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Does anyone still read Sports Illustrated?

Posted by Adam on October 23rd, 2007

I’m not trying to run down SI or claim that they are dead. I’m really wondering what their reach is these days?
I was just reading ESPN and noticed that Rick Reilly, who was famous for writing the back-page story every week in SI, is moving to ESPN. My first thought was “wow, he’s […]

AP finally runs a story on cell-phone videos transforming news, but misses big piece

Posted by Adam on January 7th, 2007

When Michael Richards made headlines for a racially-charged rant while on stage, I thought the most interesting part of the story was how it came out. I guess with the leak of video showing the Saddam hanging, AP decided to finally run this story.
While I’m glad that a story was written, I think […]

Mainstream media loves blogs more than they admit

Posted by Adam on October 7th, 2006

It always makes me laugh when I hear big-time journalists or people involved with large mainstream media outlets trash blogs. They claim that blogs don’t follow the same guidelines that “real” journalists do. Yeah, cause you never hear about scandals involving big publications like the New York Times.
I’m not sure if it’s all an […]

CNN anchor forgets to shut off mic before going to the restroom

Posted by Adam on August 30th, 2006

Remember the hilarious scene in Naked Gun where Leslie Nielsen forgets to take off his mic after he makes a speech, and then everyone in the place hears him taking a leak? Well, I’m thinking the boys over at CNN thought about that scene yesterday.
On Tuesday, while CNN was showing footage of President Bush […]