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July 2012

July 11, 2012

Quote of the day, media edition

"I can play along with Superman using a steel girder to swat someone into outer...

June 2012

June 30, 2012

Great moments in journalism: in praise of commas

A headline from Huffington Post and the AP:

June 28, 2012

Great moments in journalism: CNN on health care ruling — UPDATED

CNN's website at 10:10 am ET: CNN's website at 10:13 am ET: UPDATE: Seems...

June 23, 2012

Vatican hires Fox News reporter as communications advisor

Details: The Vatican has brought in the Fox News correspondent in Rome to help improve...

June 22, 2012

In Philadelphia, “A shakeup of seismic proportions”

You could feel the shockwaves rippling through Indianapolis as this story made its way around...

June 19, 2012

Memo to NBC: What the hell is wrong with you?

Seriously. First, there was the Trayvon Martin boondoggle a few months ago. Then yesterday, evidence...

June 15, 2012

Great moments in journalism, Amanpour edition

My blog neighbor and editor Elizabeth has a kick-ass takedown of Christiane Amanpour's pitiful interview with...

June 11, 2012

Why God made copy editors

June 05, 2012

America magazine names new editor

And he's the youngest ever: For over a century, America, the only national Catholic weekly magazine...

May 2012

May 24, 2012

Another giant falls: New Orleans paper may cease daily publication

Grim news in the media world: The New Orleans Times-Picayune, which distinguished itself amid great...

May 23, 2012

“My Dearest Maureen”: Bill Donohue’s open letter to Maureen Dowd

The New York Times' Maureen Dowd has been a consistently predictable critic of the Catholic...

May 18, 2012

RIP, Michael Rosenbaum

As I said on a Facebook page devoted to him, "If you look up mensch...

May 13, 2012

First TIME, now Newsweek

The weekly newsmagazines have lost their collective minds. TIME magazine offered us this jaw-dropper last...

April 2012

April 10, 2012

“Whatever slender thread is holding our planet together just might stem from these monastic women…”

An alert reader sent this my way: a reflection by broadcast journalist Judith Valente about...

April 09, 2012

“A reporter’s job is such a joy!”

That's Mike Wallace, getting the last word (as he should) in this superbly produced piece...

April 09, 2012

True, so true

In remembrance of Mike Wallace, this inspired 1981 New Yorker cartoon by Charles Barsotti says...

April 08, 2012

RIP, Mike Wallace — UPDATED

"All of us at CBS News and particularly at '60 Minutes' owe so much to...

April 02, 2012

Epic fail: NBC and the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin story

The mind boggles: NBC told this blog today that it would investigate its handling of...

February 2012

February 24, 2012

When pigs fly: the New York Times publishes an essay by the CEO of EWTN

This appeared on Ash Wednesday on the Op Ed page of the New York Times,...

January 2012

January 30, 2012

Worth a thousand words

I can relate:

December 2011

December 16, 2011

“Praying for what?”: Christopher Hitchens dies

The notorious atheist died from pneumonia, related to his cancer, at 62. You can read...

December 13, 2011

The not-ready-for-prime-time Clinton

That would be Chelsea, daughter of Hillary and Bill, who made her debut as a...

November 2011

November 29, 2011

Extreme Makeover, the Catholic Digest edition

The venerable little magazine that has been a fixture in a lot of Catholic living...

November 21, 2011

Cardinal O’Malley on controversial editor: “He has done an extraordinary job…”

The editor who pilots The Pilot -- the newspaper for the Archdiocese of Boston --...

November 05, 2011

Andy Rooney, RIP

Another broadcasting legend is gone. Here is a timely classic -- and one we can...

October 2011

October 23, 2011

Remembering Bob Pierpoint

In 1982, my first job out of college was as a Production Secretary for the...

October 11, 2011

Out of Egypt: a woman reporter speaks

This month, ONE has a revealing and unsettling look at what it's like to be...

October 11, 2011

Dog bites man: former editor says Times is "socially liberal"

Well, who'da thunk? Details: Former New York Times editor Bill Keller sat down for an interview...

October 03, 2011

How an AP reporter found religion while covering scandal

Here's something you don't read about every day, courtesy GetReligion: You might consider Associated Press...

October 02, 2011

Andy Rooney: "I'm a writer who reads what he's written"

In his final commentary Sunday night, the celebrated grouch looked back at his 70-year career....