Monthly Archives: January 2008

Schadengoogle and Kwame

Detroiters read some great journalism last week by Detroit Free Press reporters Jim Schaefer and Mike Elrick. The pair of journalistic sleuths pored over 14,000 text messages to produce their stories about how Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick lied under oath … Continue reading

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Bye-bye CFP, ciao to the loo

Scuttlebutt from Freepsters suggests the Gannett-owned Detroit Media Partnership which operates the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press may be poised to axe several of the Free Press’ popular Sunday Community Free Press editions. If these murmurings are correct, then … Continue reading

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Left to the imagination

Mr. Kerviel’s former judo teacher, Philippe Orhant, said he taught him judo for more than six years and that Mr. Kerviel later taught marital arts to children. — ‘Rogue Trader’ Portrayed By Some as Unremarkable, New York Times, Jan. 26, … Continue reading

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Shoestring Ethics Policy

Ride hard, shoot straight and speak the shining truth.

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Nobody asked me, but…

I’m feeling left out. None of those political pollsters have called to find out who I plan to vote for in today’s Michigan presidential primary. Darn. But even if I’d gotten the call, chances are I couldn’t have answered. The … Continue reading

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Debbie & Me, or, How to Write a Q & A and Not Get Ripped by the Public Editor

Back when I was still a slave to newspaper deadlines, I got worked up about a thrashing delivered to New York Times Magazine writer Deborah Solomon by the paper’s hired dean of conformity, Public Editor Clark Hoyt. My view on … Continue reading

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Election coverage then and, well, then again

I thought this would not be about the Future of Newspapers. I was looking at the Detroit Free Press headline today, Jan. 9, 2007, that would have us readers believe that “Clinton, McCain win in night of comebacks” with the … Continue reading

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Radiating against the odds

My wife’s eyes narrow or close entirely when I talk about what I call my ham radio hobby, though she thinks it’s an obsession. Her reaction tells me that excessive conversation about radio bores most people. But I can’t help … Continue reading

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