How we clicked quality journalism off our TV screens
It took a long time, and a lot of help from dumb-it-down consultants, but a 1950s invention played a big role in removing the most serious journalism from local television.
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It took a long time, and a lot of help from dumb-it-down consultants, but a 1950s invention played a big role in removing the most serious journalism from local television.
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One of the biggest supporters for Suzan DelBene's Congressional campaign is Suzan DelBene. And those already in Congress speak at a junior high to high school level.
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Charter school advocates are channeling George Romero as they attempt to bring a thrice-shot down initiative to the ballot. Meanwhile, 520 bridge workers find inspiration in a 12-pack of brewskies.
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They may have spent $20 million on the liquor vote but suddenly Costco's representatives want to go silent. Green Mountain Lookout may survive another summer.
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Coal port fights are breaking out all over Washington and Oregon. And a mine proposal threatens rich salmon runs.
READ MORE | 9 COMMENTSMayor McGinn's response to the DOJ refuses to acknowledge any problem with biased policing. Instead the SPD is taking matters into their own hands. Meanwhile, Ore. bans Native American mascots and Wash. gets serious about immunizations.
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Mayor McGinn turns up his nose at the DOJ's proposed SPD monitor. Meanwhile, progressive funders are kicking Jay Inslee's campaign into high gear, charter school supporters are (apparently) Republican by default, and Nick Hanauer sparks TED Talks controversy.
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Veteran politician Jim McDermott repeatedly said that he was happy with Obama's endorsement of gay marriage, but suggested it would be good to "move on" to other issues. McDermott has been around long enough to read an electoral map.
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Though they've become somewhat of an endangered species, Washington still claims some pro-conservation GOP members. Meanwhile, in Portland, the mayoral race gets interesting and the mariners (both the port workers and the sports team) fret about SODO traffic.
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Oh, were you thinking Seattle? Snohomish County might build another dam, of the mini variety. Dave Reichert faces some surprising poll numbers.
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Rob McKenna may be doing well, but can he defy the gravity of demographics? Democrats float a short-termer to fill 1st Congressional District seat. Everett loses City Councilmember Drew Nielsen to rafting accident.
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Despite oil-fueled donations to the contrary, Tim Eyman explains how his initiatives are really a service to the people of Washington state. Meanwhile, Snohomish parents raise a ruckus about testing and a Washington state teacher is a living example of Obama's legislative success.
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Obama's declaration in favor of marriage equality yesterday puts Rob "my views are the same as Barack Obama's" McKenna in a tight spot. Meanwhile, Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng may find a new home in the university district.
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PubliCola.com, a valued website covering Olympia and city hall, is closing down. Crosscut is hoping to keep these two energetic reporters working their beats.
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A national magazine ranking puts Bellevue at the top of the heap for good schools in the state. Bias still affects voting. And a UW professor challenges the attempts to justify 'enhanced interrogation' techniques.
READ MORE | 4 COMMENTSThe latest from news outlets and blogs around the Northwest and beyond, chosen by Crosscut editors.
Erik Wemple of The Washington Post writes, "Not long after the conservative news site this morning announced a gun giveaway promotion, Publisher and CEO Neil Patel told me that ”thousands” of people had entered themselves as contestants. By 2:30 p.m., the site had recorded more than 6,000 entries."
After 13 years of writing for Metro, Brodeur will now be taking on NWArts&Life. In her column today, Brodeur reflects on her time talking about news.
Morgan, who was part of Rupert Murcoch's news operation, showed how to hack into private phone messages over a lunch early last decade, according to testimony to a judicial inquiry by one of Britain's most respected journalists. The criminal hacking of phones by journalists is at the center of Murdoch scandal.
The story of a B.C. reporter who went from journalist to media gatekeeper. The Tyee asks, "How does it work, and what's the trade off?"
'Opera News' said it will stop do any reviews of the Met. The Metropolitan Opera, increasingly sensitive about criticism under general manager Peter Gelb, had complained about reviews and articles that found fault with its performances.
Rebekah Brooks is offended: It's an expensive sideshow to bring charges against her and others for obstructing justice in the phone hacking scandal.
A big question revolves around how much accuracy to expect from a comic monologue. Do people expect word-for-word accuracy in, for instance, a personal recounting of a holiday job as an elf?
The Oregonian reports, "Who doesn't feel like we're drowning in content, flooded with media streams and otherwise deluged with news, cultural analysis and commentary?"
After three and a half years, the local government watchdog site is calling it quits. Reporters Josh Feit and Erica Barnett continue their beats but over at Crosscut.
It's the hypocrisy that gets him, not the partisanship (a fine European tradition). Meanwhile, the station thrives while Murdoch's empire totters.