Blunders are generally funny – but newsroom ’stratergy’ is the only explination for these ridiculous media missteps that made Politico.com’s list of ‘Top media blunders of 2008.’
For my money, the NY Time’s McCain-Iseman story is the winner of the year. It was weighed down by more innuendo than buoyed by fact, the article was an ill-advised and unsubstantiated [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘journalism’
December 31, 2008
Top 10 media blunders of 2008
June 30, 2008
Incredible and Unbelievable
Here’s a story y’all may or may not believe …
So a woman developed a little bit of an itch on the top of her head. Eventually, the itch got progressively worse and worse. Somewhere along the line, she starts itching her head during her sleep – and one fateful night she actually managed to scratch [...]
May 1, 2008
Loud Silence
Almost a week and a half ago, the New York Times published a damning article regarding the major TV networks and their military analysts. Reporter David Barstow’s original article was published on April 20.
This was no softball indictment of military analysts – many who are, according to Barstow’s article, are just mouthpieces for the White House, [...]
March 12, 2008
‘The bow tie is out’
Tucker Carlson is off the MSNBC roster.
He’ll be replaced by a hour-long Campaign 2008 program hosted by David Gregory.
The MSNBC afternoon lineup of Tucker, Hardball and Countdown was a little heavy on the ‘op/ed’ side – this move is solid because it brings a focused (and relevant) news program to MSNBC’s lineup.
The move to bring [...]
March 12, 2008
Report Shocker: People don’t trust the media
The Harris results reflect the findings of a recent Harvard University study conducted last year, which found “nearly two-thirds of Americans do not trust campaign coverage by the news media.” A few other recent surveys offer some explanation for the distrust:
– Two thirds of Americans – 67 percent – believe traditional journalism is out of [...]
March 5, 2008
FCC considers probe into possible ‘60 Minutes’ blackout
Technical glitch, or an orchestrated blackout of a politically-charged story in Alabama?
‘60 Minutes’ ran a piece that examined the bribery prosecution of a democratic Alabama governor. The report presents a possible plot to take down ex-Gov. Don Siegelman, a democrat, spearheaded by republicans – and Bush’s former adviser Karl Rove.
‘The Prosecution of Governor Siegelman’ segment [...]
