Bill Maher is right to be alarmed today:A new survey found that a majority of high schoolers think newspapers should not be allowed to publish without government approval. And almost one in five said that Americans should be prohibited from expressing unpopular...
Media critic Tim Rutten rightly takes movie reviewers to task in today’s LA Times. He points out that nobody in the mainstream media – absolutely nobody – mentioned in their review of Million Dollar Baby that the movie is about advocating euthanasia....
One of the major weaknesses of contemporary journalism is that it frames every subject in political terms. Reporters can’t seem to see anything but the battle between blue and red, left and right. When an event like the tsunami comes along, the weakness of this...
I’ve noted before how America has moved from a word based and therefore cognitive society to one that is overwhelmingly visual and therefore emotional. One of the strange side effects of this development is that, even with unprecedented access to information,...
Terry Mattingly at getreligion has some more interesting coverage of the abortion march. He talks about a courageous group of women who are commited to telling the truth about the dark side of abortion (“Silent No More”) and how they are covered (well,...
Here’s one of today’s headlines in the LA Times: “1 of 3 in California Favor Gay Marriage.” Maybe its just me, but wouldn’t the more natural story title be “66 percent of Californians Oppose Gay Marriage.” The leaning of the...
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