Tag: media

Elsewhere, it’s called revolution; here, we call it ‘anxiety’

I guess Time thinks Americans are so self-obsessed that they prefer to focus on their own anxiety and not on the revolutions around the globe — or even in the revolutions happening here at home. I love this graphic, which has been making the rounds on Facebook.

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Times asks Paulsen the wrong questions

We must be in crisis. Otherwise, why would anyone want to know what Henry Paulson had to say?

As the story in today’s Times points out, Paulson was at the helm in 2008 when the financial system entered meltdown and, if we wanted to be accurate about it, we would admit that he bore significant responsibility for the crash and the malaise that has followed.

But the Times left much of that out of its piece, preferring instead to focus on the prospects for the future. That might seem the best way to move forward to some, but the reality is that we cannot move forward without answering questions about cause and effect.

Rather than going to Paulsen for a diagnosis, we should be suing him for malpractice.

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Think anyone at the Times actually read this paragraph?

Anyone notice the contradiction in this sentence from The New York Times on Anthony Weiner’s resignation?

“I don’t think she has made a firm decision, but she is very loyal,” said the friend, who requested anonymity so as not to betray confidential conversations.

So, it’s not a betrayal of a confidence if you don’t use your name?

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Political World: Brave new digital world

Some thoughts on the announced sale of the Huffington Post to AOL — or, more accurately, on the future of news reporting.

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Thoughts on Olbermann

I was pondering how to respond to the news that Keith Olbermann was leaving MSNBC, ending his run on Countdown, when I read this posting from Will Bunch this morning. He says it a lot better than I could.

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