Tag Archives: Media Criticism

A perfect time to panic

July 22, 2010 – 1:13 pm

I like movies. One of my favorite Westerns, “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly,” is not only a “good movie” because of its cinematography and excellent musical score; it manages to transcend the more banal aspects of the genre by offering an unflinching, amoral and John Wayne-free portrayal of human conflict in a way [...]

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Should Obama ‘dumb it down’?

June 17, 2010 – 10:22 am

The media punditry continues to slice and dice President Obama’s speech on the gulf oil disaster, but an interesting observations was made by Paul J.J. Payack, president of Global Language Monitor, an Austin, Texas-based company that analyzes word usage and word choice. Even though the Oval Office address was written at a 10th grade level, [...]

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Metro loses its mojo, disbands news department

April 5, 2010 – 12:27 pm

The owners of LouisvilleMojo.com are shutting down the social-networking website’s news department after launching the ambitious initiative nearly eight months ago. According to a memorandum sent out by Louisville Mojo CEO Keith Ringer to editors, reporters and freelancers this morning, the company’s strategic shift was popular but didn’t pay off. From Ringer: Effective 10 p.m. [...]

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C-J Finds Only 3 Sane Tea Baggers on Planet

April 5, 2010 – 10:11 am

If you’ve ever had the chance to spend a considerable amount of time with members of the Tea Party-set, the first thing you notice is that their comprehension of U.S. domestic and foreign policy/history falls somewhere between an episode of “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” and the very 5th grade social studies textbook [...]

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On Bridges Plan, C-J Finally Kills Barry Bingham’s Ghost

March 16, 2010 – 5:39 pm

Duh: The current scenarios for using tolls to pay for the Ohio River Bridges Project would leave the Clark Memorial Bridge as a “free” route, a step that could increase traffic on the bridge to the highest levels since the mid-1960s and create chronic traffic jams. If implemented in 2013, a $1 toll on all [...]

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