adrian monck

“We did not think it was news we were inclined to pursue.”

Even I blanched slightly when McClatchy VP Howard Weaver kicked off a post – I believe I’d fire any reporter who wasted a chance to question Gov. Sarah Palin by asking a single question about pregnancies, DUIs or thuggish boyfriends.

September 4, 2008
Journalism and democracy…again

Mark Day in The Australian rails against the Fairfax job cuts – wait for the familiar punchline.

September 4, 2008
Stakeholder syndrome

If you want an illustration of the brilliance and fragility of the blogosphere, take a look at Ofcomwatch. It’s a blog about the world of UK communications regulation which, let’s face it, is about as effervescent as a day-old glass of Alkaseltzer, and the bulk of its posts are the heroic work of Russ Taylor.

September 2, 2008
Frank Rich sees the future…

NYT columnist Frank Rich, who must lack a tiny bit of self-irony, takes aim at the ‘bloviators’ covering the Obama campaign. But in the course of his musings a little internet-inspired doubt creeps in. : Journalists are still Americans — even if much of our audience doubts that — and in this time of grave…

September 1, 2008