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The wrong arm of the law | Dan Kennedy

Sharp-elbowed business executives and grasping politicians may not be especially popular figures within the American iconography. But membership in any of those classes is not a federal crime. Except when it is. In an important new book, Three Felonies ...

From DAN KENNEDY, Comment Is Free,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Boston Globe,  U.S. House of Representatives,  Ralph Cioffi,  Matthew Tannin,  Raj Rajaratnam

Finding the truth at Fort Hood

Why do we need yet another article on CiF ignoring those murdered in favour of speculation about not being beastly to the murderer? I suggest we boycott comment. "PC-thinking is a thought disorder which impairs the ability to recognize and effectively ...

From DAN KENNEDY, Guardian Unlimited,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Scott Roeder,  George R Tiller,  Mohamed Atta,  Joe Lieberman,  Michelle Malkin

Colonic-irritation of US style gurus| Dan Kennedy

A merry band of comma comedians is using Twitter to successfully poke fun at American journalism's sacred text For American journalists, the authority wielded by the Associated Press Stylebook is both awesome and terrifying. At news organisations ...

From DAN KENNEDY, Comment Is Free,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  New York Times Company,  Boston Globe,  United Nations,  Steve Bell

Advertising a nightmare

If you had told me five years ago that newspaper circulation in 2009 would enter what may prove to be its death spiral, I'd like to think I wouldn't have been too surprised. We have finally reached a moment that's been a quarter-century in the making, ...

From DAN KENNEDY, Guardian Unlimited,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Clay Shirky

Dan Kennedy: Dumb and Dumber, By Choice

Uh-oh. According to a report in The Futurist Magazine, from 1982 to 2007, reading declined by nearly 20 percent for the total U.S. population and 30 percent for young adults aged 18-24. Presently, a huge percentage of the population – some 40 million ...

From DAN KENNEDY, Town Hall,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  American Idol,  Starbucks Corp

Truth, lies and the Washington Post

If only we'd known that Washington Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli was talking about the "Chatham House rule" last summer when he was explaining what he knew about those now-infamous salons. We all could have spared the poor man so much ...

From DAN KENNEDY, Comment Is Free,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Marcus Brauchli,  New York Times Company,  Washington Post Company,  Katharine Graham

Dan Kennedy: Obamacomedy

The president’s a real comedian. I’m not referring to the performance on Letterman as much as I am at the G20 Summit, where, humorously, he spoke of his determination to prevent and prohibit the “reckless risk-taking” that he asserts brought about the ...

From DAN KENNEDY, Town Hall,  10 Oct 2009

Related Topics: G-20,  John Edwards,  General Motors,  White House,  George W. Bush

Dan Kennedy: Where Is The Real Crisis?

Here’s a number you’re not likely to hear from the nightly news: According to the CNW Marketing Research Automotive Consumer Spending & Attitudes Survey of 9/09, one in six people who traded in their car during the cash-for-clunkers program already ...

From DAN KENNEDY, Town Hall,  19 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  Thomson Reuters,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Aetna Inc.

The whole truth

Protesters in Washington DC give their view of the US media. Photograph: Richard Adams/Guardian Last Friday, the news media took another self-inflicted hit to their sagging credibility. It began with CNN, which panicked the nation by reporting that a ...

From DAN KENNEDY, Comment Is Free,  15 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Richard Adams,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party

Dan Kennedy: Bread 'n' Circuses Looking past Obama's song 'n' dance.

"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact," said Sherlock Holmes. This explains, I guess, how so many independent voters, moderate Democrats and even moderate Republicans were deceived by the Obama who campaigned for the presidency. The ...

From DAN KENNEDY, Town Hall,  11 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  White House,  U.S. Congress

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