Tag: Washington Post
Why the mainstream media needs to engage with aud...
"The afternoon session at the Online Journalism Symposium focuses on the shift from passive audiences to online communities.Jim Brady, executive editor of the WashingtonPost.com makes a compelling argument for engaging with audiences online. The Post’s strategy is smart -...
Hillary Gaffes Again: Don't Forget Pat Nixon!
Clinton needs to start paying a lot more attention to what she's saying and who she's saying it to. The media will check the facts...whether it's dodging sniper fire and claiming you were the first first lady...
CBS Launches Local Widget Ad Network
The new news business model for 2008:1. Hyperlocal content2. Content widgets on social media sites3. Ad rev share with 3rd party partnersOnly thing is, it's an unproven model. Will it work?"Television stations owned...
Storming the News Gatekeepers
You can practically hear these MSM guys quaking with fear and anger-- and not just at the prospect of having to deal with 'citizen journalists', but at even having to accept their very existence. But as Faye Anderson...
Better Numbers
The evidence of a drop in violence in Iraq is becoming hard to dispute.Sunday, October 14, 2007; Washington PostNEWS COVERAGE and debate about Iraq during the past couple of weeks have centered on the alleged abuses...
New Arrival From Vietnam Talks About Communism; I...
Thieu grew up in Vietnam. He was a professional teacher of literature and history. After the communists took over all of Vietnam in 1975, Thieu fell in love and married a woman who worked for the communist government.
Today, at the age of 55, Thieu came to the United States;...
Harry Reid Rips Washington Post Editors As "War C...
I can't figure out where the Washington Post is coming from but the Senate Majority Leader has a strong point of view. Harry Reid slammed the paper's editors in a sharply worded letter : "In an unusually...
John Edwards and poverty: love the message, kill ...
"...Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are taking their cues from John Edwards in sharpening their focus on economic issues. So, here's the question: If Edwards is the clear leader and thinker on these issues, why is he still trailing so far behind in the polls and...
Is the end near for Cheney?
"The hot-off-the-presses announcement that the Senate Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed testimony about the Bush warrantless wiretapping program, and asked for a massive document dump, isn't just significant for its surface reasons. In my view, it's the latest signal...
“Judge Lost Pants” Should Be Yanked From Cour...
John E. Carey
A judge apparently lost his pants at an immigrant Korean family dry cleaning business in Washington DC. Then he sued for more than $50 Million. Then he cried in court on the witness stand.
He has a name too. He is Roy Pearson and he comes from an ethnic...
Some Military Perspective On The Walter Reed Hosp...
By John E. CareyCommander, U.S. Navy (Retired)
March 20, 2007
Many officers in the U.S. Army believe themselves the victim of yellow journalism here in the Walter Reed Army Medical Center situation. Army officers take great pride in how they treat their most important...
The Stuff I Didn't Get To -- 2/28/07
"-Because I like the photo, OK?-What name would you add to this list? Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, Condi Rice, Colin Powell, Madeleine Albright, Henry Kissinger, Alan Greenspan, George Soros, Barbara Walters and Lisa...
Art Buchwald goes Out With a Laugh
"Art Buchwald's final column is over at Editor & Publisher. Who better to write Art Buchwald's obit than Art Buchwald? This line made me laugh out loud."I know it's very egocentric to believe that someone is put...
As Castro Near Death, Americans battle over him
Americans are deeply divided, once again. The comments to the Washington Post's article about the impending death of Fidel Castro reveal considerable conflict. "ITS TIME TO BLOW CUBA THE HELL OFF THE MAP, THATS THE...
Famed 'Lucy' Fossil to Tour U.S. for 6 Years
From The Washington Post: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - One of the world's most famous fossils - the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 - will go on display for the first time in the United States next year, and is likely to make a stop at the...
