Category Archives: media

Churnalism encouraged

Posted on March 10, 2011 by andrewo

Here we have Energy In Depth griping about the New York Times’ willingness to exercise some editorial independence. Bizarrely, EID includes this “article” in its selection of journalism exemplars — it is a verbatim rendering of the Pennsylvania Department of … Continue reading →

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What the National Post fixed

Posted on February 5, 2011 by andrewo

(updated twice below) First, the screengrabs. [1, 2] Second, the impetus for the changes: Timothy Gardner wrote a news item that was published on the Reuters News web site with the headline “Canada-U.S. pipe would cut Mideast oil imports”. The … Continue reading →

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Bench Press: Ford Exploder crashes fantasy football draft recap

Posted on September 6, 2010 by andrewo

Over the weekend, I’ve done two fantasy football drafts and taken note of one story that wouldn’t have made the sports page, if not for the victim’s status as a top minor leaguer in the Mets farm system. I’ll write … Continue reading →

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How journalism seeks to separate itself from WikiLeaks

Posted on August 31, 2010 by andrewo

First Amendment Center’s Douglas Lee, on how government might try to define hostile news organizations out from under legal protections extended to journalists: Already, after all, these organizations have had to accept one necessary evil of a shield law — … Continue reading →

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Radical fabulism: not coined by Ninja Turtles

Posted on May 1, 2010 by andrewo

No, after this, it’s a concise description of a type of public hobby being practiced by one of America’s favorite entertainers. “But this bill, the cap-and-trade bill, was strongly criticized by hardcore environmentalist wackos because it supposedly allowed more offshore … Continue reading →

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