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Tuesday, August 31
He's a reverser -- er, clarifier, but not a flip-flopper
by
billdoskoch
on Tue 31 Aug 2004 03:03 PM EDT
Posting RNC delegates' names -- fair ball or not?
by
billdoskoch
on Tue 31 Aug 2004 01:45 AM EDT
nyc.IndyMedia.org was the vessel through which personal information about 1,700 delegates to the Republican National Convention was made (well, more) public. more »
Moore at RNC for USA Today
by
billdoskoch
on Tue 31 Aug 2004 12:38 AM EDT
USA Today, in a bright move, hired Michael Moore (he made a little movie called Fahrenheit 9/11) to write about the Republican National Convention. But they sure made it hard to read him. more »
Two more months!
by
billdoskoch
on Tue 31 Aug 2004 12:09 AM EDT
From a WashingtonPost.com account of Sen. John McCain's speech Monday night. He took at shot at Michael Moore (who was in the audience as an accredited columnist for USA Today). Here is the exchange: more »Monday, August 30
Trying to find RNC blogs?
by
billdoskoch
on Mon 30 Aug 2004 07:49 PM EDT
Cyberjournalist.net pulled together a list. They also listed three sites that are aggregating blog coverage of the conventions: more »
Bush's job? Don't fall in the orchestra pit
by
billdoskoch
on Mon 30 Aug 2004 07:28 PM EDT
That's the title of a backgrounder I wrote for CTV.ca on Bush's upcoming speech at the Republican National Convention. It basically looks at what Bush has to say Thursday night to increase his chances ... more »
It's an ironic old world, isn't it?
by
billdoskoch
on Mon 30 Aug 2004 06:00 PM EDT
The Toronto Star had a front-page story today on Laying Claim to the North. What would possibly make such a patriotic story about protecting Canadian sovereignty in the high arctic in a nationalistic paper ... more »
You can't make this stuff up - II
by
billdoskoch
on Mon 30 Aug 2004 05:28 PM EDT
In what appears, at first glance, to be a pick-on-the-TTC period in my life, here is another story from the frontlines of Toronto's public transit system. more »
You can't make this stuff up - I
by
billdoskoch
on Mon 30 Aug 2004 02:03 AM EDT
Coxwell subway station. Sunday afternoon. Two Toronto (Ride the Rocket!) Transit Commission workers are talking to each other. Sez one: "I've started reading the comics, but even they use big words now."
more » Sunday, August 29
The Yes Men's guide to annoying Republicans
by
billdoskoch
on Sat 28 Aug 2004 11:40 PM PDT
A shadowy group called The Yes Men have put together a little something for the Village Voice on not smashing the state at the RNC (they think Republicans are the real state-smashers).
Enjoy! Here's a ... more »
Abolish the electoral college, sez the NYT
by
billdoskoch
on Sat 28 Aug 2004 11:28 PM PDT
The United States of America, which seeks to export democracy to the
world, has had a few noticeable problems making it work properly at
home.
For the New York Times, a big part of ... more »
Clear Channel carrying Air America?!?! Wacky!
by
billdoskoch
on Sun 29 Aug 2004 01:45 AM EDT
A couple interesting things in this NYT story. Clear Channel, considered to be a right-leaning U.S. company, has some of its local affiliates carrying Air America.
Not only that, it started broadcasting this ... more » Saturday, August 28
Gilligan defends his record
by
billdoskoch
on Sat 28 Aug 2004 08:33 AM PDT
No, not that Gilligan. Andrew Gilligan, late of the BBC, of the Hutton Inquiry fame. more »
Bush-watching on Sunday
by
billdoskoch
on Sat 28 Aug 2004 02:47 AM EDT
The NYT has reviewed two documentaries about Dubya to be aired Sunday night. For those of us in Soviet Canuckistan, the only real choice will be the CNN offering. MSNBC isn't available here (perhaps there'll ... more »
What it takes to mock
by
billdoskoch
on Sat 28 Aug 2004 02:06 AM EDT
With next week's Republican convention, the NYT took the opportunity to profile one of the star correspondents -- Stephen Colbert of the Daily Show, "the most trusted name in fake news." Some of his work ... more »
Green convention below the media radar
by
billdoskoch
on Sat 28 Aug 2004 01:33 AM EDT
Friday, August 27
More ethics dilemmas -- the Toronto shooting yesterday
by
billdoskoch
on Fri 27 Aug 2004 11:53 AM EDT
Greg Locke, whose posts I never enjoy more than when he is in full outrage mode, wrote: > What happened yesterday was a very public action by a man who > chose to confront society ... more » Thursday, August 26
Shallow reporting about online news makes me cranky
by
billdoskoch
on Thu 26 Aug 2004 03:13 AM EDT
So rather than sleep tonight, I allowed myself to get provoked by yet another spoon-deep news story about online news and wrote a manifesto in reply. The story was from The Tyee, an independent online ... more » Wednesday, August 25
Boo for the Daily Show
by
billdoskoch
on Wed 25 Aug 2004 01:59 AM EDT
A bad call by the Daily Show tonight. I'm speaking of the item on Inder Parma and his losing battle with Getty Oil. I love the Daily Show when it's at its best as a ... more » |
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