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Monday, August 02, 2004
More local stories, more people stories, more connection with readers, more diversity - in short, more innovation and less traditional thinking. The Readership Institute has been saying this for five years. Is anyone listening?
The Blog, The Press, The Media: Anderson was the last of the old-fashioned muckrakers
He swiped secret documents, used bugging equipment to eavesdrop on conversations, and jubilantly savaged his enemies, unconcerned with such journalistic niceties as fairness and balance, writes Mark Feldstein, who is working on a Jack Anderson biography. The 81-year-old newsman, recently retired and ailing with Parkinson's disease, was ahead of his time, anticipating the victims-and-villains entertainment values that have come to dominate 21st-century television news.
• Villains v Victims [ courtesy of Fate of Anderson's Washington Merry-Go-Round in dispute ]
• · Tabloids have a blast with photo of Kerry in bunny suit ; Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sinks - But Were Afraid to Ask: asked Post editor-in-chief Col Allan if he was trying to make Kerry look silly. His reply: He needs no help from us...
• · · Diana Botluk Search Engine Comparison Chart ; [Where in the World Is ... Recommended Websites for Global Research Issues]
• · · · The idea that The Record’s editor allowed the director of the Port of Stockton to read a story before it went into The Record is Generating a great deal of newsroom discussion, if not abject panic [The logic of Journalism, editorial writers gone wild!]
• · · · · See Also Why an ombudsman's office is like a box of chocolates ; [Mr Marsden said his client did not want to cause stress to the (Mr Stewart's) family but he reminded Mr Stewart of his de facto obligations to his client: Harvey - name is inescapable in Sydney, from the journalist bars to the buzz of Macquarie St]
• · · · · · See Also Gap between journalists and readers when dealing with faith; [Pope publishes a document designed to address "distortions" generated by radical feminism (are men failures and/or Guardian angels]