Category Archives: Death of Old Media

Suspect Watch…

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Art Stone

Today’s “domestic terror” event involves a student who took his teacher and classmates “hostage”. Reports (still early) are that he ended up shooting himself and all the students were released. The location of this event was Marinette, Wisconsin about 40 … Continue reading →

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Is Obama a Keynesian?

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Art Stone

A YouTube video put out by Second City (the folks from Chicago) went viral several weeks ago. It was taken at the Union organized rally in Washington DC the weekend prior to the election. It showed several people commenting on whether they … Continue reading →

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Guarding your “Junk”

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Art Stone

This business about the TSA “enhanced” screening is creating a variety of reactions from talk show hosts – they seem to be falling into one of three groups: This is a bad idea because I read it on the Drudge … Continue reading →

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MTV and AOL – meet Clear Channel

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Art Stone

The past two days, Tom Taylor has been leading with the news that Robert Pittman is becoming involved with Clear Channel and might even be looking to facilitate a buyout. This seems extremely plausible and nobody knows the radio business … Continue reading →

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Google News improvements

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Art Stone

If you have used Google News in the past, the political bias is pretty blatant – but they have partially fixed that. If you discarded using it in the past, give it another look. If you are logged in to … Continue reading →

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Alvin Greene Lost!

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Art Stone

The guy who mysteriously won the South Carolina Democratic Primary for U.S. Senator lost his race yesterday, a story which the news people probably swerved to avoid mentioning. Since I don’t swerve, the big question is “So how many people … Continue reading →

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Fire at the Galleria

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Art Stone

The mall in Roseville California is burning down. The 25 year old man who set it on fire is a drug addict and had been living in a homeless shelter. Thanks to a non-traditional news outlet and the guy having … Continue reading →

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A new breeze blowing?

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Art Stone

Today in Gainseville Florida, a 24 year old man killed one person, shot 5 others, then killed himself in his red pickup truck. 6 hours after the shooting, we know his name, we know he has a criminal record and … Continue reading →

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NY Times discovers flyover country

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Art Stone

This is one odd story on a lot of levels. Danger and Excitement Intersect at Figure Eight Racing This story (and the related video) is from Indianapolis describing the sport of “Figure 8 racing”, which is a more civilized variant … Continue reading →

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The New Crossfire

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Art Stone

Ariana Huffington (of Huffington Post) and Mary Matalin are starting a new syndicated radio show. Mary jokes that she remembers when Ariana was a Conservative and Mary was a moderate. I remember when Mary ran George H.W. Bush’s campaign in … Continue reading →

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Dallas police chief’s son kills suburban policeman

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Art Stone

In Dallas, a policeman and the son of the just promoted Police chief Brown (and a 3rd person) are dead in an apartment complex. Chief Brown’s son was not a police officer and had a prior drug conviction. Since Mr … Continue reading →

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Next article in NY Times campaign to pus…

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Art Stone

Next article in NY Times campaign to push old people into the crematoriums http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20pacemaker-t.html?hp I don’t disagree with a lot of points being made in this story, but it is interesting to watch how the Times is attempting to influence … Continue reading →

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Today’s pop quiz – other than ratings, …

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Art Stone

Today’s pop quiz – other than ratings, what motivation would “conservative” Fox News have for exaggerating the environmental damage from the BP well blowout? Hint: Fox News is part of News Corp Hint #2: Fox News did the same thing … Continue reading →

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Perhaps the BBC will do the work America…

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Art Stone

Perhaps the BBC will do the work America’s media just won’t do. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/janetdaley/100043670/british-media-falls-out-of-love-with-obama/

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Bloombama News Service’s White House co…