If you read one thing today, make it Kevin Cullen’s column in The Boston Globe.
Matt Peckham wrote an excellent post Friday which touches on the status of this country, our stance on violence, video games and sexuality, citing Tom Brokaw’s remarks that video games and blogs were “cancerous.” Talking to radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt, Brokaw reacted to the shooting at the Nebraska mall in a way that [...]
Peter Schworm’s article: Northeastern journalism professor Nicholas Daniloff sharply criticized the school’s handling of the contract status of longtime journalism instructors Gladys McKie and Lincoln McKie, who are in jeopardy of losing their jobs for not having master’s degrees. “I think this a shocking way to run a railroad,” he said. “They handled it in [...]
I simply could have not worded it better than Nick Daniloff in regards to the Northeastern University school of journalism not renewing the contacts of two of their professors, Gladys and Lincoln McKie. “This is unbelievably bad administrative management,” Daniloff told the News May 23. “I have to ask myself, ‘Do I want to work [...]
Well, I freely admit I’ve been well behind in updating PRrag lately. Blast Magazine has taken up much of that time. But I must take a few moments pause to reflect on the final Brian McGrory column in The Boston Globe. It’s excellent. It is concise, it tells a good story and it shows why [...]
[youtube tLPuGuaZTx8] I’m not a pronounced fan of either of these guys, but this is one of the best clips of Geraldo you will ever see. He should debate pundits more and spend less time on his “Geraldo at Large” pseudo crusades.
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It looks as if the Boston Globe will not be sold after all. Fox 25 (Boston) reported the Times Company “spurned” an offer from local investors to buy the broadsheet, which is valued at nearly $600 million. Times Co. Chief Executive Janet Robinson wrote in a letter dated Nov. 17 that the Globe remains an [...]
A desensitized public, operating the press purely as a business and intrusion of privacy and grief are three strikes against modern journalism. I believe there are ways of dealing with and reducing all three issues. Firstly, no doubt exists that the public is desensitized to drama, gore and overall bad news. Much of this is [...]
Money is the driving power in media. Fox is driven by money but their drive is more visible because they stand alone on the right side of the spectrum. This article is less about the documentary, Outfoxed, than a commentary about modern media and politics. Bear with me as I’ve written a ton of soft [...]