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So the new CBS blog, Public Eye, debuted today. People wanted transparency, and now they have it: Public Eye’s fundamental mission is to bring transparency to the editorial operations of CBS News — transparency that is unprecedented for broadcast and online journalism. And what, exactly, is transparency? It has several aspects, but most simply it […] “The latest nefarious liberal scheme: reporting.” Julian Sanchez: Instapundit appears to think that this is a clever point: THE PRESS WANTS TO SHOW BODIES from Katrina. It didn’t want to show bodies, or jumpers, on 9/11, for fear that doing so would inflame the public. I can only conclude that this time around, the […] It was a good idea three and a half ago, and it’s a good idea now … Could we ever make a better permanent Sept. 11 memorial than the Tribute in Light, the twin beams of light that illuminate New York ever year about this time? But Bloomberg has said leaving the lights on […] I have been turning over a new leaf the last couple weeks: Out with the stupid baseball cap. Instead, I’ve been wearing ties to work. Away with the comfy black laceless Merrell shoes. I’ve been wearing dress shoes. (That reminds me, I should get ’em polished) Cleaned out the car last week and got it […] So up until today I had almost given up on the idea of running a Boston-qualifying 3:10 marathon Nov. 6. I was bound and determined over the spring — but stuff happened, it was a brutally hot and humid summer, and I just sorta lost my focus a bit. It just seemed like it wasn’t […] This is neat … a slideshow of New Orleans made by a hotel employee — five days immediately before and after Katrina. Yankee stadium Originally uploaded by derek7272. At the game … Lets go sox! This has been a bloggy week for me. On Wednesday I went to a Jinx Magazine debate on whether big box stores are good for New York, and Megan McArdle was one of the debaters. (She kicked butt) Yesterday I attended a Katrina benefit; Stephanie Klein, Heather Hunter and Benjamin Wagner were present. Photos are […] The latest Rundown is up and running. I encourage all my commentators to head to my favorite L.A. Angels fan’s blog and talk some trash after tonight’s magnificient victory… i was making a lame joke today about this story of “snowball”, the dog that was taken away from this poor kid during the Katrina evacuation. But when you really get thinking about all that has happened, it’s just so incomprehensible. A Katrina survivor slit his wrists during a flight to D.C. yesterday. The New […] This is an interesting article on public-health fears in the wake of Katrina (well, I found it interesting, having been assigned to do a factbox on cholera and dysentary until we realized they weren’t major threats): Diarrheal disease from contaminated water is a concern, but not cholera and probably not typhoid. In order to get […] I had thought I was well on my way to saving up enough for a (v. small) Manhattan apartment. Boy, was I wrong… Ms. Schulman, whose buyers are mostly looking at Manhattan co-ops, said that building requirements can be daunting. In general, the co-ops require a 20 percent down payment and co-op boards want to […] Of course the people fleeing the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina are “refugees,” and should be referred to as such. I don’t understand what all the fuss is all about … did anyone object after Sept. 11, 2001, when the media called people living in the area of Ground Zero “refugees”? From […] Wolf Blitzer just read the first few paragraphs of this AP story: By ALLEN G. BREED, Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS – Above the din, a woman is screaming the Lord’s Prayer as if heaven can no longer hear silent pleas. “And lead us not into temptation,” she bellows hoarsely to the unhearing throng, “but […] So my former newspaper, The Union Leader, is getting some national attention for this editorial bashing Bush for an “aloof” hurricane reponse. Checking their website, I stumbled across this great confrontation between UL publisher Joe McQuaid and Bill O’Reilly (Video here). McQuaid — who is very conservative (and usually very, very funny) — calls O’Reilly […] Okay, so it wasn’t nearly as prescient as the Times-Picayune “Washing Away” series … but here’s a piece I wrote for the paper last September: Daily News (New York) September 12, 2004 Sunday SPORTS FINAL EDITION SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 40 LENGTH: 516 words HEADLINE: YEARS OF KILLER STORMS LIKELY BYLINE: BY DEREK ROSE DAILY NEWS […] Well, I’m just back a day … and I see that that pajama-clad bloggers are still attacking journalists risking life and limb to bring them the story. Specifically, this “looters” vs. “finders” controversy. One photo caption of a black man carrying groceries was labeled a “looter,” while two whites with groceries “found” them. Blogospheric attacks […] The latest Rundown is up. |
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