Hugh Cudlipp was one of Britain’s greatest newspaper editors. He is commemorated by an annual lecture delivered at the London College of Communication. In 2010, that was by Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger. […]
Create your own reality
Appearing on ABC’s Good Morning America, self-described “America’s Mayor” Rudy Giuliani compared the Bush record against terrorism: We had no domestic attacks under Bush. We’ve had one under Obama. Remember Joe Biden’s […]
Freedom of the press, for those who own one
Malignant media disables our flow of news and information. Accordingly, most of us are skeptical of content. It is noise to which we give little consideration.
The Pundit’s Progress
In the archives of this blog, readers might find one, two or more blusters directed at very experienced—and highly visible—professional pundits. For example, I wrote that both Vaughn Palmer and Keith Baldrey […]
Verdict unanimous: guilty of deceit
The consensus is clear. Gordon Campbell, Colin Hansen and their Liberal colleagues based the 2009 election campaign and the two 2009 budgets on centrally crafted deceit. Both deserve no confidence and should […]
Chat with the Globe’s Mark Hume
Title: Mark Hume discusses corruption probe in B.C. politics Date: Wednesday July 22, 2009 Time: 12:00PM PDT Mark Hume of The Globe and Mail British Columbia bureau takes questions on the political […]
Changing scene of political commentary
Clearly, journalism itself is not dying. What is dying — and rightfully so — is the staid, establishment-serving, passion-free, access-desperate, mindless stenographic model to which establishment journalism rigidly adheres. From Glenn Greenwald, […]
That job belongs to the fringe media
Harvey Oberfeld is a retired news guy now expressing opinions without limits from editors or advertisers. His blog, Keeping it Real… is a sometimes amusing, always readable collection of thoughts informed by […]
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