journalism – Page 2

Headline faux pas

I’m not sure about today’s headline from Page 1 of the Star-Ledger:

Christie
pressures
Dems on
tax relief

Calling it relief in the headline seems a bit biased. Shouldn’t we just call it reform?

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Oh, no! Moyers is retiring

David Sirota sums up this news in a tweet:

This is EXTREMELY bad news for the already-dying world of serious journalism

Yes, Bill Moyers is retiring, meaning the Journal will end — at the same time that Now, the show he created and that David Brancaccio stewarded so well is being cancelled. Maybe it’s time to get rid of the television.

Wrong thinking on the right

You knew this was going to happen — the right-wing can’t abide a Democratic success, especially when Bill Clinton is involved. When all is said and done, Rush Limbaugh, John Bolton and the rest are more concerned about their own political advantage than they ever were about the two American journalists who were facing long sentences in North Korea. They should be ashamed.

Journalists freed

This is good news — two American journalists released from North Korea after months of imprisonment. What’s the rightwing going to say?

Dispatches: We’re all a-Twitter

This week’s Dispatches is about our use of Twitter and the changing newscape.

Broken Cord: An Anthology of Writing on Alzheimer’s and Dementia

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