The problem -- The media elite problem- December 29, 2004 Salon's cover story today is a great piece by Andrew O'Hehir about the New York Times. If you want to understand how the paper shapes the entire press corps--even a deliberate outsider like Salon, who prides itself on staying well ahead of the Times on cultural issues, and nearly always does. This paragraph and a half will give you a good idea: Savvy as we may all think we are about the Times, and much as we may scrutinize and second-guess its perceived missteps, the decisions made...http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/politics/2004/12/28.html#a1504 Ukranians win!- December 3, 2004 Wow. I have been almost afraid to watch this story play out. Too much heartbreak for me already this year, just couldn't allow myself to get too emotionally invested and watch these freedom fighters get crushed. Sure was hoping, though. The idea that ordinary men and women can demand democracy in a country that routinely laughs at the idea, and then pour into the streets and make it true . . . I'm tempeted to say that idea sends shivers down my spine, because that's literally what happened the.http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/politics/2004/12/03.html#a1491 |