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Currently ReadingRecently Read | The chance, however small, that our law firm might somehow become involved in the defamation lawsuit Dan Scott started this week against the Argus Leader and its editor, Randell Beck, demands circumspection. Thus, I won’t discuss or assess the merits of any allegations, the personalities or my personal views. Still, informed public discussion requires some [...]            Tim August 17th, 2007 | Tags: First Amendment, journalism, Law, libel, local media, Media | Category: Law, Media | 6 comments - (Comments are closed) |  Print This Post |  Email This PostEvidently I’m not alone in lambasting the Argus for something it printed on the front of its local “news” section more than a week ago. Former U.S. Sen. Jim Abourezk has an op-ed column today pointing out what he perceives as additional inaccuracies in the newspaper’s blog entry on why the Iraq War was justified. [...] Tim January 7th, 2007 | Tags: journalism, local media, Media | Category: Media | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) | Print This Post | Email This PostAs the Argus Leader seeks once again to get blogs off the ground, it faces a variety of problems. Sadly, one appears to be truth. Material from the paper’s “Voices” blog not only shows up online, but excerpts from it are run on the front of the local “news” section. Of course, the Argus doesn’t [...] Tim December 30th, 2006 | Tags: blogs, Iraq War, journalism, local media, Media | Category: Media, Politics | One comment - (Comments are closed) | Print This Post | Email This PostSome headlines can’t help but draw your attention. Today’s case in point: When a Man Dies in a Sex Act with a Horse — What’s a Reporter to Do? (Via Blog of a Bookslut). People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news. A.J. Liebling Tim July 19th, 2005 | Tags: journalism, Media | Category: Media | Comments are closed | Print This Post | Email This PostI worked as a print journalist in one capacity or another for a decade. As such, I covered politics and “cops and courts” and was a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors. As a lawyer, I established the case law in my state that recognizes a qualified privilege protecting journalists from forced disclosure of confidential [...] Tim July 9th, 2005 | Tags: First Amendment, journalism, Law | Category: Law, Media | Comments are closed | Print This Post | Email This PostThe Boston Phoenix has handed out its 8th annual Muzzle Awards. The FBI topped the list of recipients for the awards, which go to “those who have done the most to suppress free speech and personal liberties in New England during the previous year.” (Via Blog of a Bookslut). This year, the main threat to [...] Tim June 30th, 2005 | Tags: First Amendment, journalism, Media | Category: Media | Comments are closed | Print This Post | Email This PostUsing blogs and the web as a source for “grassroots” journalism seems to be a rising meme. But, surprise, suprise, one of the first great experiments seems to have gone quickly aground. The LA Times decided to try “wikatorials,” online editorials that any reader could edit. The project, which started last Friday, ended early Sunday [...] Tim June 21st, 2005 | Tags: journalism, Media | Category: Media | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) | Print This Post | Email This PostI’ve been rather blase about the disclosure that Mark Felt was the “Deep Throat” of Watergate fame. I think that’s because that while Woodward and Bernstein and Watergate moved me from sportswriting to political reporting, the discussion of that time period is saddening. It demonstrates just how far we’ve come in the wrong direction. I [...] Tim June 3rd, 2005 | Tags: journalism, Media | Category: Media | One comment - (Comments are closed) | Print This Post | Email This PostIn all the homage to Hunter S. Thompson, one stands out in my mind and, to my surprise, it is from the MTV web site. Kurt Loder points out that underneath the gonzo sideshow of drugs and drink lurked a solid journalist. You could find the distinction among those of us in journalism at the [...] Tim February 22nd, 2005 | Tags: journalism, Media | Category: Media | Comments are closed | Print This Post | Email This PostHunter Thompson, king of “gonzo journalism,” is dead, reportedly of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. I’ve blogged before about how Hunter, one of my heroes in the 1970s, remained relevant. His Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72 ranks among the best pieces of campaign reportage ever. While Tom Wolfe was recognized as a [...] Tim February 21st, 2005 | Tags: journalism, Media | Category: Media | Comments are closed | Print This Post | Email This Post |         The views expressed here are mine and mine alone. I do not speak for my law partners, our associates, staff and clients or my family and friends. Not only should any opinions here not be attributed to them, chances are they probably don't agree with me.  | ||
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