Category Archives: Journalism

Why do the news media try to pass off the UK terrorists as ‘asians’?

Why not call them Middle Easteners or Muslims or something more exact than "asians"?

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The Jewish Journal Adds Sex Appeal

I’ve never found the Jewish Journal an erotic publication. Yes, I’ve had my share of fantasies about religion writer Amy Klein (who hasn’t?) but the paper, baruch hashem, has never caused me to commit the sin of Onan. But the … Continue reading

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If Watergate Broke Today

Among the many pompous writers of press criticism, Joe Strupp must rank among the most annoying and foolish (though he’s not one-tenth as bad as MarketWatch’s Jon Friedman). Strupp writes for Editor & Publisher: If Watergate had broken today, chances … Continue reading

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Kill the Messenger: How the CIA’s Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb

I heard author Nick Schou (an investigative reporter at the OC Weekly) speak on a journalism panel at The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books April 29, 2007 at UCLA. Miles Corwin moderated the discussion among Mark Fainaru-Wada, Nick Schou, … Continue reading

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Deriding Israel’s Christian Supporters

Jason Maoz writes in The Jewish Press: The Monitor’s oft-stated rule of thumb is that when a reporter quotes unnamed sources, those sources invariably buttress the reporter’s own viewpoint and agenda. Case in point: James D. Besser, the Washington correspondent … Continue reading

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