Archive for journalism
Don’t Depict, Don’t Tell
This article showcases both the importance and the limits of law in advancing the cause of equality. A Utah newspaper refuses to show pictures of a gay male couple — no, wait, they don’t want to include the couple at all — in the wedding announcement section.
Even though the couple was validly married in California, [...]
Zeitoun — One Katrina Family’s Story
In the compelling Zeitoun, Dave Eggers (best known for “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius”) has created a piece of advocacy journalism that deserves to be read and discussed. I plowed straight through the first 200+ pages on Sunday night, stopping only when I simply couldn’t stay awake. Then I finished it last night, after [...]
The Revolution Will Be Greened, Blogged, Tweeted…but not Televised
I’m hopeful that my savvy and terrific webmaster can turn me green tomorrow. I always bear in mind that we don’t know, with certainty, who won the election — but it’s clear enough for me to take the plunge in solidarity with the reformists in Iran. Fellow bloggers: Stand up and be green!(H/t Andrew Sullivan [...]
Iran Comes Apart
After a weekend of thought about the whole DOMA/DOJ fiasco, I’d planned on writing a short summation, and the text of a speech Obama should — but won’t — give that might do for gay and straight relations what his Philadelphia race speech did for race relations .
That’s still in the works, but I’m pushing [...]
Floating Like a (Meta)Butterfly
If MTV’s Celebrity Death Match were brought back,* here’s how the tilt between Jon Stewart and Tucker Carlson would go:
Carlson, by dint of his superior nastiness and single-mindedness, gets hold of Stewart and seemingly strangles the life out of him - but then the audience descries a wavering, astral being slowing descending over the oblivious [...]
The End of Journalism
Driving home last night, I heard the antepenultimate (there’s a word best avoided!) installment of the NPR show “News and Notes.” The show, which alone among the network’s shows features an African-American point of view, is a casualty of the economic crisis. And I don’t understand the decision to cancel the show, given that many [...]