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Why not me?

Posted on January 18, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I just don’t get it. The geniuses who run the New York Times op-ed page. Why don’t they pick me? I don’t have any lucrative government contracts. Why, I don’t have any kind of government contract. I … Continue reading →

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‘Inverse truth’ and the Times

Posted on January 8, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Luke Warm Professor of Mendacity, University of Munchausen First of all, I would like to remind all students enrolled in this class–Mendacity 101–that our primary purpose is to find subtle, even invisible and certainly inaudible, ways of misleading the … Continue reading →

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The greatest profession

Posted on December 18, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell What if you’re an elite newspaper and your lunch is being eaten by the very supermarket tabloids that normally bring a sneer of loathing to your collective editorial face? The very kinds of sources that sell damaging … Continue reading →

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Moilin’ in the deadline sun

Posted on December 1, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Bud Yardline JOTR Sports Writer [paypal-donation] Ain’t that Luke Warm a cool hand with a column? Only one problem from this side of the press room: He may be a college prof, but he’s still full of you know … Continue reading →

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A reporter’s best friend: Extortion

Posted on November 30, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Luke Warm Professor of Mendacity, University of Munchausen [paypal-donation] There’s a scene in Richard Wright’s 1940 novel, Native Son, where a newspaper reporter lays down the lie that should be a tool in every journalist’s kit. I thought of this … Continue reading →

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Of pizzas, pools and prosecutors: or, how the ‘Free’ Press (once again) muzzled itself

Posted on November 29, 2009 by hro50ta1

The Wall Street Journal‘s revelation that my onetime employer, The Detroit [Self-Styled] Free Press, had invited advertisers to participate in the reporting and editing process came as no surprise to me. I worked at the Free Press 23 years if … Continue reading →

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Business model for newspapers

Posted on November 15, 2009 by hro50ta1

by Joel Thurtell [paypal-donation] Heard about a business model for newspapers. Goes like this: Write news, sell ads, print a paper and hawk it, mail it, put it in vending machines, newsstands and let people decide if they want to … Continue reading →

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Vanity publishing and The NY Times

Posted on October 27, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell [paypal-donation] Far as I can recall, I started writing my book, Shoestring Reporter, 28 years ago. I’d just landed a job as a full time staff writer with the South Bend Tribune and was quite full of … Continue reading →

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‘Objectivity’ vs. truth

Posted on October 23, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Luke Warm Professor of Mendacity, University of Munchausen Today, I’m going to talk about telling really huge whoppers and getting the media to go along. Myra Megahertz, Dean of Manipulation here at U of M, asked me to give … Continue reading →

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Looking back…

Posted on September 25, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell My old friend, Francie VanderMolen of the Berrien Springs Journal Era, sent this item from the current issue of the weekly paper: 30 Years Ago September 26, 1979 Mr. and Mrs. John Gillette of Berrien Springs have … Continue reading →

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