Media
The best part of my New York Times subscription is access to not just the last 30 years of its daily crosswords (about 10,000 puzzles in all), but to a well-designed interface for solving them online. I have started from the start and am playing my way forward. The
Media
When I had a Twitter account, I gorged on news from Ukraine, spending at least an hour a day following about 20 accounts for up-to-the-minute news and speculation. My Twitter account getting locked after I used it for frequent criticism of the service owner provided me with an opportunity to
Media
From an article in the May 24, 2014 issue of The Economist about how racial minorities in the United States live in places where they breathe dirtier air: [...]The study does not address why [race matters more than income in determining whether someone will live exposed to dirtier air]. A
History
"The special characteristics of the newspaper [as it developed in the 19th century] were: (1) publication at regular intervals; (2) production by an editorial team; (3) division into separate departments and fields; (4) reporting that went outside the regional and social horizon of its readers; (5) a rise in
California
When I was in junior high school in the early '80s, I had terrible insomnia. I used to lay awake at night and listen to the Giants game on KNBR, then listen to the Giants post-game show and the news. If I was still awake (it would be midnight
History
Newspapers have a much greater importance in America than they do in Europe. You must not conclude, however, that the press is more free in the New World than in the Old. With us it is the government that watches over and controls the newspapers; in the United States, the
Media
An e-mail to Fox News: "Former Congressman Mark Foley (D-FL)" Until this incident, I had questioned your standards and biases but believed that Fox News was basically a news organization. I can't believe that now. /s/ Steve Casburn
Media
I enjoy Stephen Colbert's work, but I was ambivalent about his appearance this weekend at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. On the one hand, Noam Scheiber is right to note that much of Colbert's talk was repeated from old Colbert Report episodes and that much
Media
Last night's Daily Show interview was a hell of a boxing match. In the left corner, Jon Stewart: a jabber and a weaver, quick on his feet, doesn't pack a lot of power but can kill you with an uppercut. In the right corner, Bill O&
History
The Houston Chronicle for October 12, 1932 had this front-page, five-column top headline: Movie Director Kills Himself After Texas Woman Spurns His Love The second subhead for the article: Beautiful Former Actress Tells Police That Film Ex- ecutive Nailed Her in His Room. That's Hollywood! But it'
Media
One thing I never see mentioned in these ["mainstream media"]-vs-blogs stories is how completely positive, ecstatic, and fawning the old media coverage of blogs is. The bloggers' own claims that they are transforming the media, empowering the individual, making the old fogies at the newspapers and
Media
From a book—a book I strongly recommend, for its on-going relevance—about press coverage of the 1972 presidential campaign: personallyprofessionally The Boys in the Bus Crouse has a point; certainly in my case. I was a journalist and a columnist in high school and college, and even today I