Thanks, Keith Olbermann — that was excellent.
Category Archives: journalism
photos of the year
Reuters 2005 photos of the year.
gawker + nyt remix
If the New York Times editors were given Gawker’s content, you’d get this.
Common Errors in English
Common Errors in English.
if your mother says she loves you
“If your mother says she loves you, get a second source.” “If your mother says she loves you, get a second opinion.” One place attributes the latter to Dan Rather; another to the movie Primal Fear. Clearly the saying predates both of them. Other variants: “If your Mother says she loves you, get two independent …
belated katrina notes
some news of note: George Bush signed and executive order lifting wage restrictions and allowing government contractors rebuilding new orleans to pay workers less than the prevailing wage FEMA’s email server broke. New Orleans being underwater was preventable. Former FEMA head Mike Brown padded his resume FEMA refused help from Amtrak, Wal-Mart, the Coast Guard, …
fox screws up, innocent family hurt
Sensationalist “journalism” at FOX misidentifies family as terrorists: The LA Times reports that featured Fox News contributor John Loftus incorrectly identified a La Habra, CA, home as that of a terrorist. The family of five who lives there has been harrassed ever since. … Loftus, whose “Inside Scoop with John Loftus” is a feature of …
cbc unplugged
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Houston Chronicle 1, Bill O’Reilly 0
Fox blabbermouth Bill O’Reilly started ranting about a Houston Chronicle editorial. Except he made the whole thing up: On The O’Reilly Factor cable television program Tuesday night, the popular host included a segment that took the Houston Chronicle to task for an editorial that had run the same day. The editorial was entitled Cold comfort: …