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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) – GTA VI, Anthony Bourdain, and Steven Sondheim
How many people will be absent from work on Grand Theft Auto VI release day? (WSJ – gift link) Gamers have been waiting 13 years for the next edition of the monster hit open world phenomenon of Grand Theft Auto … Continue reading
A Hollowed-Out Washington Post
Approximately 13 years ago, Jeff Bezos was recruited by the Graham family to purchase The Washington Post for $250 million. Bezos, the founder of Amazon and one of the world’s wealthiest men, bought the paper as an individual, not as … Continue reading
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Tagged ch05journalism, Dave Karpf, Jeff Bezos, Joseph Weber, Kara Swisher, T. S. Elliot, The Hollow Men, Washington Post
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Go For Broke – When old editorials become new again
I’ve been teaching Civil Rights Era Pulitzer Prize-winning editorials in my commentary class since 1988. And it seems crazy to me how some of them keep emerging to the surface from current news events over the years. For example, Ralph … Continue reading
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Tagged ch05journalism, civil rights, editorial writing, JMC406, Pulitzer prize
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When Rachel Maddow Stood Up Against MSNBC Management
I don’t have a lot to say here about individual cable news/talk hosts. For one thing, I pay a lot more attention to newspapers and other print outlets than I do to broadcast/cable. But it’s also because I don’t think … Continue reading
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Tagged cable news, ch03business, ch05journalism, CH08 TV, MSNBC, Rachel Maddow
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Return to “Pink Slime” Journalism: AI Scraping Edition
Last fall I had a post about the phenomenon known as “pink slime” journalism. Basically it’s where websites churn out content using either low-paid writers or generative AI. The “news” is either low-quality scrapings from legitimate sites or paid political … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, ch05journalism, generative AI, pink slime journalism
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What Has Happened to the Washington Post?
Editor’s note: Last week, the Washington Post’s publisher and CEO William Lewis announced that the paper for the only the second time in 50 years would not be endorsing a candidate for the presidency of the United States. In a … Continue reading
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Tagged ch05journalism, ch15ethics, Jeff Bezos, Post Endorsement Controversy, Tim Carman, Washington Post
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Updated: What is “Pink Slime” Journalism, and Why is it Such a Problem?
Back in 2012, American consumers were grossed out by stories that found ground beef sold in plastic chubs was often supplemented with the meat byproduct euphemistically known as “finely chopped beef.” This collection of “trimmings” is sprayed with ammonia gas … Continue reading
My How Times Have @#%&ing Changed: Politicians, Presidents and Profanity
As I have previously written, presidents and other politicians using offensive language is nothing new. (In fact, I wrote about this topic as early as 2006 in a media commentary for the late, great Charleston Daily Mail, now merged into … Continue reading
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Tagged ch05journalism, ch15ethics, covering the president, presidential profanity
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WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich freed from Russian prison in massive prisoner swap
The job of being a journalist around the world can be a dangerous one; reporters literally risk their lives to report the news. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reports that in 2023, 99 journalists and media workers were killed … Continue reading
Conflicts between newsroom and management at Washington Post
NOTE: Sorry for the recent lack of posts. I’ve been writing away on the ninth edition of Mass Communication, Living in a Media World that comes out in 2025. Expect to see posts based on some of that material as the … Continue reading
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Tagged ch03business, ch05journalism, Jeff Bezos, Washington Post, Will Lewis
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