Politico Doesn’t Have ‘Woke Police’—It Has Staffers Calling Out Bad Journalism
Apparently a disgruntled minority opposed to changes at Politico knew they’d find a sympathetic ear at the Daily Beast.
Media Wonder: Why Can’t Venezuela Be More Like Bolivia?
Corporate media are wondering why Venezuela can’t have a coup like Bolivia did—which they won’t call a coup, of course.
Clear-Eyed Antidotes to Misty Visions of the Elder Bush
It isn’t merely that it’s no part of journalists’ job to stoke misty visions of powerful public figures, dead or living; asserting that George H.W. Bush was America’s lovable Grandpa—that only the insolent would gainsay such an image—erases the many people harmed grievously by his actions and inactions.
Al-Qaeda Pressure Cookers?
Are the pressure cooker bombs used in Boston really a link to Al Qaeda? No. But some reporters are trying to make that connection.
TV Sports’ ‘Little, Teeny-Tiny, Super Cute White Hope’
Intern Katy Kelleher at the Jezebel.com blog (9/9/09) has made a worthy attempt at “unpacking all the different levels of sexism and racism that are operating subtly behind the scenes” in recent coverage of professional women’s tennis. On the new stardom of relatively diminutive and white Melanie Oudin, Kelleher remarks that “her accomplishments are definitely […]
