Raquel Christie’s article in the latest American Journalism Review is a thorough analysis and critique of media coverage of the Jena 6 controversy which S&R has done its own thorough job of ranting about. Her conclusions, based on interviews with reporters and bloggers involved are relatively straightforward: 1) Local media slanted its coverage to make […]
Archive | February 7, 2008
Mitt quits; utters single dumbest thing any candidate has said so far
You probably already heard that Romney is “suspending” his campaign. Apparently the decision had nothing to do with the fact that he’s getting his ass handed to him from one coast to the other. No, the reasoning is far more noble: “If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I […]
The best CDs of 2007, pt. 3: CD of the Year
In the mid-1970s Graham Parker was portrayed as a quintessentially Angry Young Man®, a pub rocker with an attitude who helped shape the British New Wave (a movement that remains perhaps the most creatively vital five years in recent rock history). 15 years later he had matured into a Responsible Adult®, with 1991′s Struck By […]






