Yes, officially, Willamette Week is staying out of the race for Oregon attorney general this spring—no surprise since one of the two main candidates, Ellen Rosenblum, is married to the paper’s publisher and co-owner, Richard Meeker. But, no, that doesn’t mean editor Mark Zusman hasn’t been whispering to friends in high places about his boss’s […]
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Rush Apologized For Two Words
He hasn’t apologize for the rest of them: Via Americablog.
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Rush Limbaugh Says His Big Problem Is That He Talked Like a Liberal
Here’s Rush’s latest foot-in-mouth problem, via Swampland and The Page: In fighting [the left] I became like them. Against my own instincts, against my own knowledge against everything I know to be right and wrong, I descended to their level when I used those two words to describe Sandra Fluke. That was my error…and I […]
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The Most Frightening Report about an Inert Computer Virus from 1988 You Will Ever See!
Guys! Are you aware that there is a “dark genius” roaming the earth, infecting your computer with inert viruses, and perhaps hiding RIGHT BEHIND YOU AT THIS VERY INSTANT?? And did I mention this is the year 1988? WELL, IT IS! Prepare for your worst nightmare to become a local TV news reality, with this […]
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Anything in the World Can Be Compared to Portlandia
’80s movie slow clap for Slate Salon author David Daley who OH, SO CORRECTLY calls bullshit on the media’s love of comparing anything slightly offbeat to IFC’s only show Portlandia. While the New York Times is the worst offender, Daley culls clips from a variety of sources including GQ, New Yorker, Gawker, the Oregonian, L.A. […]
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An Open Letter to Car Crashes and Comedian News Anchors
Dear Car Crashes: Can you please show a little respect and not crash during a news reporter’s live report about escalating gas prices? THE IRONY IS A BIT MUCH.Thank you,Wm. Steven Humphrey *** Dear News Anchor Back at the Studio: Can you please show a little respect to car crashes and not make a joke […]
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Tonight! KATU Wants Everyone to Be Afraid of Marauding Crazy People!
Have you seen this yet? KATU is airing a melodramatic commercial for an “investigative” piece tonight that’s apparently all about how the Oregon State Hospital keeps on letting crazy people lumber free from decrepit cages to menace innocents and little children. They’re pulling out all the stops: sinister music, a raspy narrator, gritty black-and-white footage—even […]
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Muppets Outsmart Fox News… Which Admittedly Doesn’t Take Much
At a UK press conference, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy field a question about Fox News’ accusation that the Muppets have been pushing a “dangerous, liberal agenda” on kids. (Confidential to Fox: You just got clowned by a puppet.)
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Today’s “Honesty in Journalism Award” Goes to…
… this Houston reporter (who, by the way, also receives the “MOST AWESOME TV REPORTER EVER!!” award). Language NSFW, or most television audiences.
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America The Free-ish
This doesn’t come as a shock, but it sure isn’t fun to hear: This morning Reporters Without Borders released their Press Freedom Index, the leading survey measuring freedom of the press by country. As a result of 2011’s well-documented targeting of journalists covering the Occupy movement, the US fell 27 places down the list (to […]
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Dear Certain Members of the News Media: You’re the Worst.
We just received the following email from the media coordinator over at David Douglas school district in regards to the six-year-old girl who was swept away in the flooded Clackamas River and is presumed dead. Please pass this along to relevant reporters and editors. The David Douglas School District has been informed that members of […]
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How to Be a Real Journalist
The 1996 instructional guide for upstart reporters called The News Formula: A Concise Guide to News Writing and Reporting by Catherine C. Mitchell and Mark D. West is about how to be a real journalist, the sort we should all aspire to be: Any display of bias, any interjection of the news writer’s feelings or […]