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Category Archives: Jewish Journalism
How The Japanese Media Is Like The Parochial Jewish Media
Ian Hargreaves writes in his 2003 book Journalism: Truth or Dare: …But the workings of Japanese news media are barely recognizable to journalists from the United States or Britain… Japanese journalists, for example, are bound together in a network of … Continue reading
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So Why Don’t Bloggers Get Junkets?
Brad A. Greenberg reports for the Jewish Journal: [JERUSALEM, Aug. 8] "You are not to directly quote the prime minister," Ehud Olmert’s press handler told a group of American Jewish journalists I’ve been traveling with this week. This directive came … Continue reading
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Amy Klein
I’ve been working on a poem for Amy Klein. How do you like it so far? Oh, I used to love to make you cry It made me feel like a man inside If I had been a man in … Continue reading
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A Critique Of My Profile In The Jewish Journal
Brad A. Greenberg writes: "He loves to dish dirt on rabbis suspected of sleeping around…" Well, I’m not so sure. I report on rabbi-predators. The complete list is here. The entire focus of the reporting is on rabbis abusing their … Continue reading
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Who Controls The Jewish Media?
Jewish Survivors posts: It’s been obvious that various Jewish news media groups refuse to write about various issues such as various Jewish cults that are out there. This seems true especially when the cult leader received his ordination from an … Continue reading
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