Mainstream Media
So, if you were to see the headline “Priest compelled to reveal he’s gay,” what would you expect to see in the story? That the Church (or somebody) forced him to admit his orientation as a targeted effort laced with malice. But in actuality, the LA Times story to which the Providence Journal gave that…
Ann Althouse isn’t sure how to understand Saturday Night Live‘s script as delivered by Alec Baldwin, standing next to Sarah Palin: Alec Baldwin got to stand next to Palin and insult her — by accident, thinking she was Tina — and then got to say something that’s true: Sarah Palin is more attractive than Tina…
Why does my Sunday newspaper inform me that “an American member of al-Qaida… taunted Americans over their economic crisis” in a half-hour video? That’s quite a reward of notoriety for a twenty-nine-year-old terrorist based on little more than a dull YouTube rant.
Ian Donnis at Not for Nothing brings this to our attention. From the Providence Newspaper Guild website: Journal to Lay Off 30 From News Staff; No One Cut From Advertising The Journal will be cutting its entire News Department part-time staff plus five full-time positions. No advertising jobs will be cut. With one exception, the…
The article’s a few days old, but one comment from writer Katherine Gregg yields too rich of a lesson for Governor Carcieri not to highlight: How did we get to this point? Despite orders to cut spending, some state administrators simply couldn’t bring themselves to do it. And state lawmakers seemed content to accept the…
With suspect editing of the VP candidate’s recent interview and dueling front page hit pieces against her, yesterday, Boston Phoenix blogger Adam Reilly would say that “by declaring war on the media, McCain has given them license to cover his candidacy the way they should have from the beginning.” The move “could actually be a…
It may be that it doesn’t come across as often as it should, but I’m as disappointed as anybody that Governor Carcieri seems often not to understand the image that he must present to counter the break-and-blame strategy that the Democrats have woven into the governance of Rhode Island. If actions of the General Assembly…
I make my debut in the Providence Phoenix this week, with an article on the possibility of turning factory-grown algae into home heating oil, right here in Rhode Island. However, my article may get upstaged by this “Almost Famous” item about someone else familiar to RI blog readers…
Did you know that Projo op-ed columnist Froma Harrop has her own blog, where you can learn about things like her libertarian streak (h/t Jack Fowler of National Review)…Froma Harrop is an independent voice on politics, economics and culture. Though often pigeonholed as “left of center,” she is widely known for her unconventional approach and…
Edward Mazze errs by inadvertently opening the door for the insidious consequence of socialist drift, Anthony DiBella takes his latest Business section “commentary” to the threshold of the socialist view of humanity. The humble Mr. DiBella volunteers for the task of bringing sun-shiny days to the lives of Rhode Islanders: The governor’s idea to assemble…