All Entries Tagged With: "News Media"

A New Low in TV News has Arrived

A new low point in integrity and quality of television news in the U.S. arrived yesterday. It was ushered in by CNN’s game show participant/news reader, Wolf Blitzer. Blitzer, in announcing the name of the Ft. Hood shooter as “Nidal Malik Hasan,” remarked that Hasan had “an Arab-sounding name.”

Papers, Magazines in Europe Make Money

While visiting friends in Munich recently, I was struck by a couple of modern-day contrasts with American cities – I saw very few people in Munich walking down the streets with eyes glued to their Blackberrys or iPhones.
Instead, people sitting at coffee shops, reading all kinds of publications – actual newspapers and magazines.

Turning Point in New Journalism

The recent “showdown” between comedian-turned-faux-newsman Jon Stewart and stock-huckster-turned-cable-TV-stock-carnival barker Jim Cramer was an important moment, I believe, in today’s new style of journalism.

Cramer, host of CNBC’s borderline insane stock hype program “Mad Money,” came off as defense, and a guy who knew he was in deep trouble for misleading investors. He seemed to me [...]

Journalistic Quality: International Herald Tribune

While vacationing in a remote valley of the Swiss Alps, I still want to keep up on news of the world between hiking through forests and enjoying outstanding food. And, I have been reminded of how fabulous the International Herald Tribune is as a newspaper that covers world and U.S. news. I think it [...]

Wall-E for President

I was watching CBS Face the Nation this morning and veteran newsman Bob Schieffer who kept using the phrase, “flip-flop,” to describe a politician who seems to change his mind.  Schieffer should know better than to repeatedly pick up on such simple-minded politicking jargon.  Heck, everyone changes his or her mind.
The origins of the current [...]