The New York Times used the word “bitter” in its pages 2,200 times in the year 2002. This piece of information comes via Cynthia Cotts’ “Press Clips” column in the Village Voice (thanks to Romenesko’s Media News for the link). Cynthia has great fun with the statistic, accusing the Grey Lady of conducting a “bitterness […]

Marajen Stevick Chinigo, R.I.P. Mrs. Chinigo, the publisher of the Champaign News-Gazette and my former employer, died last week. She was eulogized as the prototypical female newspaper publisher, having inherited the job after the death of her father. Most of her obituaries focused on her many marriages, including her first to actor Buddy Rogers (he […]

L.A. Times‘ David Shaw gets it right: He has pinpointed the precise reason newspapering stinks in the early 21st century. Newspapers were once a haven for talented eccentrics who made their newspapers fun to read. But …
… Times have changed, though. Newspapers are increasingly part of large conglomerates run by men […]

Neal Gabler, the token liberal on News Watch, FOXNews’ media criticism show, says the issue isn’t whether the media is liberal or conservative.
… there is a third and more disturbing possibility in which both sides have gotten it wrong. Looking at it philosophically rather than ideologically, the real media war today […]