The past year has seen a wave of over-empowered Republican conservatives seeking to crack down on what they see as pervasive “liberal bias” in many aspects of our society. Recently, Kenneth Tomlinson, the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, an entity that is designed to buffer public broadcasting from politicalization, hired a consultant with [...]
It’s been a while since I did a round of cool and interesting links, so I though I’d throw some stuff out there for y’all. Kos found a great flash applet, courtesy of Arlington, VA’s Newseum, an interactive news museum dedicated to helping the public and media interact and study the ever-valuable and under attack [...]
Forgive me for the low volume of postings on the blog recently but June is a crazy month for me full of music, weddings, reunions, and lots of doctor appointments. While I’d prefer to fill the void with something positive and uplifting it seems to get harder and harder these days. Between the state of [...]
“The media. Lot of you out there probably never even ‘eard of the word.” – Ali G When I was a kid I used to often think about becoming a journalist. Besides being a chef, journalism was always the thing that appealed to me the most. Something about the honesty, the respect, and of course [...]
some thoughts on reading
I often work from home on Mondays. It’s nice to get away from the stresses of the office for a day and have uninterrupted time to work. Generally very productive days. Unfortunately I often put CNN on in the background while I’m working. Much like last week was 24 hours a day of the Atlanta [...]
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