Tag: Journalism

Late Night Video — The Speechless Banker

Filed in International by on March 1, 2012 2 Comments

A few days ago, there was a press opportunity with ECB representatives, where Irish journalist Vincent Browne wanted to know specifically why the people of Ireland are being asked to live with the debt burden of a defunct bank. This is the kind of questioning many of us would like to see our own journalists perform when standing in front of folks who are taking crazy decisions on our behalf. These questions are fierce, fearless and utterly just. And the banker has nothing to say.

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AP Appoints Liz “Sprinkles” Sidoti As Political Editor

Filed in National by on June 1, 2011 2 Comments

HuffPo notes that AP’s chief political writer Liz Sidoti has been promoted to the position of political editor, putting her fully in charge of AP’s reporting on politics as the 2012 race gathers steam. HuffPo’s article reads much like a Sidoti article – deferential to its subject’s vast sway in Washington. It reads like an […]

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A Journalist’s Job

Filed in International by on February 3, 2011 7 Comments
A Journalist’s Job

Unrest continues to grow in Egypt and journalists are getting caught in the crossfire. For some reason, this made Time‘s Jay Newton-Small cranky.

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“Professional” Journalists Could Learn A Lot From This High School Reporter

Filed in National by on June 20, 2010 7 Comments

This kid is prepared, smart, informed and persistent.  The Candidate for State Superintendent of Arizona, however, is none of those things. Watch the video to the end.  Priceless and typical.

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Sunday Big Think — The Media

Filed in National by on May 23, 2010 16 Comments

Here’s a couple of long(ish) articles for a leisurely Sunday read that are loosely based on a larger topic. This topic is The Media (my fav):

The Oxymoronic Citizen Journalism — This is an insightful case for the continued professionalism of the news

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Politico’s Improbable Look at History

Filed in National by on November 14, 2009 30 Comments
Politico’s Improbable Look at History

Politico reports that the Obama Administration will “focus extensively on cutting the federal deficit in 2010.” Politico then lazily writes: The big question for Obama – and the country – is whether the sudden concern about deficits will be more rhetoric than reality once his first State of the Union address concludes. Hmm, let’s use […]

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Wha????

Filed in National by on July 29, 2009 1 Comment

WaPo reporter Ben Pershing defends the coverage of the birther issue with a bit of mind-bending logic.

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Quote of the Day

Filed in International by on May 18, 2009 3 Comments

Governments around the world are getting more savvy about excluding journalists from war zones. The US Government partly blamed its failure in Vietnam on the freedom of the press rather than on its military strategy. That led to me being banned from reporting the Falklands war. I had dinner recently with some senior military men […]

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