An issue that never rose to scandal status
Enough already?Probably not. Mostly likely we're going to continue hearing about an internet website called "The Cutler Files" for a couple more weeks. Or, at least, until Jan. 27. That's when the...
View ArticleBDN asks: What have we become?
How did Maine's media perform in the wake of the Tucson shootings. Not too bad -- with one awful exception: this Jan. 10[url=http://www.bangordailynews.com/story/Opinion/What-Have-We-Become,163609]...
View ArticleDid this topic deserve all the sound and fury?
It appears the Portland Press Herald will not stop its continuing campaign to make a laughing stock of itself by inflating a minor political brouhaha to an issue of gargantuan proportions. The paper's...
View ArticleCoincidence? Similar names but a different coast
The contagion is spreading. A new website called [url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49521.html]"The Issa Files" [/url]has been launched by a group of California Democratic operatives in an...
View ArticleWhile veteran journalists fiddle a newcomer scores
The fascinating saga of the Maine Green Energy Alliance has many of the elements that make a good political scandal story. It involves political shenanigans involving the former governor and more than...
View ArticleWhen the political pot calls the kettle black
Both sides in the ongoing uproar over restrictions on the sale of products containing the chemical additive bisphenol-A, better known as BPA, may have equally valid arguments -- but the media, as...
View ArticleHow MPBN could win more public affection
The Maine Public Broadcasting Network has its fans. Proof of that is the fact that about 2,000 of of them braved a howling snowstorm recently to see a personal appearance by a little known (in the...
View ArticleTwo examples of news stories that were not
Republicans are rightfully upset about stories that have appeared recently in the MaineToday Media newspapers that sound more like unedited press releases from Maine Democratic operatives than news...
View ArticleWendy's 'Old Fashioned Hamburger' fails the bond market test
Robert Lenna, executive director of the Maine Municipal Bond Bank, demonstrated a poor sense of public relations to say the least when he told State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin that "I don't eat at...
View ArticleMoving the soapbox
I'm going to take a hiatus from writing Media Watch. The value of a blog depends on regularity, IMHO, and I no longer have the time to meet even the most elastic blog deadlines. However I do plan to...
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