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Other encouraging news…

Fox News leads CNN in ratings, but is having trouble charging as much for ads as its rival, according to yesterday’s WSJ. This partially has to do with Fox’s strategy of undercutting on price when it was started, and with … Continue reading

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The Liberal Media

I had a depressing and stressful conversation last night with a former co-worker who is now a rabid fan of Dubya and a big supporter of US policy (if you can call it that) in Iraq. And eventually we got … Continue reading

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Don’t Mention the War!

The New York Times yesterday had a hilarious article on Richard Desmond, the publisher of the Daily Express in London, responding to a potential offer by German publisher Axel Springer Verlag’s offer to buy the competing Telegraph. In a meeting … Continue reading

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Out-Drudging Drudge

I think it’s implicit in the way that a Web site is produced that our standards of accuracy are lower. Besides, immediacy is more important than accuracy, and humor is more important than accuracy. — Nick Denton, founder of the … Continue reading

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Borderline Disloyal

The New York Observer’s press column this week contrasts New York’s two tabloids in how they handled Condoleeza Rice’s testimony before the 9/11 commission. The News’ front page said HOW COULD SHE NOT KNOW? while the Post cried THE LADY … Continue reading

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