Moonves Memo to CBS – Interesting Reading

January 10, 2005 By

TO: All CBS employeesFROM: Leslie MoonvesDATE: January 10, 2005 On September ­­22, 2004, we asked an Independent Panel to find out what went wrong in the development, preparation and aftermath of the September 8th broadcast, on 60 Minutes Wednesday, concerning President George W. Bush’s service in the Texas Air National Guard. Today, those findings have [...]

Filed Under: The Fourth Estate

Prophets of Perpetual Pessimism

January 8, 2005 By

I like this blurb by Roger Simon wherein he links to this excellent analysis re the propensity of the press, most particularly the ever execrable NY Times, to kill stories that offer hopeful or positive outlooks in favor of the usual dreary, cynical, pessimistic, nihilistic and depressing crap they usually serve up. The analysis is [...]

Filed Under: Faith, The Fourth Estate

The NY Times Cannot be Trusted with Numbers

January 1, 2005 By

Or, apparently, with simple things like DATES. Check this out, it’s really deplorable: Tigerhawk takes a minute to actually look at the analysis of the post-election stock market surge and notes that through selectivity, the Times manages to underplay the staggering rise in the DJIA…that its growth is actually 47% higher than the Times claims. [...]

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Sharpshooter Bloggers wounding the press troops

December 31, 2004 By

This wonderful bit of satire by Rand Simberg gives a much-needed laugh at the state of modern journalism…although I wonder if he didn’t let them off too easy. I especially enjoyed this:For some, though, perhaps death would be kinder. One man, by the name of Robert, had to have so many false assumptions, invalid premises, [...]

Filed Under: Blogs and Blogging, The Fourth Estate

Rathergate report still not released

December 28, 2004 By

This is becoming a little bit like the old SNL line, “Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.” The CBS internal report regarding the fake – no, not forged, but FAKE – ANG “memoes” with which poor old Dan Rather was hoping to completely destroy Presidnt Bush’s re-election campaign, is STILL unreleased. This was the report [...]

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Wait, we’re really not liberal! We’re just like you! Wink, wink.

December 14, 2004 By

Can’t help but notice what appears to be a co-ordinated effort by liberal folks to sidle up to the red staters and say, “psssst, lissen, we’re not so bad! We’re not as liberal as you think! We’ve got kids! We’ve got the same values as you!” There were a few yesterday that I didn’t get [...]

Filed Under: Culture of Life/Death, The Fourth Estate, Why can't weeee be ...

To whom much is given, SOMETHING is expected

December 12, 2004 By

I hadn’t planned on writing about Maureen Dowd again, but I just have to say this: Had I the valuable spot of journalistic real estate she possesses, I hope I would do everything I could to use that space to inform, instruct, admonish and (at my best) uplift. I believe I would try always to [...]

Filed Under: Feminism, The Fourth Estate