Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan But what about alternative facts? — 2017 by Carole McNall I’m cruising my Facebook feed when […]
Your opinion vs. mine: where are the facts we can agree on?
In just a decade, ‘content’ trumped ‘news’ (and those who reported it)
Ten years has seen the evisceration of newsrooms; the alteration of form, function, and distribution of information; and the emergence of a distorted public discourse. Oh, joy. Since 2007, I’ve written about […]
So you want a ‘robust, independent press’? Good luck with that.
Given fragmentation of audiences, diversity of media platforms, frequently clueless ownership, and devaluation of journalism by the public, what should journalism schools be teaching today? From time to time, especially during election seasons, […]
Newspapers’ big problem: failure to distinguish meaningful from meaningless
Warren Buffett, the newspaper-loving Oracle of Omaha, isn’t loving newspapers quite as much these days. Speaking of the industry’s attempts to create a viable business plan, he told USA Today’s Rem Rieder, […]
My brief, wonderful life without Facebook
I caught a cold last week. So I missed several days of scrolling endlessly and mostly fruitlessly on Facebook. My world, sans Facebook, did not end. The sky did not collapse upon […]
What cute baby picture posts may lead to …
You know them — the social media parents. They learn she’s pregnant with her first child. Joy consumes them. The announcement hits Twitter with abdominal photo or sonogram: “I’m preggers! #thefirst #babybump […]
Wilmer Flores debacle: Mets should look in mirror, not blame social media
Social media is not to blame for the latest Mets’ debacle. Instead, Mets’ management just needs to look at itself in the mirror. For those unfamiliar with the story, a report broke […]
You, too, can be a journalist (or a corporate message control specialist)
I asked my students as the semester ended: “How many of you do not want to be journalists?” Most raised a hand, albeit timidly. (I am, after all, a professor of journalism.) […]
Say Ello to the Great Firewall
There’s a cyberwar on and we’re losing. The New York Times reports 10 financial institutions including JP Morgan Chase are compromised and we don’t know the extent of the damage. Home Depot, […]
The LeBron James story is the future of sports journalism
“Journalism-as-process” is here, for good or for bad, and whether you like it or not It’s going on nearly two weeks now since LeBron James announced he was returning to Cleveland. So […]
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