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Monthly Archives: September 2016
Do Newspaper Presidential Endorsements Matter in 2016?
I got a note from my dad earlier this week: On NPR this a.m. I heard an editor of the Arizona Republic interviewed. For the first time in its 127 years that newspaper is endorsing a Democrat for president. She said … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 2, Chapter 6
Tagged 2016 election, media bias?, media effects, presidential endorsements
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
What word will the Washington Post use in a story but not in a headline? When Rosie O’Donnell called presidential candidate Donald Trump an “orange anus,” the Washington Post used the word in the story, but called it a “body … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 4, Chapter 6
Tagged ethics, media bias?, Oxford English Dictionary, quotes, vulgar language
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Bad Language in the News: “But what does “d—ing” mean?”
Last week hackers released a group of e-mails they had stolen from former Secretary of State Colin Powell. The e-mails gave Powell’s opinions about a wide range of political figures, including Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill. A lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14
Tagged bad language in the news, ethics, grammar, quotes, vulgar language
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A Motorcycle Ride to the United 93 Memorial on a Rainy Summer Day
This has nothing to do with the media. It’s a brief story about a ride I took on my motorcycle to the United 93 Memorial on a rainy June day back in 2004. It was written shortly after I had … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycling, Travel
Tagged 9/11, Because I can, motorcycle
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Fashion icon Tim Gunn rips on industry’s treatment of plus-sized women
Tim Gunn, co-host of the fashion competition series Project Runway and leading advocate for women’s fashion, ripped into the industry (including his show!) today with an incendiary commentary in the Washington Post on the treatment of plus-sized women by the … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 5, Uncategorized
Tagged body image, fashion, magazines, plus size, television
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Taking a look back at the summer movie season
It’s been a rough summer for the movie industry, with a lot of big budget movies stumbling and barely making a profit, and the industry as a whole having its second worst summer since 2001. Vox’s Todd VanDerWerf has a … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 8
Tagged animation, Kubo and the Two Strings, movies, summer box office
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