Shortly after the tragedy, I found myself getting angry. Angry at an animal with wings who'd rather get bunions than fly.
All tagged Newspapers
Good News For Corruptocrats
Corrupt politicians and sleazy businessmen - and Lord knows, we have plenty of them - can breathe easy once the hedge fund is running the newspaper.
Newspapers: No Laughing Matter
Newspaper cartoonists are the spotted owls of journalism.
Getting It Right: Stonewall Jackson.
Virtually every Virginian knows that Lt. Gen. Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville after being hit by friendly fire.
More Bad News For Our Local Newspapers
Newspapers around the country are in trouble. None more so than The Virginian-Pilot and the much smaller paper that swallowed it, The Daily Press in Newport News.
A COVID-19 Bail Out for Newspapers Would Perpetuate a Dying Business Model
Virginia’s two U.S. senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, have joined 17 colleagues in signing a letter calling for emergency COVID-19 funding for regional and local news outlets.
Cancel Your Print Subscription, Save a Bundle, and Support Intellectual Diversity in Journalism
Jim Bacon is back with a thought-provoking piece about the value of newspapers that charge more and give readers less.
New York Times Beclowns Itself With Dueling Endorsements
Clearly The Times believes the country needs a female president, even if she’s a socialist. Or a midwesterner who reportedly launches lamps at her staff.
Virginia’s Gun Rights Rally Was Peaceful, Disappointing Many
As Monday wore on it became clear that members of the media - who were clearly hoping for trouble, telling each other to “be safe” as if they were war correspondents - would have to write upbeat pieces instead of sneering stories about hillbillies.
Big Mistakes. Tiny Corrections.
Any wonder the public doesn't trust the media?
Columnists and Crybabies
The New York Times crybaby columnist Bret Stephens is in the wrong business.
Conference Rooms Kill Creativity
Scientists that have studied the air quality of air-tight conference rooms, with new carpets, leeching chemicals and ergonomic chairs doing the same and found that higher brain functions begin to fail as the air quality drops.
Skewed News
If you want to know what’s wrong with newspapers, why they sometimes run with rumors and print half-baked truths, it’s because the adults have left the building.
Holidays Are Coming. Time For Fillers.
Politics aside, I hate these formulaic holiday articles.
No, That Wasn’t John McCain’s Senate Seat
As a writer, words matter. I don’t like this sloppy tendency to award public offices to individuals, as if they own them.
Ready, Aim, Backfire!
Doesn’t matter if you’re pro- or anti-Trump, fact is, this choreographed stunt will fuel the president’s narrative that the press corps is a leviathan trying to bring down his presidency.
Local Newspapers Matter Even If Most Of The People Producing Them Are Liberals.
People should subscribe to their local newspaper and raise holy hell when they see evidence of bias.
Newspapers: More Bad News.
Maybe it's time to rethink journalism schools. Surely, would-be reporters should be counseled before blowing four years worth of tuition to enter a field with stagnant wages and no future.