- Remembering the Kansas City skywalk collapse
- Hyatt Hotels: Please reconsider your action on the Skywalk Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri
- Craps against the high-rolling dark siders
- The Kansas City Royals parade has an interesting historical contrast
- San Jose Mercury News: Credibility suffers when content and advertising clash
Category Archives: Politics
Donald Trump bungles facts, history on General John Pershing, Pigs, and Muslims
Did GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump confuse fiction for fact when he recounted a story last week for an audience at a South Carolina campaign stop? The fable involves former WWI General John J. Pershing’s service in the Philippines in the early … Continue reading
Obama administration rejects Keystone XL pipeline project
Today President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry made it official. TransCanada’s 2,639-mile long Keystone XL project will not be permitted to build and operate on U.S. soil a multi-billion dollar pipeline. It was rejected because President Obama … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, News, Politics
Tagged Keystone XL pipeline, obama, pipeline, U.S. State Department
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What’s the matter with Kansas: Public health, disasters and diseases
I don’t get it. Neither does Kansas Governor Sam Brownback nor other state political leaders. I’ve always been proud of Kansas. It’s where I was raised, educated and spent a third of my professional life. I always felt Kansas politicians … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Journalism, Kansas, Politics, Terrorism, The United States
Tagged Brownback, disasters, disease, Kansas, Protecting the Public from Diseases Disasters and Bioterrorism report, Robert Wood Johnson, Sam Brownback, Trust for America's Health, what's the matter with Kansas
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CNN, Fox News credibility in question after Supreme Court ruling
It’s what CNN and Fox News didn’t do about yesterday’s inaccurate reporting on the U.S. Supreme Court decision that will likely impact their credibility. More for CNN. Less for Fox News. Got it first…Got it wrong In the race to … Continue reading
Posted in broadcasting, education, Entertainment, Journalism, nebraska, new media, News, newspapers, Politics, television, The United States, Uncategorized
Tagged CNN, Fox News, healthcare, Supreme Court
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XL pipeline- Getting the facts straight
Every big controversy seems to generate its own information fog. Facts may be incomplete or missing altogether. Reporting can get fuzzy. The debate over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is no different. Rhetoric abounds. Facts may be iffy. The question … Continue reading
Posted in broadcasting, Business, Economy, education, Environment, Gulf Oil Spill, Journalism, new media, News, newspapers, Politics, The United States, Uncategorized
Tagged afl/cio, Alberta Federation of Labor, ATU, CEP, Communications Energy and Paperworkers Union, Darrin Greene, Journalism, journalism ethics, Keystone, Keystone XL pipeline, labor unions, Politico, TWU, XL pipeline
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J-notes and such: April 4-10
Some passing notes from the journalism, new media, advertising/PR landscape- Larry King Returns to TV — as Infomercial Pitchman: Ad Age Daily reports that Larry King is getting back in the endorsement business nationally less than a year after his … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, broadcasting, Entertainment, Journalism, new media, newspapers, Politics, Radio, television, The United States
Tagged ABC, CBS, Christopher Isham, CNN, FBI, FOX, glenn beck, iPad, iWatch News, Jeff Greenfield, Katie Couric, Larry King, Matt Lauer, Meat Loaf, Meredith Vieira, NBC, Optimum Live TV, Robert Thomson, Rupert Murdoch, Time Warner, Twitter, Will and Kate, William Cronon
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Open records requests drive new controversy
Two interesting open records cases are unfolding in Wisconsin and Michigan. Both raise important questions about access to public documents, the concept of academic freedom, vigorous public discourse and the motives of those seeking public records. Wisconsin The Wisconsin Republican … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, broadcasting, Business, education, Journalism, newspapers, Politics, The United States
Tagged academic freedom, Biddy Martin, FOIA, Mark Jefferson, michigan, open records, William Cronon, Wisconsin
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