradigm of American journalism. The Huffington Post, as Stephen Colbert pointed out when he stole the entire content of The Huffington Post and rechristened it, The Colbuffington Re-post, produces little itself. The highly successful site, like most Internet sites, is largely pirated from other sources, especially traditional news organizations, or is the product of unpaid writers who are rechristened “citizen journalists.”
Full read here.
ALBANY – Gov. Cuomo’s speech on Sunday night to the Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators was interrupted with chants of “Tax the rich!” led by City Councilman Charles Barron. — Glenn Blain, NY Daily News
Barron is a baron. Word! Makes one think of Bill Thompson’s “Term Limits” in the 2009 Mayoral Election. Thompson could have won if voters hadn’t been convinced by the mainstream news media that Bloomberg was strutting on the path to victor. Thompson lost by 4 percent.
Full story here.
... and the Business — Demand Radical Changes in Journalism Curriculum.
This begs the question: Is D:F/M up to the challenge?
The Public vs. the Media on Unions, Deficits
Sunday, March 6th, 2011By Peter Hart, March 1, 2011
The New York Times reports its new poll (3/1/11):
That’s big enough news, and once again cuts against the People-Don’t-Support-These-Overpaid-Union-Workers trope.
But there’s more. When the poll asked about fixing the deficit, people had a message rarely heard in the media: Read entire FAIR blog here.
Tags:collective bargaining, Labor unions, public unions
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