The Media Drop

Jason Vest of the Boston Phoenix discusses the recently “unmasked” author of Imperial Hubris, and asks why the author, “Mike,” was even anonymous in the first place. The book, the second installment from this author, is a critical piece on America’s ongoing “War on Terror,” and has garnered quite a bit of media attention. […]

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Conservative News Service’s Robert Bluey wrote a few days ago that while coverage of President Reagan’s life and times were prolific a week ago, it wasn’t quite as praiseworthy as many people think. He quotes his company’s parent, the Media Research Center, as stating “most accolades from journalists noted Reagan’s optimism and patriotism, not […]

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Yesterday it was discussed that President Clinton’s new book would be über-hyped, but that was combined with the question of whether or not there would be a huge public/media outcry over the coverage, à la last week’s funeral proceedings for President Reagan. According to Matt Drudge, the hype is in full effect, and […]

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Last week, I discussed a story about the firing of one of Russia’s more prominent television journalists in the wake of what seemed to be a government movement to keep an investigation off the airwaves. This week, the Sacramento Bee picks up a Christian Science Monitor article that talks about the broader scope of […]

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According to this article by Tim Karr at MediaChannel.org, the power went out in Italy today for two radio stations and a television station right around the time coverage was supposed to go on-air for a protest towards President Bush’s visit to the Vatican. The two radio stations, Radio Città Aperta and Radio Onda […]

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The folks at RatherBiased.com write that last night’s CBS News broadcast was a prime example of bias on the part of the media - or, more specifically, CBS anchorman Dan Rather. According to the piece, Rather led off the program with a story about Enron which contained some clips of ex-employees of the energy […]

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Editor & Publisher’s, Dave Astor writes today about columnist Cal Thomas’ comments on Fox News a few days ago, where Thomas stated that the media censoring itself regarding the war might be something he’d agree with.

Thomas said voluntary censorship “might force some in the media who believe anything they know or can find out is […]

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Instapundit brings up some points regarding media coverage that were made by Dallas Mavericks owner and blogger Mark Cuban on his Blogmaverick.com site. Glenn Reynolds says “They’re churning out Granadas and Chevettes and telling us that we’re idiots for complaining” in response to a reader’s comments about the media industry.
Ain’t that the truth. […]

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Do the requests of the press and lack of “extraordinary circumstances” surrounding the details of a grand jury’s decision to send Michael Jackson to trial for child molestation create a situation where the information should now become public? The BBC News picks up some recent notes on the happenings surrounding this upcoming trial. […]

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Edward Levenson of the Bucks County Courier Times writes about an event that took place in New Hope, Pennsylvania where media critics like Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! were present to talk about the coverage of the war by the news media.
It reads like a true love fest [/sarcasm], but there were some salient points […]

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