Pink Books Are For Girls.

INQUIRER COLUMNIST Karen Heller tackled feminine stereotypes in her column yesterday. Specifically, she said that the lame book designs on books by female authors were insulting to the entire gender."Women's literature has moved beyond the pale - all matter of pinks from pale to insistent - to dismemberment," she wrote. "These days, publishers are partial to flashing body parts, specifically women's body parts, often legs and exquisitely shod feet,...

Money Talks ... But Should It?

SOME OF THE PEOPLE who appear in a new documentary about the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal received cash for their time.Specifically, those who received cash were the lower-ranking military members who were convicted of crimes. “I paid the ‘bad apples’ because they asked to be paid, and they would not have been interviewed otherwise,” filmmaker Errol Morris told the New York Times.But traditional journalism doesn't pay for interviews. According...

Ventriloquistic Journalism?

RUPERT MURDOCH'S News Corporation empire may be growing: he's trying to buy Newsday, the dominant newspaper on Long Island.The problem is that he currently owns the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post, as well as New York television stations WNYW and WWOR. The Federal Communications Commission says that you aren't allowed to own two newspapers and two television stations in the same market.Murdoch is trying to get a waiver from the ruling....

Bill Clinton says, "I don't think I should take any s*** from anybody about that, do you?"

AFTER A RADIO interview with WHYY, Philadelphia's public radio station, former president Bill Clinton said, "I don't think I should take any shit from anybody about that, do you?"He was referring to a line of questioning about Hillary Clinton losing ground among African-American voters. Specifically, the Hillary campaign for president lost potential black support after Bill called Barrack Obama, "the black candidate."Here's the tricky part: the interview was over when Clinton said, "I don't think I should take any shit from anybody about that,...

Live With Larry Mendte!

CBS3 ANCHOR Larry Mendte will be in class on Tuesday. He'll talk about anything and everything, so please arrive with questions in mind.Above is a package he directed. Below is another goofy clip from back in the day (sorry ... it's all I could find on YouTube!)....

Government's Goal? "Information Dominance."

THE NEW YORK TIMES reported on Sunday that the government has been feeding the media information through retired military leaders who work as consultants to media outlets. Here are a few sections from the amazing story:Internal Pentagon documents repeatedly refer to the military analysts as “message force multipliers” or “surrogates” who could be counted on to deliver administration “themes and messages” to millions of Americans “in the form of their...

Was The Debate A Public Service or Simply Television Programming?

MEDIA CRITICS HAVE come down hard on ABC for their questions asked during Wednesday's Democratic debate. The 90-minute debate featured the first 45 minutes focusing on minor controversies rather than issues.Debate hosts Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos (a former Bill Clinton senior advisor) have stood by their line of questioning, which focused on issues like Barrack Obama not wearing a flag pin, and Hillary Clinton lying about coming under...

Did the Debate Enlighten You?

PLEASE PASS ALONG your thoughts on the Democratic debate, which took place here in Philadelphia 6-days before the Pennsylvania primary.If you missed the debate, the transcript is here. Or watch this response from Governor Ed Rendell (a Clinton supporte...

Cheney to Hillary: Meet Me In The Woods (NOT!)

THE BOSTON HERALD ran a simple correction in Monday's paper:An article in today’s Herald regarding comments purportedly made by Vice President Dick Cheney was inaccurate and should have noted that it was based on a blogger’s satire and was not provided by the Associated Press.What exactly did they get wrong? Check out this quote from their original story:“To be frank, Hillary Clinton’s stories about her adventures with guns don’t exactly pass the...

Does The Media Hate Hillary? Or Do They Just Love Obama?

ON FRIDAY, the Clinton's released their tax records dating back to 2000. Turns out they've been doing pretty good: they earned $109 million over that period.So the New York Times wrote this in the Saturday paper: In what proved to be an awkward juxtaposition, the disclosure of the records — which revealed the Clintons to be in the top one-hundredth of 1 percent, or roughly 14,500, of all taxpayers — came on the day that Mrs. Clinton called for the...

Sam Katz says, "The Press Get Caught Up In The Theater of Politics."

PLEASE SHARE YOUR thoughts on today's guest, Sam Katz, and his views on the media.Was he on target? Did he inspire you? Scare you? Depress you? What about his thoughts on the way the media handled the bugging scandal?And how did his appearance differ from our visit from Mayor Street? Were there similariti...

News for Women: Dieting Secrets, Make-up Tips and Other Info Relevant to Your World!

AS THE DEMASSIFICATION of the media continues, niche media becomes increasingly more prevalent. In recent years, there has been a massive push toward attracting female viewers. I call it the other "Oprah effect."The View launched in 1997. Fox29 began a 5:00 PM newscast last year targeting women. And six months ago, the Today Show added a fourth hour to their morning program. It's dedicated to women."It is an hour dominated by extreme weight-loss...

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