Tag Archives: Newspapers

North Dakota's Bismarck Tribune announced to its online readers that it is implementing a new comment policy, one in which the majority of stories on its website won't have comments as an option. The change, the paper says, follows a problem of remarks that "have been in poor taste and nothing more than personal attacks on either a person or group."

The New York Times defended a particularly graphic photo of a victim of the Empire State Building shooting Friday, stating that the photo appeared on its website because it was a newsworthy image. But its newsworthiness is hardly the main point here.

Earlier this week, a respected Oregon newsman passed away suddenly. He left behind a wife and three daughters. Unfortunately, he...

Some subscribers of the Chicago Tribune face a steep price increase for home delivery. The paper is, in some cases,...

The print industry has it rough. The economy is forcing some people to cut subscriptions to save money. Production and...

Sen. John Kerry told MSNBC's Morning Joe program on Friday that the media has a responsibility to refuse equal time...

We've been hearing for some time now about how much CNN has been struggling in the cable news ratings against...

A photo of President Obama and his national security team waiting for word on the fate of Osama Bin Laden...

For my next number, I'd like to address the idea of bias. Virtually everyone I've ever talked to thinks the media is biased one way or the other. Somehow, many think it's biased both ways at the same time, but they rarely come right out and say so. And that'd be quite a trick!

While there were several mentions of President Obama's vacation in Hawaii in the news, there was one thing notably absent...

Back in February, Fox News shocked just about everyone with news of a survey that named it the most trusted...

The New York Post is turning to the internet to find help picking its all-time best headline of the past...

There's a very old joke in the media business that those of us who work in communications are generally the...

As a general rule, I'm not one of the people in my station's newsroom who responds directly to viewer questions...

"Quality journalism is not cheap, and an industry that gives away its content is simply cannibalizing its ability to produce...

The death of "the most trusted man in America," former CBS News Anchor Walter Cronkite, has made many people note...