Dave Roberts has a problem with the reaction to the revelation that Mike Daisey rewrote the truth in now infamous anti-Apple story. He thinks the moralizing journos at the NY Times sound a bit self-satisfied: It’s a weird and naive notion that there is a bright line between objective and subjective, fact and opinion, reality andContinue reading “Climate: How do we tell this story powerfully?”
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It’s hard out here for a reporter
And here's why: I'm in the wrong business, obviously.
Biz mag publishes climate science: Heartland burned
One of the most fascinating revelations from the internal docs leaked from the Heartland Institute is about the business journal Forbes, which recently has begun publishing real honest-to-God climate science news. Unlike the Wall Street Journal. Wrote Heartland in its "Climate Strategy" doc: Efforts at places such as Forbes are especially important now that they haveContinue reading “Biz mag publishes climate science: Heartland burned”
Can the Romneytron 9000 elicit emotion from humans?
Bright young Brit Tim Stanley reports on the ground from South Carolina and very convincingly argues that Newt Gingrich didn't win the primary. Willard Romney lost it. Newt Gingrich will deny it, but the South Carolina vote was really a referendum on Romney. He lost it because he is slipping in the area that wasContinue reading “Can the Romneytron 9000 elicit emotion from humans?”
Will Romney live up to his own father’s standards?
Though attacked for asking a personal, sexual question of Newt Gingrich at the beginning of the South Carolina debate, CNN anchor John King came back later in the debate with an even tougher question for Newt's rival Mitt Romney. He laid it out beautifully, and listened as Romney flailed to answer. As Romney failed to liveContinue reading “Will Romney live up to his own father’s standards?”
To the stars, through the thorns: Gov. Jerry Brown
Jerry Roberts knows more about California than you, and me, and probably most of the people in the state put together. He's edited major newspapers, for decades; written columns, for decades; launched websites, written books, taugth at university — his rap sheet is as long as a cliche. He left teaching a year ago toContinue reading “To the stars, through the thorns: Gov. Jerry Brown”
Why does the White House disrespect Paul Krugman?
The great Steve Brodner wants to know why the White House ignores the left's most knowledgeable, effective, and lauded advocate. He writes: "Paul Krugman, locked out of Obama’s party with the 1%. Three years on, who had it right!!???"
From Romney to Rome to murder: today in inequality news
The inequality news from just one day in December 2011: The likely GOP contender is almost certainly a member of the 1% (from a great story in the Times): During his political career, Mr. Romney has promoted his experience as a businessman while deflecting criticism of layoffs caused by private equity deals by noting thatContinue reading “From Romney to Rome to murder: today in inequality news”
How to pitch an article: James Wolcott
From a first rate review by Charles McNulty in the Los Angeles TImes. The witty Wolcott, now at Vanity Fair, first worked at the Village Voice, and learned from reading other pitches how to write to intrigue: "Avoid preamble — flip the on switch in the first sentence. Find a focal point for your nervous energy,Continue reading “How to pitch an article: James Wolcott”
Is it too late to stop climate change? (the Onion)
Reporting from Geneva, the Not the New York Times: A new report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned Monday that global warming is likely to become completely irreversible if no successful effort is made to slow down the trend before 2006. Unless greenhouse-gas emissions are drastically reduced by then, the report concludes,Continue reading “Is it too late to stop climate change? (the Onion)”
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