Jay Rosen says it’s time to get a clue. Rosen gangs up on Len Downie, the Washington Post editor who keeps making these iffy claims that news is news and there’s no politics in the reporting of the mighty Post.…
Scoop o’ the day
Derek Willis links to a Mobile Register story about fiscal recklessness in the Alabama Legislature. Over two years, the payments have ranged from supplements of a few hundred dollars per paycheck to one-time bonuses of several thousand dollars, the records…
So long, Irv
The legendary Sun-Times columnist is dead at 91. He was still on the job as recently as last week.
How to get rich in newspapers
It used to be you had to spend your entire career in Milwaukee, where the Journal’s employee-ownership setup made fatcats out of lots of ordinary newsies. Those days are gone now, because the company’s publicly held and the money that…
Take your medicine
And read up on the lessons the Arab version of CNN is supposed to be teaching us.
Imagine that…
A music mag for people over 30. Mr. Light said virtually all the current music publications are youth-oriented, without much of interest to someone over 30 who purchases boxed sets by artists like Bob Dylan and samples the work of…