Tag Archives: media

Comparing Headlines

So, the July jobs report came out.  I was curious as to how the different news agencies were covering it.  Amazing the different spin they put on it.  Can you match the quote to the news outlet? Economy’s job engine revved up in July U.S. Added 163,000 Jobs in July; Jobless Rate Ticked Up Jobless [...]

Elections reinforce the wrong skills

Find lines of attack that could goad Mr. Gingrich into angry responses and rally mainstream Republicans. Swarm Gingrich campaign events to rattle him. Have Mr. Romney drop his above-the-fray persona and carry the fight directly to his opponent, especially in two critical debates scheduled for the week.1 Sentiments like this, hardly unique to the Romney campaign or [...]

Huge tracts of media

I don’t think much of it anymore, but many people still keep their media (audio and video) on shiny pieces of plastic which they store in pieces of furniture near their entertainment areas.  Dutifully extracting them from their cases each time they want to listen to or watch them.  I was a very early adopter [...]