Archive for the 'Newspapers' Category

The decline of reading news.

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

It is certainly a good bet to say the ‘07 edition
has many more lines devoted to living life to the fullest and
stories with the consumer of all types of products in mind.
This very sad state is not necessarily
the fault of the newspaper of record.

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Front Page November 1, 2007
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Front Page November […]

For those who may have forgotten, the Cleveland Plain Dealer…

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

editorial board was ready to endorse John Kerry in 2004 until it was outnumbered by the publisher. A compromise allowed the paper to support no one. Considering Cleveland’s economic shape and the voting problems in that election, one could surmise that the paper was acting against its self-interest and that of its readers.
I don’t […]

More than four years late is probably better than never.

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

The Huffington Post will continue to update this list as more newspapers call for the Pentagon to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq.
Seattle Times (Wash.), July 17, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer (Penn.), July 15, 2007
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Penn.), July 15, 2007
Detroit Free-Press (Mich.), July 13, 2007
Wichita Eagle (Kan.), July 12, 2007
Boston Globe (Mass.), July 10, 2007
Tuscaloosa News (Ala.), July […]

China Blames Foreign Media for Food Health Scares–Reuters headline

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Avian Flu, SARS, Influenza & the ever popular Bubonic Plague
were the fault of
Henry Luce, Katherine Graham, Hugh Hefner and General David Sarnoff.
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Mon Jul 16, 12:33 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - Foreign media have fuelled unfounded fears about Chinese products, the nation’s top quality official has said, as China blocked a U.S. protein powder shipment while the […]

I would have rather seen the inevitable lawsuit and accompanying headlines…

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Catholic School Opens Gates to Hell Boy
July 9, 2007 - 10:19pm
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The Hell family has protested to a Catholic school in Australia after it objected to enrolling their son because of his name.
Officials said the boy had been offered a place at the St. Peter the Apostle school in the southern city […]

Soon to be Rupert Murdoch’s other New York paper’s slime-oid headline and lead of the day…

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

PARIS WAS PIG IN A POKEY
FREED JAILBRAT LIKED TO ‘GRUB’ OFF THE GUARDS
By MARIANNE GARVEY and DAVID K. LI
June 27, 2007 — Paris Hilton scurried home to Mommy and Daddy yesterday after spending three weeks in a jailhouse medical unit receiving special treatment and living the life of a snack-ravaging college student.
Sources said the celebrity […]

The New York Post’s Bad Taste Headline of the Day…

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

BABES IN OY LAND SCUFFLE
APPLE’S ISRAELI CONSULATE IN BIKINI FLAP
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By ANDY SOLTIS
HOT STUFF: A sexy invite from the Israeli Consulate (above) promotes an event celebrating the July Maxim’s Israeli women photo spread.
June 19, 2007 — Israeli female legislators are baring their anger over what they call a “pornographic” tourism campaign - featuring a bikini-clad Israeli […]

So, what else is new?

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

CALLING THE SHOTS
In Murdoch’s Career,
A Hand on the News
His Aggressive Style
Can Blur Boundaries;
‘Buck Stops With Me’
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How are you fixed for Hades?

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By STEVE STECKLOW and AARON O. PATRICK in London, MARTIN PEERS in Sydney, Australia, and ANDREW HIGGINS in New York
As Rupert Murdoch advances in his bid to buy The Wall Street Journal and its […]

Will it have the Funny Pages?

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

Bancroft family to meet with Murdoch
Sat Jun 2, 2007 10:46AM EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Representatives of the Bancroft family, which controls Dow Jones & Co. Inc. (DJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research, plan to meet with News Corp. (NWSa.N: Quote, Profile, Research chief Rupert Murdoch on Monday to discuss his $5 billion bid for the company, The […]

Welcome to Frederick Forsyth’s Zangaro and Secretary of Defense Kimba.

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

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McClatchy’s D.C. Bureau Claims It’s Barred From Defense Secretary Plane
By Joe Strupp–Editor & Publisher
Published: May 23, 2007 12:40 PM ET
NEW YORK Staffers at McClatchy’s Washington, D.C., Bureau — one of the few major news outlets skeptical of intelligence reports during the run-up to the war in Iraq — claims it is now being punished for […]