A fitting memorial to the Kennedy passing: pass Health care bill
There would be no more fitting tribute to the passing of Ted Kennedy, than to pass a health-care reform bill by early fall. After all, Mr. Kennedy devoted most of his political life to health-care...
View ArticleDominick Dunne: 1925-2009; best-selling author; covered OJ trial
Dominick Dunne didn’t know me from a whole in the head when I had a chance to talk to him for about an hour down in LA during the OJ Simpson murder trial in 1995. It was the “trial of the century“, and...
View ArticleSean Hannity announces he ‘would run for office’; Katy bar the door
Well, you knew this was coming, didn’t you? Sean Hannity offered a veiled threat on his Fox News show Wednesday. “I would ‘run for office at some point’,” said the FNC blowhard, second in command to...
View ArticleLet’s all make love and sing with the Osmonds; Facebook, Twitter moratorium
We have become a society of social neanderthals, as the electronice devices and networking sites that were once mere status symbols of our professional life, have now kidnapped our very existence and...
View ArticleMedia coverage of the Jaycee Lee Dugard story; a ‘certifiable catch-22′
How do you cover an unseemly, incredibly sordid and disturbing story like the Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping/reappearence, yet try to be informative without being sensationalistic? It’s a delicate issue...
View ArticleWhat would you do with $333 million?; Mega-million jackpot tonight
First thing I’d do is realize that even if I had all the numbers, there’d be a mistake, ’cause I never win anything other than 10 records for a dollar, but if I did… I’d go to the full-serve gas...
View ArticleBeck’s carnival act an embarrassment; even by Fox News standards
It’s been a fascinating month for Glenn Beck and his media empire. It’s not often you call the President of the US a racist; watch over thirty sponsors abort your TV show at Fox News yet still command...
View ArticleCNN and founder Ted Turner; 30 years later, cable giant tries to reignite and...
Almost thirty years ago, Ted Turner created an all-news, 24/7 cable network called appropriately enough: “Cable News Network”, or more to the point, CNN. At the time, few people gave it any chance of...
View ArticleCheckbook journalism in the Jaycee Lee Dugard story; Media paying for info in...
The infamous house on Walnut street in Antioch where Jaycee Lee Dugard was held captive for almost two decades, has become a media fortress. Scores of TV satellite trucks and reporters from around the...
View ArticleSwine flu media coverage: hysteria over information?
Swine flu media coverage is taking on an electronic/print pandemic. It began in April; with a much publicized outbreak of several cases in Mexico; subsided in spring and has now spread fast over the...
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