By Marian Wang
Getting statistics on worker illness related to the Gulf oil spill is proving to be difficult, as federal agencies continually refer requests either to another federal agency or to BP.
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ProPublica Blog: Government and BP Unresponsive on Requests for Data on Sick Cleanup Workers
Thursday, June 10th, 2010Propublica Blog: BP’s Spill Plans Had Few Ways to Stop a Blowout
Thursday, June 10th, 2010By Marian Wang and Sasha Chavki
Containment domes, top hats and top kills. By now BP and the government have tried to stop the growing environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico with a series of different techniques, each with an odder name than the next.
But where are all these ideas coming from, we’ve wondered. Did BP or the government have plan in place in the event of a blowout?
The answer, so far as we can see: No. None of the documents and plans we’ve been able to find have details on how to deal with a blowout.
On the Vilification of Helen Thomas
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010By Robert Scheer, Truthdig.com
The media tirade against Helen Thomas is as illogical as it is hysterical. The few sentences uttered by her were, as she quickly acknowledged, wrong—deeply so, I would add. But they cannot justify the road-rage destruction of the dean of the Washington press corps. Suddenly this heroic woman who broke so many gender barriers and dared to challenge presidential arrogance was reduced to nothing more than the stereotypical anti-Israel Arab that it is so fashionable to hate.
The Huffington Post: If Helen Thomas, Then Why Not Pat Buchanan?
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010By Michael Fauntroy
Professor, Author, Columnist
and Commentator at MichaelFauntroy.com
“Helen Thomas recently set off a firestorm with her comment that Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine” and “go home” to Germany or Poland. The comments resulted first, and predictably, with her apology. Over the weekend, with the heat turned up considerably, she decided to retire immediately (before she was fired).”
If Helen can be forced out, writes M. Fauntroy, why not the nativistic Pat Buchanan?
Other articles:
Media Advisory: Reporting Israeli Assault Through Israel’s Eyes
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Much of the U.S. media coverage has been remarkably unskeptical of Israel’s account of events and their context, and has paid little regard to international law.
Must Read Blogs
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010Artur Davis Dissed His Base and Paid the Price
While Congressman Artur Davis’s stunning loss in his quest to win the Alabama Democratic Gubernatorial nomination was a sad turn for one black man, it was a great moment for black voters. It revealed a heightened level of political sophistication among black primary voters who rejected Davis’s “I-don’t-need-to-spend-time-on-them-’cause-I-know-they’ll-be-with-me” approach to campaigning. – By Michael Fauntroy, Huntington Post.
Full blog here.
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WORD Editor on the Road: Local News, Slim Pickins …
Monday, May 31st, 2010
Outside of Walmart Supercenter, 3300 Iowa Street. A second Walmart, not so super, located at 550 Congressional Drive. A news shot of the day.
… This past Saturday-Sunday in Lawrence, Kansas, Douglas County, population 90,520 (circa July, 2008), up 13 percent from 2000 [U.S. Census] and not including KU student enrollment of an estimated 30,000, with five Zip Codes, according to local Lawrence Journal-World. Online-print (circulation about 75,000 according to Newspaper Association of America), did publish a story, following up on the sports-ticket-crisis-scam-controversy.
Walmart “Low Prices”sums up Saturday-Sunday as seen, that is, perceived to be seen, by the local news media.
WORD Editor on the Road – Slow Postings Last Several Days
Friday, May 28th, 2010In Lawrence, Kansas, Visiting Family
Just the typical car fire in a Lawrence, KS, Walmart parking lot.
Growth of CUNY Chancellor’s Salary Outpaces Rise in Faculty’s Pay But the NY Times doesn’t Care
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010By Manfred Philip
Via UFS-News@Listserv.cuny.edu
I wish the NY Times did a better job when it reports on items related to higher education in NY City. This article [unpublished] was just an example of hot-headline journalism, devoid of deeper content.
REBOOT.FCC.GOV Blog: Future of Journalism, Ad Nauseam Not
Sunday, June 13th, 2010By Andrew Kaplan
Nicholas Lemann, Dean of the Columbia University School of Journalism, Delivers 2010 Commencement Speech on Future of Media, Excerpt:
Reboot.FCC.gov is the Federal Communication Commission’s website for discussion on how to transform the FCC into a model of excellence in government.
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