Media Mutt
Some Pieces May Be Irregular
Submitted by Al Diamon on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 9:08am.
September 12, 2007
A selection of prose from the Sept. 12 issue of the Original Irregular, a weekly newspaper in Kingfield:
"The internationally acclaimed artist, writer and illustrator had left her mark on the school with her mural and years later a coat of varnish was applied
A selection of prose from the Sept. 12 issue of the Original Irregular, a weekly newspaper in Kingfield:
"The internationally acclaimed artist, writer and illustrator had left her mark on the school with her mural and years later a coat of varnish was applied
The Case for the Nameless
Submitted by Al Diamon on Tue, 09/11/2007 - 5:58am.
September 11, 2007
Nearly every journalist uses anonymous sources. And nearly every journalist condemns the practice. No wonder the public thinks we're bigger snakes than any profession except lawyers and Nigerian princes seeking help transferring their inheritance to a bank in the United
Nearly every journalist uses anonymous sources. And nearly every journalist condemns the practice. No wonder the public thinks we're bigger snakes than any profession except lawyers and Nigerian princes seeking help transferring their inheritance to a bank in the United
Edited Out
Submitted by Al Diamon on Mon, 09/10/2007 - 5:14pm.September 10, 2007
In case you missed it, the Bangor Daily News has come to its senses. After a couple of weeks of controversy over two of its editors' connections to candidates in the upcoming U.S. Senate race in Maine (see "How to Shed Cred"), the BDN announced in its Saturday, Sept. 8 edition that it was taking steps to reduce the perception that it had an enormous conflict of interest.
How To Shred Cred
Submitted by Al Diamon on Tue, 09/04/2007 - 6:41am.
September 3, 2007
Almost every journalist I know has conflicts of interest up the wazoo. Almost every journalist I know hates admitting that. Including me.
Conflicts mean passing up juicy stories. Conflicts can cost money. Conflicts involve hurting friends. Conflicts might help enemies.
Almost every journalist I know has conflicts of interest up the wazoo. Almost every journalist I know hates admitting that. Including me.
Conflicts mean passing up juicy stories. Conflicts can cost money. Conflicts involve hurting friends. Conflicts might help enemies.
Irregular Art
Submitted by Al Diamon on Thu, 08/30/2007 - 4:33pm.
August 30, 2007
From an article in the Original Irregular weekly newspaper by staff writer David Hart, about a mural painted by artist Davlov Ipcar in 1980 in the Kingfield Elementary School:
"This mural turned out to be one of three mural she painted in her life-time directly
From an article in the Original Irregular weekly newspaper by staff writer David Hart, about a mural painted by artist Davlov Ipcar in 1980 in the Kingfield Elementary School:
"This mural turned out to be one of three mural she painted in her life-time directly
Live - sorta - from Bangor
Submitted by Al Diamon on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 6:47pm.
August 27, 2007
WVII-TV, Channel 7, begins its 6 o'clock newscast with a flat-out lie.
"News for Bangor," an announcer proclaims, "live from Bangor."
Well, some of the newscast is live. But not the weather. Which is taped. And isn't from Bangor.
Other than that, Channel
WVII-TV, Channel 7, begins its 6 o'clock newscast with a flat-out lie.
"News for Bangor," an announcer proclaims, "live from Bangor."
Well, some of the newscast is live. But not the weather. Which is taped. And isn't from Bangor.
Other than that, Channel
Sinking Story
Submitted by Al Diamon on Mon, 08/27/2007 - 1:27pm.
August 27, 2007
On August 17, in the aftermath of a fatal accident involving a powerful speedboat colliding with a smaller boat on Long Lake in Harrison, the Portland Press Herald ran a front page story about the need for legislation to control such mega-horsepower craft. It cited lakeside
On August 17, in the aftermath of a fatal accident involving a powerful speedboat colliding with a smaller boat on Long Lake in Harrison, the Portland Press Herald ran a front page story about the need for legislation to control such mega-horsepower craft. It cited lakeside
Press Freedom, Press Conflict and Press Pain
Submitted by Al Diamon on Tue, 08/21/2007 - 8:32am.
August 21, 2007
Who's the hypocrite? The Christian Civic League of Maine has never had a comfortable relationship with the Maine media, so when the conservative group suddenly presented itself as a defender of freedom of the press, I think I can be excused for being a tad skeptical.
In
Who's the hypocrite? The Christian Civic League of Maine has never had a comfortable relationship with the Maine media, so when the conservative group suddenly presented itself as a defender of freedom of the press, I think I can be excused for being a tad skeptical.
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Hollow Column
Submitted by Al Diamon on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 11:13am.
August 15, 2007
Jeannine Guttman doesn't have much to say. But she certainly takes up a lot of space not saying it.
Guttman is the editor of the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram. Most weeks, she writes a long column in the latter paper's Insight section filled with
Jeannine Guttman doesn't have much to say. But she certainly takes up a lot of space not saying it.
Guttman is the editor of the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram. Most weeks, she writes a long column in the latter paper's Insight section filled with
No Comment? That Could Be A Problem
Submitted by Al Diamon on Mon, 08/13/2007 - 12:13pm.
August 12, 2007
I can understand why some people wouldn't want to be interviewed by me. They think I'm an irreverent jerk intent on unfairly ridiculing them. They could be right. There are days when I'm leery of talking to myself.
So, under ordinary circumstances, it doesn't surprise
I can understand why some people wouldn't want to be interviewed by me. They think I'm an irreverent jerk intent on unfairly ridiculing them. They could be right. There are days when I'm leery of talking to myself.
So, under ordinary circumstances, it doesn't surprise
