A month or so ago, I indicated my frustration with Facebook and its many, many anti-customer approaches to business (you know, the ones that have been reported in the media
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A political media trend I wish would end yesterdayA political media trend I wish would end yesterday
I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this, but I’m getting really sick and tired of media portrayals of political people that include unflattering pictures of the politician, mainly
My Proposal: Please give us interesting news instead of what we’ve been gettingMy Proposal: Please give us interesting news instead of what we’ve been getting
Here’s a confession. I read the newspaper every day. And some days are more informative than others. But I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that
Zero Political Shades of GreyZero Political Shades of Grey
My friend Jason has an interesting discussion going on about politics, the media, and the rest of us sheeple. Read it here.
Happy New Year and Things the Media still needs to learnHappy New Year and Things the Media still needs to learn
The New Year is here, and all that jazz, so I just think I’ll say happy new year and move on from there. Hope everyone is doing well. If not,
Media STILL doesn’t understand the difference between a “sex scandal” and “rape”Media STILL doesn’t understand the difference between a “sex scandal” and “rape”
Lackland Air Force Base is having a bit of a “sex” problem lately. It appears that one of its soldiers allegedly raped young recruits going through training. Now, that’s a
Classic Literature is not a Punchline of KnowledgeClassic Literature is not a Punchline of Knowledge
I was having a conversation with someone about a mundane topic, specifically about butterflies, when it reminded me of Kobo Abe’s Woman in the Dunes, a story of butterfly hunter
What Causes the Media to Focus on a Particular Story?What Causes the Media to Focus on a Particular Story?
ABC News International ran an interesting story the other day about Mikhail Gorbachev. It covered the last years of Gorbachev’s control of the Soviet Union right before it collapsed. Today,
Too Much Information About the Sex Lives of Creepy PeopleToo Much Information About the Sex Lives of Creepy People
Today, on the front page of CNN.com, I saw stories that wanted to tell me that Hugh Hefner’s ex-girlfriend reveals that Hugh could only last two seconds, and then a
What is the Future of Government in a Twitter/Facebook World?What is the Future of Government in a Twitter/Facebook World?
We keep hearing stories of how governments are being toppled by people armed with Twitter and Facebook accounts. While these accounts keep forgetting to point out that you need more