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Independent Political Blogs Spank MSM
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How do independent political blogs stack up against the mainstream media (MSM) “blogs” run by the Post and the Sun? Let’s have a look.The MSM never releases their site visit…
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Racists Run Wild in MSM
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Embattled Montgomery College President Brian Johnson is African-American. That does not matter to the Trustees and the many other people who are genuinely concerned about the college and the taxpayer…
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Ben Cardin on the Mainstream Media
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Last week, the Sentinel sat down with U.S. Senator Ben Cardin. Their entire interview is a good read, but this exchange over the mainstream media caught our eye.The Sentinel: One…
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The Reporting Life, Part Five
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By Kathleen Miller. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Now’s the time when you send your story over to an editor for review and let your mind rot a bit while you…
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The Reporting Life, Part Four
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By Kathleen Miller. 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Now it’s time to write. Everybody goes about this process differently.The lede, or first sentence of an article, is arguably the most…
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The Reporting Life, Part Three
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By Kathleen Miller. 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Shortly after lunch, it’s time to start assessing what information you’ve got, and what information you lack. It’s time to fill the…
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The Reporting Life, Part Two
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By Kathleen Miller. Around 10 a.m. Sometime around 10 a.m. every day, an editor would saunter over to my desk and hit me with the inevitable: what’s going on Kathleen?Editors…
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Post Runs PR Content as News
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The Post’s Howard Kurtz gives the following account of the newspaper’s decision to run an article from a hospital’s in-house PR magazine as “news.” Why did they do it? The…
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Print MSM to MoCo: Adios!
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So you thought the print mainstream media (MSM) was undergoing changes? Wait until you read this!Washington PostMoCo political reporter Ann Marimow is on maternity leave. We hear that when she…