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So You Ask: What’s Happening Here…With Me? Fasten Your Seat Belts.

by John April 27, 2012

Yikes, I am getting a lot of questions.  What’s with the new website, Dude?  Moving to North Carolina?  Hey Irish, WTF is up with you? I can’t come clean entirely — yet.  But here’s what I can say. I am working with two different entrepreneurs on two very cool start-ups that are apparently (key word) […]

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Treating The Economy Backwards

by John April 27, 2012

Fair warning: I’m writing about New York Times columnist and economist Paul Krugman.  Prepare yourself for the deluge of comments: “If it comes from Krugman, it shouldn’t be read because it’s red” or “Krugman hasn’t seen a tax hike he didn’t like.” Mention Krugman and viewers and readers swarm to your site.  There are so […]

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The Book, “Abundance”, Lifts Your Optimism

by John April 8, 2012

News is a downer. Watching can be gut-wrenching. But try reporting this stuff every day. As a news anchor, you sometimes feel you’re only a syllable away from creating your own Howard Beale “I’m mad as hell” moment. Good friend Donna Brown wrote me when the Penn State child molestation allegations broke: “I really don’t […]

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Where’s The Outrage At Augusta?

by John April 7, 2012

The outrage over women not being members at Augusta National is a credible argument. I am with women on that. However, they have to make sure that there are no all-women clubs that exclude men. But I also think there’s another injustice at The Masters. Why isn’t Gary McCord on the CBS Telecast? Is there […]

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Would You Fire Yourself From Facebook or Twitter?

by John April 7, 2012

NBC News fired someone for an example of media bias committed on social media every second of everyday. A producer at NBC News was fired for allegedly editing an audio clip in a story about the Trayvon Martin killing that was apparently unfair to George Zimmerman.  From the New York Times piece: The action came […]

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How To Watch TV News

by John April 6, 2012

From my previous posts on liberal media bias and conservative media bias in cable TV news, you would think I am going to tell you to stop watching TV news. Surprise. I am not. In fact, you still need to watch the so-called news on the boob-Tube. But you need to watch in a time-saving […]

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Book Review Thinking Fast and Slow: Lessons in Media Bias

by John April 5, 2012

You should read “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman. He won the Nobel Prize in 2002 for Economic Sciences.  But the book stands on its own – despite his many credentials. In short, Kahneman explains the two systems that drive our thinking.  System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional.  That’s when you say to […]

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Cable News Media Bias Examples: You’re The Cause and What You Must Do

by John April 5, 2012

Here are two more excuses to turn off cable news – for good.  Granted, there are hundreds or thousands of reasons.  Here are the two newest ways to define media bias. The first comes from the perennial favorite when it comes to media bias and distortion – Fox News Channel. Fox News Reporter Heather Childers […]

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Jobs Act: A Measure of Media Bias

by John April 3, 2012

It’s easy to find bias in media examples.  It’s not all bad, though. Take the new Jobs Act that will be signed into law by President Obama this week.  The law is a series of bills that will help companies go public and raise money easier. Yes, this is a bipartisan effort in Congress.  It […]

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Olbermann Gone: No Surprise

by John March 30, 2012

Here’s the latest on Current TV parting with Keith Olbermann.  No surprise given Olbermann’s volatile personality. Olbermann hates Glenn Beck.  But Olbermann should follow in Beck’s footsteps.  He should launch his own online site — and do whatever the heck he and his followers want to do.  Clearly, Keith should not have any bosses — […]

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