Patrick

A funny thing happened to a comment I left at another journal this morning. The comment, along with my ability to leave others there, seems to have disappeared. The piece I responded to was, ironically enough, in almost complete agreement...

A few days ago, in response to my post, "More on Moore," Carly of "Ellipsis..." made the following comment about "Fahrenheit 9/11:" "If Mr. Moore's film is so inaccurate, why can't someone point to a scene or cell or utterence...

In his film, "Fahrenheit 9/11," Michael Moore berates Congress for not bothering to read the Patriot Act before they signed it into law. Though I haven't seen his film, I'm sure he implies that this oversight is specifically George W....

In an earlier post about television news, Dave of "Random Thoughts" commented that it sounded as if I was using the tired old "we give the viewers what they want" argument. That's not really what I tried to convey, as...

I get that question a lot. Usually, people seem disappointed when I answer. Most people seem to think that if you work in a television station, you must be on TV. This, obviously, isn't true. For every personality you see...

An interesting article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch gives television news viewers their chance to have their say about why they're tired of television news. I provide you with the top ten pet peeves viewers there give, and I throw...

I suppose that NBC's "Meet The Press" isn't part of the "liberal media." Tim Russert, leading a discussion about the declaration of War on Iraq, aired quotes from two prominent Democrats who were in support (at the time) of war....

Larry of "Larry's Blog" left me with a grammatical challenge. He asked what words like "bow," which have two different pronunciations as well as meanings with the same spelling, are called. A homophone is a set of words that are...

We're up and running again for another set of questions...and they're actually posted on time this week! Don't forget to leave a link to your journal in the comments. Either answer the questions here or put the answers in an...

Remember the story about illegal aliens who were arrested after it was learned that they were working janitorial jobs at Walmart stores? CBS News reports that nine of them are suing the retailing giant, accusing it of discrimination. Apparently, they...

I saw a news report the other night about several of the American companies who have outsourced jobs to India. Apparently, they are now having problems. It seems that the job market there is so hot, most employees stay for...

I was always involved in my high school newspaper. It wasn't really part of my wanting to work in television, because I knew even then that I did not want to be a reporter. I just liked working on the...

Because of (and grammatically, it's not "due to") technical difficulties, the "Saturday Six" this week have been delayed. It's a good thing in a way, because I needed the extra time to answer some of these! The questions are especially...

I am amazed by the sheer number of people who genuinely believe that the media is out to control what they think. They say that the the press wants you think a certain way, and that they'll do anything to...

On Friday afternoon, as I was chatting with a friend of mine from California, I was suddenly bombarded by several IM's from people I'd never heard of.

Here are this week's questions. Next week, ALL of the questions will be from you. If you HAVEN'T submitted yours, click the "E-mail" button to the left and mail it to me! 1. What color eyes do you find the...