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2002 by the Boston Phoenix, Inc.
November
28
THOUGHTS
ON GOING TO
WAR
Bush's naive -- and scary -- idealism. Boston Phoenix,
11/28/02
November
7
LIBERAL
NIGHTMARE
Bush finally wins a national election. Boston Phoenix,
11/7/02
October
24
THIS
JUST IN: Media
Tales from the compost pile. Boston Phoenix,
10/24/02
Fall
THE
DANIEL PEARL
VIDEO
A journalist explains why its horrific images should be treated as
news. Nieman Reports, Fall 2002 (PDF file)
September
27
STRIP
IT DOWN, GO
ECLECTIC
J-school should stop getting in the way of a real education. Zoned
for Debate, New York University Journalism Department, 9/27/02
September
5
RIPPLE
EFFECT: The
danger around us
How 9/11 has changed our lives. (Last item on page.) (Boston
Phoenix)
Summer
MASS.
MEDIA:
Afterthoughts
The media try to figure out a sensible way to cover the other
candidates. (CommonWealth Magazine; free
registration required)
July
18
A
LITTLE REALITY
The father of a girl with dwarfism peers into her future at the annual
gathering of Little People of America. (Boston Phoenix)
July
4
THE
FIFTH ANNUAL
MUZZLE AWARDS
Ten who undermined freedom of speech and personal liberties. (Boston
Phoenix)
June
20
DON'T
QUOTE ME:
Anchors away
While NBC grooms old-fashioned Brian Williams, CNN's Aaron Brown is
honing the new New Thing. (Boston Phoenix)
June
13
DON'T
QUOTE ME:
Witnesses to an execution
Reflections on the meaning of the Daniel Pearl video -- and the
Phoenix's decision to make it available. (Boston Phoenix)
May
30
DON'T
QUOTE ME:
Chandra's ghost
Sure, media coverage was excessive. But that doesn't mean the story of
the Intern and the Congressman wasn't -- and isn't -- important. (Boston
Phoenix)
May
23
SWEET
SURRENDER
Sex and romance? Ha! The best way to get through the kids-at-home years
is to connect with your offspring on their own terms. (Boston
Phoenix)
May
16
DON'T
QUOTE ME:
Attack of the clones
Opponents warn of genetically engineered superhumans.
But
forget the slippery slope: medical advances need not lead to a Brave
New World. (Boston Phoenix)
May 2
DON'T
QUOTE ME: How
Dubya lost his groove
From the Middle East to Venezuela, from the oil fields
of
Alaska to the coca farms of Colombia, the Bushies find themselves in a
world of trouble. (Boston Phoenix)
April
26
THIS
JUST IN: Media
Manufacturing dissent. (Boston Phoenix)
April
11
DON'T
QUOTE ME:
Talisman Tom
Friedman's Pulitzer isn't merely about one man and his work. It's a
symbol of our national consensus in the war against terrorism. (Boston
Phoenix)
April
4
IMAGINE
NO RELIGION
"Free, proud, godless, and on the move" at the American Atheists'
convention. Not to mention finding a new definition of WWJD. (Boston
Phoenix)
THIS
JUST IN: Web
watch
Fucked and quartered. (A review of F'd Companies.)
April
3
THIS
JUST IN: Media
Baron rushes to injured reporter's bedside. (Boston Phoenix)
March
21
DON'T
QUOTE ME:
Goodwin's folly
How a popular historian committed plagiarism, tried to
cover
it up, and got caught in the culture of the celebrity media scandal. (Boston
Phoenix)
THIS
JUST IN: Media
Remembering Tom Winship. (Boston Phoenix)
March
7
DON'T
QUOTE ME:
Cardinal Law on the ropes
Ten years ago, in the midst of an earlier pedophile scandal, Cardinal
Law called down the wrath of God on the media. Now the media are giving
him hell. (Boston Phoenix)
February
24
COMMENTARY:
An
unexpected connection
The secret life of Hank the Angry, Drunken Dwarf (UU World)
February
22
DON'T
QUOTE ME:
Profits of doom
A pair of Washington Post stalwarts lend their
prestigious
voices to the rising lament over corporate journalism. (Boston
Phoenix)
February
7
DON'T
QUOTE ME:
Trivial pursuit
Alan Keyes's new show on MSNBC may be a harbinger of bad things to come
in the post&endash;post&endash;September 11 world of
cable
news. (Boston Phoenix)
January
24
DON'T
QUOTE ME: Enwrong
The punditocracy agrees that this isn't a partisan political scandal.
Actually, it's much worse than that. (Boston Phoenix)
THIS
JUST IN: One
rich nerd after another
Mark Leibovich on the "New Imperialists." (Boston Phoenix)
January
17
DON'T
QUOTE ME: The
'L' word
Yes, the elite media are liberal, at least on cultural issues. But
Bernard Goldberg's best-selling critique is shoddy, stupid, and beside
the point. (Boston Phoenix)
THIS
JUST IN: Omar
speaks
Calling Massachusetts to order. (Boston Phoenix)
WEB
EXCLUSIVE:
Today's Jolt
Not such a doofus after all. (BostonPhoenix.com)
January
15
WEB
EXCLUSIVE:
Today's Jolt
Is Kerry the one? (BostonPhoenix.com)
January
10
DON'T
QUOTE ME:
Monopoly money
FCC chairman Michael Powell wants us to pay no attention to those 'big
fish' that are swallowing our media - and threatening our democracy. (Boston
Phoenix)
THIS
JUST IN: As the Globe turns
Warsh is out, and a new ombudsman is in. (Boston Phoenix)
WEB
EXCLUSIVE:
Today's Jolt
Sniffing around Apple's orchard. (BostonPhoenix.com)
January
9
WEB
EXCLUSIVE:
Today's Jolt
Dave Thomas and the prolifers. (BostonPhoenix.com)
January
3
THIS
JUST IN: Media
How the Journal got Al Qaeda's computers. (Boston
Phoenix)
January
2
WEB
EXCLUSIVE:
Today's Jolt
Blow jobs and blown opportunities. (BostonPhoenix.com)
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