Eliot Spitzer is no stranger to corporate corruption. The former governor and attorney general of New York made it a point to make such cases a priority and he had a very high success rate. Today in Slate, the former governor is now calling for the Department of Justice to prosecute News Corp under the […]
We have heard that phrase a lot lately when it comes to the banks, but what about the media? What would happen if 1/4 of the U.S. media went bankrupt? With a proposed take over of NBC by Comcast that could easily become a reality: By next week, cable giant Comcast is expected to announce […]
#14 is Christopher Hitchens? Come on.
There has been a lot of buzz of Rupert Murdoch slamming the media, saying they have dug themselves into a hole. Of course he is just stating the obvious, but reading through the article, there was one thing that really stuck out at me: The 77-year-old Murdoch, recalling a long career in newspapers that began […]
Yesterday Matt Lauer asked Jim Cramer why he doesn’t lie to his viewers about the economy. Lauer exemplifies the state of today’s media with this very absurd statement. Instead of reporting the news, Lauer apparently thinks that reporters are to tell the people what they want (or what the media thinks they want) to hear. […]
So if the media is “misreporting” what is going on in Iraq does that mean the military is “misreporting” to the media? Sounds confusing but take a look at this: The U.S. military is conducting a propaganda campaign to magnify the role of the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, according to internal military documents and […]
Oh it’s such a good news day. Over the previous few days Tony Blair has been giving his support to Tessa Jowell over allegations of fraud that her husband is being investigated for in Italy along with the italian Prime Minister (see previous post for details). I think everyone but the PM believes Tessa Jowell […]
Wal-Mart has launched a full blown damage control strategy to counter bad press. In a New York Times article today, they describe a “war” room which is staffed by past political strategist. BENTONVILLE, Ark., Oct. 26 – Inside a stuffy, windowless room here, veterans of the 2004 Bush and Kerry presidential campaigns sit, stand and […]
It seems that the United States media is once again to blame. As Rumsfeld addressed reporters yesterday about the allegation of U.S. forces burning Taliban corpses in Afghanistan he made it clear that he was upset this story was getting reported. Take this quote from today’sChicago Sun Times: ”We also recognize the damage that can […]