Reporting the JFK Assassination: ‘No Miranda Rule, No PR People’ by Eleanor Clift Nov 7, 2013 5:45 AM EST Fifty years on, journalists who were in Dallas that day, from Bob Schieffer to Jim Lehrer, recall the shock of the news, getting a call from Mrs. Oswald, and questioning the assas[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Media’
Why Can’t The President Teach?
Chuck Todd on why the public buys GOP lies about Obamacare: “What I always love is people say, ‘Well, it’s you folks’ fault in the media.’ No! It’s the President of the United States’ fault for not selling it.”[...]
August 13th, 2013 - 12:57 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
Why did Jeff Buy a Newspaper?
Bezos name as a the buyer of the Washington Post could be very misleading. He is a masterful entrepeneur and may have “bought” the “paper” for other reasons. Some of these are mundane. For example, on friend suggestd Mrs. Bezos asked him ot buy a paper on the way home. He[...]
August 5th, 2013 - 1:59 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Bezos Buys WASHINGTON POST!
The Washington Post Reports That It has Been Sold to Amazon’s Founder, Jeff Bezos! Bezos, is buying the Post and its affiliated publications for $250 million in cash. Amazon will have no role in the purchase. Bezos, all of a sudden, is gong to become a voice competitive with Rupert Murdock! Th[...]
July 16th, 2013 - 9:49 am § in America
Hypocrisy and Race
Was George Zimmerman afraid? The call for more legal actin against George Zimmerman is based on the idea that his actions were motivated by his fear of a young black man. If so, George Zimmerman is the wrong target. I suspect that Mr. Zimmerman would be a very unusual man if he was not afr[...]
Fox’s Faux Liberals
Fox’s collection of “liberals” is a combination of a clown an Uncle Tom a failed pollster ←and Bob Beckel … click him[...]
Sunday Reveletion: The Resurrection … by Andrew Sullivan
Click Andrew’s image for a very beautiful statement on the Resurrection.[...]
The (Mad) Scientist
By Hannah Waters, The Scientist Mad science has always fascinated the public, but that isn’t why Jim Fields, video producer and journalist for Time Magazine, decided to make the documentary, A: Head, B: Body, about White. “I’m intrigued more by him than anything he particularly [...]
October 5th, 2012 - 10:52 am § in Misc.
Celebrating Jim Lehrer
from Huff Post “Some other members of the media also jumped to Lehrer’s defense. “Jim Lehrer did the unthinkable – he let the candidates debate,” Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren wrote.” So Greta vsn Susteren is now a credible member of the media? Who next? Bill[...]