Tag: journalism
Michael Hirsch Politico editor resigns after calling for violence against Richard Spencer white nationalist
Michael Hirsch Politico editor resigns. How the political and idealogical landscape has begun to change in America (for the worse).
In what is increasingly becoming to betray the frays of society and ideologies for a long time coming, Micheal Hirsch...
Wendy Bell racist lawsuit: Was she fired cause she was white?
Wendy Bell lawsuit: Did a WTAE journalist overstep her boundaries when she made comments that could be deemed racist and lacking in judgement?
Wendy Bell a former WTAE anchorwoman is suing the Pittsburgh TV station after they fired her for...
The bully tactics of the tabloid world gone to hell in a handbasket.
Rupert Murdoch.What was he thinking?
It's often been the media's role in society to hold it accountable for its actions, a barometer, a forum for where the public can judge whether its institutions, politicians, mores and codes are being carried...
British Tabloid Hacked Missing Girl’s Phone
News of the World, a Rupert Murdoch entity, is implicated in a phone-hacking scandal after reporters allegedly accessed messages from Milly Dowler’s cell phone, a 13 year old girl who went missing in 2002 only to be found dead...
Fallout from AOL and Huff Po: Is There Life After Professional Journalism?
A particularly snarky sense of desperation and existential angst has gripped the news industry since the announcement of the AOL/Huff Po merger, catalyzing some of the only frank criticism of what is still apparently a multimillion dollar industry (provided you intend...
The dizzy and nasty rise of the NY Publicist…Welcome Alison Brod.
Let me say from the outset I have no malice towards Alice Brod and her public relations concern: Alison Brod Pr. That said, I do take exception with some of the correspondences that I have ...
Self Dealing: The New Social Media-ites Self Obsession
Self Obsession. These are the words that immediately come to mind when I contemplate the pervasive media scene currently on display. Instead of focusing on the world around us, many of us, especially the media, in particularly the...
It’s official journalists now live in a Brave New World.
The shattered dreams of the bourgeoisie set.
It once used to be a heroic deed to be a credible journalist with a credible journal. Of course with the collapse of the media world courtesy of the compelling business model that...
Rachelle Hruska- Did she violate FTC rules?
A letter to the editor- Scallywag.
"Dear Mr. Koulouris:
When I read your rather irreverent blog entitled: "Rachelle Hruska: Media Whore/Manipulator for Hire", I nearly choked on my morning coffee. I had become aware of your website through the social...
Insider Society Baseball- The shocking rise of Rachelle Hruska.
The building and selling of legend in this new media age is fascinating if not anything but deceptive. Whether or not it falls into the realm of outright propaganda or that there are propagandists behind the Marionettes put forth...
The unsavory demise of the media world is around the corner.
The terrible things that are happening to media companies.
Oh well, we might as well tell you all you aspiring media tycoons and journalism newbies- all bets are off. Why? Because Gawker just uncovered something that only few us ever...
Gawker confirms that journalists are useless and undesirable.
Watching the big hatchet get to work over at Conde (Cunt) Nast(y).
Looks like we are in a real recession after all kids. Or maybe it’s just Conde Nast looking for a clever reason to get rid of a certain...
