
Journalism should serve the public, he argued, no one else. Ben Bagdikian, one of the nation’s foremost media critics, died in 2016 at age 96. He left behind warnings about concentration in […]
Journalism should serve the public, he argued, no one else. Ben Bagdikian, one of the nation’s foremost media critics, died in 2016 at age 96. He left behind warnings about concentration in […]
Oh, look. It’s US Open week. Let the fluffing begin. And away we go. Today the top story is that Tiger won the tournament a long time ago. If Tiger wins this […]
Wanted: copy desk editor. No experience required. By now you’ve probably seen the story. An off-duty FBI agent was dancing – and I use that term in its loosest possible sense – […]
There’s a library of feminist theses waiting to be written about this recent episode of earned opprobrium. At the moment, while the world is hanging on the c-word, I’m just wondering one […]
Ladies and gentlemen, the deepest throat in the history of sports journalism. [sigh] Read yesterday’s rant. Then check this. Tiger is tied for 40th, 18 shots back, but that’s okay. He’s still […]
“Good morning, everyone. I’m glad you could join us today. Let’s just go ahead and dive right in, shall we. Rich and Jamie have a flight back to Europa to catch when […]
Hey Kids, it’s Howdy Doody time. See you in your dreams.
As corrupt politicians evolve, so also must journalism. It may be ugly, but perhaps it’s necessary. Scrogue Emeritus Russ Wellen forwarded along Drew Magary’s recent GQ piece on Michael Wolff this morning, and it […]
You’re the channel TV watches… Kill your television? No, idiots. Television’s thinking about killing you… (Brisbane, California, January 2018. See my other work here and here.)
The fundamentals of guerrilla warfare, or detective work, indeed of any contest in which one is overmatched, involve dividing before conquering. Turn the enemy against himself. It’s in the Book of Joshua […]