tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76312262024-03-07T06:00:50.017-08:00Taking NotesBecause it helps to remember the stuff that the media buries.<br> <b>THEY</b> are in the business of air brushing history. <br> Bloggers are in the business of exposing the deceit.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1335125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-70705053973379082492008-11-07T22:34:00.000-08:002008-11-07T23:06:53.960-08:00Post-Journalism"In short, we live now in the Age of Post-Journalism. All that was before is now over, as this generation of journalists voluntarily destroyed the hallowed notion of objectivity and they will have no idea quite how to put Humpty-Dumpty back together again." - Victor Davis Hanson In the 3rd book of his history, Thucydides has some insightful thoughts about destroying institutions in times of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-74182661926484738042008-10-27T19:21:00.000-07:002008-10-27T19:54:24.736-07:00No one wins in the long run when we don't have a free and fair press.If you want to read the obituary for the mainstream media, it's here.Columnist Michael Malone "Looks at Slanted Election Coverage and the Reasons Why"--------------------------Malone doesn't attempt to understand why. It's suicidal, yes. But, it's more than that. It's just plain visceral hatred because they blame everyone else for their demise.The unfaithful readers. The Internet unleased by Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-15319179054489608822008-10-27T08:32:00.000-07:002008-10-27T19:56:37.543-07:00Newspaper Circulation LossesThe latest FAS-FAX figures from the Audit Circulation Bureau show another decline for U.S. newspapers. The reporting is for the six months ending September 2008. Overall losses were - 4.6% on daily circulation. Last year, the overall circulation decline ending September 2007 was -2.6%The list of losses, as presented by Editor & Publisherwas by circulation.USA TODAY -- 2,293,310 -- 0.01%THE Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-4346408910769344922008-09-27T08:12:00.000-07:002008-09-27T08:49:13.130-07:00When the going gets tough, someone suesThis unusually candid story from the San Diego Union-Tribune about the economic decline of newspapers gives a more realistic view of the state of the industry than any take by Editor & Publisher. Things haven't gone smoothly in Minneapolis, either. In May, the Star Tribune reported that Avista had written down $75 million of the $100 million it invested in the purchase, reflecting the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-14606879113427516122008-09-02T06:38:00.000-07:002008-09-02T06:58:23.428-07:00DisgustingMay 2008 - A prominent liberal talk show host in San Francisco for two decades who denounced President Bush and the war in Iraq and was known for hosting "God Talk," a Sunday morning program on the problems with slandering religion will be going to a jail nearby sometime soon.Bernie Ward pleaded guilty to a charge of distributing child porn. The plea agreement he signed, quoted in court, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-62299707096505701792008-08-18T22:14:00.000-07:002008-08-18T22:58:59.911-07:00Tribune WoesIn an August 14th article in the Wall Street Journal, on the Tribune Co. shows they're still deeply troubled. They took a $3.8 BILLION accounting charge in the second quarter. Gannett Co., New York Times Co. and other publishers have taken similar charges, an acknowledgment that newspaper assets are worth less than the value shown on the companies' books.In Tribune's case, the charge shows the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-3208661279361436702008-06-30T09:33:00.000-07:002008-07-03T14:27:53.754-07:00Los Angeles Times buildingRumors abounded in the 1990s that the Los Angeles Times was doing so poorly that they were considering selling the Los Angeles Times building. Apparently, it might come to pass. The announcement this week that Tribune Co., which owns The Times, is considering selling the paper's downtown offices is the latest sign of a decades-long corporate disappearance from the city center.Arco, Standard Oil, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-77540365902630944102008-06-18T16:53:00.000-07:002008-06-18T20:55:17.338-07:00BOLLY HollywoodMusicals might be making a comeback. Earlier this year, the Indian company, Tata Motors Ltd., agreed to buy Britain's Jaguar and Land Rover brands from Ford Motor Co. for $2.3 billion. Now, Dreamworks' producer Steven Spielberg and the rest might be up for sale, much like the studio was a few years ago.According to the Wall Street Journal, Mumbai-based Reliance ADA Group would provide Mr. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-2570272320859802332008-04-09T22:51:00.000-07:002008-04-09T23:29:20.160-07:00SleazeHow come news like this never makes national headlines?When he was expelled from the House in March 2008, it was the first time in 128 years that the NC General Assembly had expelled one of their own. North Carolina state Rep. Thomas Wright has another first to his name. He is the first member of the North Carolina House to face jail time since 1880.The North Carolina General Assembly voted Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-11451740014559034382008-02-29T10:20:00.000-08:002008-02-29T10:24:07.950-08:00Journalism out of touchReuters headlines the story: "More Americans turning to Web for news" to report that. Nearly 70 percent of Americans believe traditional journalism is out of touch, and nearly half are turning to the Internet to get their news, according to a new survey.While most people think journalism is important to the quality of life, 64 percent are dissatisfied with the quality of journalism in their Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-90651304055238675642008-02-29T10:10:00.000-08:002008-02-29T10:19:28.032-08:00McClatchy Q4 $1.8 Billion LossMcClatchy is reporting a Q4 $1.4 Billion Loss. What a surprise. It's an "impairment charge" on the value of their newspapers. Specifically, in the value of those papers acquired from Knight Ridder. McClatchy has written off half the value of the $4.4 billion blockbuster purchase of Knight Ridder in the summer of 2006. McClatchy stock has lost more than half its value since the Knight Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-83736695636923056742008-02-29T09:30:00.000-08:002008-02-29T10:09:44.427-08:00Newsday cuts jobs (again)Newsday will be cutting about 120 jobs that includes 25 in the newsroom - on top of 13 vacant positions that have not been filled - pressroom reduction of 24 union positions and 5 drivers in the transportation bargaining unit.Dennis Grabhorn, president Local 406 of the Graphic Communications Conference/International Brotherhood of Teamsters, didn't agree with the cuts or the newspaper's lack of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-24409820140116641382008-02-28T10:11:00.000-08:002008-02-28T13:01:35.048-08:00In the shadow of the deadYou might have missed this. In fact, you might have missed the death of 800,000 people, the rape of hundreds of thousands of women and girls, the 99 days of killing. A Belgian journalist jailed for inciting Rwanda's 1994 genocide was handed over on Thursday to police from Italy, where he will serve the rest of his sentence.Georges Ruggiu, 50, is the only non-Rwandan convicted by an international Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-56285803217060142152008-02-12T10:29:00.001-08:002008-02-12T12:01:01.902-08:00Better off in CubaA recent mayor of Oakland is now the Attorney General for the state of Calfiornia."Homicide Rate Overwhelming Oakland Police"There have been 21 homocides in Oakland since the start of the year. The police announced a gun buy-back program and the line stretched for several blocks. Police ran out of money and had to hand out IOUs. Now the cash-strapped department is reportedly on the hook for $Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-12055247871585157662008-01-10T17:58:00.000-08:002008-01-10T18:24:53.212-08:00Another Harvard Grad in the SlammerThe Financial Times remarked on the crackdown of insider trading that resulted in the sentencing of Goldman Sachs & Co. associate Eugene Plotkin, another Goldman Sachs employe, a Merrill Lynch analyst, a federal grand juror, and two employees of a printing firm in Wisconsin who who furnished pre-publication copies of Business Week’s “Inside Wall Street.FT says that while certain colourfulUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-80546946635669204062008-01-04T01:56:00.000-08:002008-01-04T03:04:32.973-08:00Creepy City of the Year AwardTaxing 40% of the U.S. and you didn't even know it.Long Beach OKs fee on cargo to fund green effortsThe Port of Los Angeles is expected to enact a similar measure. Drivers protest, saying they can't afford to operate newer, cleaner trucks.By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer December 18, 2007 After years of unsuccessful attempts, the Long Beach Harbor Commission on Monday approved a $Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-49598274258389176982007-12-04T15:59:00.000-08:002007-12-04T16:32:45.505-08:00The Banal CardinalLos Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony was attacked on the street in July. He spoke about it at a recent conference of priests.Mahony told the priests that the man began shouting expletives and knocked him to the ground. It took a month for his injuries to heal after the attack.He said it gave him a deeper understanding of the suffering endured by victims of the nationwide scandal.For those who do notUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-22693483525649189002007-11-28T23:16:00.000-08:002007-11-28T23:51:37.253-08:00Who do you trust?What an understatement.Study: More Than 60% Don't Trust Campaign CoverageIt's from a Harvard study. Key among the findings according to E&P:• 64% of those polled do not trust press coverage of the presidential campaign.• 88% believe that campaign coverage focuses on trivial issues.• 84% believe that media coverage has too much influence on American voting choices.• 92% say it is important Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-79612912744049342682007-11-27T16:11:00.000-08:002007-11-27T16:35:21.602-08:00Bad NewsAre these stories related, or what???!!!From Editor & Publisher, the Dutch-owned, self-described, "America's Oldest Journal Covering the Newspaper Industry" is news of some changes at the LA Times. 'LA Times' Creates Reader Representative's Blog Editor James O'Shea said, "The ongoing changes reflect The Times overarching goal of becoming a more transparent and integrated news organization. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-23763719438382340922007-11-26T21:01:00.000-08:002007-11-26T21:07:03.229-08:00Foney Falafel FableThe FBI responded to an article in the Congressional Quarterly alleging that the FBI had a program to monitor the sales of Middle Eastern food products in the San Francisco Bay area in support of counterterrorism intelligence gathering.They don't. As John MillerAssistant Director, Office of Public Affairs, wrote, Having never heard of this, I spoke to the counterterrorism managers, who in theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-61662094705233720042007-11-13T22:19:00.000-08:002007-11-13T22:24:44.507-08:00Hiring spies to be spiesNov 13, 2007 - This story will be underreported. An illegal immigrant from Lebanon with ties to the militant Islamic group Hezbollah lied her way through background checks to become an agent for both the FBI and CIA, and then used her position to obtain information about her relatives and a U.S. investigation into the group, authorities said Tuesday.Nada Nadim Prouty, 37, pleaded guilty to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-83794664454827442572007-11-02T09:53:00.000-07:002007-11-02T11:21:04.210-07:00Can you spell hubris?Interesting article at E&P on the speech by Tom Curley, CEO of the Associated Press. As usual, E&P doesn't provide a link to his speech. They excerpt from it. These are some points he made and how they saw his message.- Young people the world over are hungry for news. They just don’t prefer our traditional platforms and packaging.- The first thing that has to go is the attitude. Our Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-18793749417522386172007-11-01T17:03:00.001-07:002007-11-01T17:18:14.022-07:00I have not labled the more than 2,153 stories in this blog and don't intend to do so. It's too time consuming.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-89138145807866725012007-11-01T16:38:00.000-07:002007-11-01T17:01:43.369-07:00Newspaper circulation declinesSteep circulation declines continue in the newspaper industry.At Editor & Publisher (the Dutch-owned publication that follows the newspaper industry) - where editor Greg Mitchell perpetually proves that your brain stops growing from the acid in the 60's and where Vietnam flashbacks can occur daily and in response to every topic, at least for anti-war activists - are releasing the bad news a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631226.post-6508565719134388812007-09-07T09:12:00.000-07:002007-09-10T08:58:29.283-07:00The "C" stands for CreepyIt's one of those rare and wonderful moments in life. Arlington, VA - A former Arlington little league coach will be sentenced Friday for possessing child pornography that two judges described as the most-disturbing evidence they have ever seen.Fifty-one-year old Charles Rust-Tierney pleaded guilty in May.Court documents indicate Rust-Tierney, a former president of the Virginia Chapter of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0