Man Bites Dog Story: Columnist for Chain Newspaper Rips Chain Newspape

July 16th, 2007 12:31 PM
Peter Bronson of the Cincinnati Enquirer wrote a Sunday column (HT The Daily Bellwether) that was a withering attack on the blandness, lack of local coverage, and political correctness of chain news. Bronson, at least for the moment, works at The Enquirer, which is owned by mega-chain operator Gannett Co., Inc. Gannett publishes 85 local newspapers and USA Today. Here's Bronson on blandness: I…

A Troubling Undercurrent in George Will's Deathbed Obit for Antioch Co

July 15th, 2007 10:36 PM
The Pulitzer Prize winner's latest syndicated column is an offbeat gem about the "suspension of operations" that appears to presage the death of Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio: There is, however, a minuscule market for what Antioch sells for a tuition, room and board of $35,221 -- repressive liberalism unleavened by learning. Founded in 1852 -- its first president was Horace Mann…

The Media's Distortion of the Supreme Court Racial Diversity Ruling

July 3rd, 2007 1:08 PM
The following was submitted by Jason Aslinger, a private practice attorney in Greenville, Ohio. Portions in bold below are the added emphasized of NB managing editor Ken Shepherd. It's a long post but it's worth the read:In the wake of last week’s Supreme Court decision regarding racial integration in public schools, the media have gone out of their way to obscure the facts for the purpose of…

CAIR and Al-Qaeda Connected; Does Anyone in Old Media Care

June 24th, 2007 12:31 PM
Note: Though this post is primarily about Ohio's governor speaking at a Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) banquet in Columbus last Sunday, it contains nationally significant info about connections between CAIR, Al Qaeda, and Hamas, and Old Media's non-coverage of those connections. ______________________________ On Friday ("Strickland-CAIR Update: Reported Strickland Staffer Response…

Robert Who? Global Warming Skeptic CEO Virtually Ignored

May 20th, 2007 10:00 AM

NY Post's Smith Suggests Bush a Hitler-like Tyrant

March 29th, 2007 1:52 PM

Cleveland Plain-Dealer Isn't Always Plain-Dealing

December 15th, 2006 6:30 AM

Hide the Foley Angle? WashPost Skips Over Ohio Democrat's Hastert-esqu

October 28th, 2006 7:27 AM

NYT Jumps on Old Left-Wing Allegations of 'Voting Irregularities' in O

August 31st, 2006 1:32 PM