MediaSnob
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In case you didn’t know, much to my lament, my favorite anchorman TJ Holmes is marrying some woman who isn’t me. (WHY, LAWD, WHY!?!) For the last two years I have faithfully “Google Stalked” TJ online (because real stalking is bad), providing you all with regular TJ Holmes updates and photos. While I still plan…
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My fair Uncle Rolly Rolls is getting a new show ya’ll! Break out the balloons and streamers! CNN finally stopped dicking on home skillet around and pony upped a … wait? What’s that you say? CNN didn’t follow through? Then who the hell gave the man I lurve a show? TV One?!?! Can I even…
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Robin GivhanIn a recent column for the Washington Post’s Media Notes, Howard Kurtz describes the many black female reporters who cover the First Lady and wonders how their ethnicity affects their coverage. He specifically talks about Rachel Swarns of the New York Times, the Post’s Robin Givhan, Newsweek’s Allison Samuels, Darlene Superville of the Associated…
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From The Hilltop towards the end of the story: “Compared to the video we saw, it didn’t stimulate the conversation,” said recently crowned Miss D.C., Shirley Rivens Smith, a ANC Commissioner for Ward 5. “It was mediocre. I would give it a D,” said Bey Bright, a D.C. resident. In defense of the piece, CNN’s
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Wow. No words. Hope the writing/editing staff lands on their feet. This isn’t exactly a journalist’s market. From Daily Finance via Gawker: Vibe magazine, the urban-music magazine founded in 1993 by Quincy Jones, is the latest victim of the media recession. A source with knowledge of the situation tells DailyFinance that the staff has learned
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When I was complaining about the MJ coverage being filled with a lot of hearsay, fourth-hand information, rumor-mongering, controversy rehashing and general assholey-ness the case of Michael Jackson’s father, Joe Jackson, was part of that horrendous coverage of which I abhorred. More after the jump.
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Do you remember the week that was? North Korea threatening to blow up HAWAII??? Gov. Mark Sanford admitting to some Argentine “gov luv?” The Iran election protests turning into violence and the images of reformists and bystanders dying in the streets? Did you know these things are still news? I love Michael Jackson’s music, but…
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