A light in Waco
I moved to the Waco area from the Oklahoma City Metro, home of “the worst newspaper in America“(CJR). The Waco Trib is slightly better, which instead of a failing grade …
Well, at least they aren’t trying to hide their bias
I’ve worked as a reporter and editor, as well as a proofreader for a major daily, and I know very well that there is no such thing as unbiased reporting. …
Please, Politicize My Funeral
Susan G at Daily Kos smacks the tight-assed lily-white pundit class for their completely politically based “outrage” over the tenor at Coretta Scott King’s funeral service. I have two words …
Murrow lives
This sounds exciting: a new movie about the McCarthy era, with Edward R. Murrow as the hero. Back when journalists were still able to be heroes, before money corrupted news …
The privileged class
It looks like the media have, once again, been played for patsies. Rove is history (and not in a good way), the silliness of predicting future events is back in …
A Rove is a Rove
In today’s Oklahoman, in an AP story about President Bush’s new ethics guidelines for White House employees, the name of the Deputy Chief of Staff, which hasn’t exactly been scarce …
Between the lines of Plamegate coverage
Americablog provides an excellent analysis of what we know and don’t know about the leak of Plame’s name (and of course now so much more). Still pending: * Who authored …
Miller Time at Whiskey Bar
Billmon has an excellect dissection of the journalistic ethics involved in the Plamegate leak. He even discusses the possible need for an act of civil disobedience if the circumstances involve …
Pooping the Scoop
Billmon of Whiskey Bar has just been on fire with Plamegate. His level of disgust with “the Cheney Administration” rises with every post; with each I think he cannot possibly …