Bill Doskoch: Media, BPS*, Film, Minutiae

Curated knowlege, trenchant insights & witty bon mots

RE: Writers in Pajamas vs. Big Media Dinosaurs

Sandy McMurray wrote: > You're absolutely right that most blogs simply link to or masticate> information provided by professional journalists. That's why I think> this story is so significant. Paid professional journalists at 60 > Minutes II dropped the ball then took refuge in their journalistic > credentials rather than admitting the error. Unpaid> individuals [...]

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Thu, September 16 2004 » CAJ-L postings » Comments Off

Goodbye, Johnny :(

While scrambling to cover the health summit accord lat Wednesday, I ran into this sad piece of news: Johnny Ramone dies of prostate cancer at age 55. And his end comes just days after a 30th anniversary celebration of the band's founding. As wallpaper, I've used the cover art for the Ramone's Rocket to Russia album for several [...]

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Writers in pyjamas vs. Big Media Dinosaurs

I've been writing about this a bit on my blog. One interesting development occurred yesterday when the New York Times reported that Lt. Col. Jerry Killian's secretary opined that she thought the memos were faked, but that the information in them was accurate! A Washington Post story from Tuesday made this point: “Questions about the [...]

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