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Thursday, September 20, 2007 2:04 PM

Still laughing at FOX lawsuit ...

The next time you need a video MP3 player to help wile away all those hours you anticipate being stuck in the car, on the train or in the airport, you must download "The First Amendment Project." This 2004 production from the Sundance documentary collection
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Friday, August 24, 2007 5:46 PM

Anchorwoman: More bomb than bombshell

Fox has pulled the plug on "Anchorwoman," one of the dumbest reality shows concocted yet (and that's really saying something).   This reaction arrived in my e-mail inbox from Michael Drudge of San Antonio: "Amazing. How refreshing
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Monday, April 23, 2007 7:40 PM

McCaw's paper sinks even lower

Well, you can tell the Santa Barbara News-Press is hurting in the editing department these days. Check out this lousy headline trumpeting a story that ran Sunday online (and, I presume, in the print edition, too): "News-Press seeks exam of computer
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Sunday, February 18, 2007 9:47 PM

Stand up to She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

Former Santa Barbara News-Press editor Jerry Roberts is one nice guy who deserves tremendous respect, and what he has had to endure in the last year is utterly ridiculous, shameful -- and idiotic. Though I could go on, I'll stop there lest someone
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Sunday, October 22, 2006 11:19 PM

Rethink booking United

Headed out Friday to meet with SPJ members in Fort Worth, Texas. Let's just say the travel there was a nightmare -- and that I no longer wonder why United Airlines continues to struggle mightily. Some random thoughts and observations (feel free to share
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 1:15 PM

Take on the Trib and LAT? Not so fast.

In recent days, writers from many publications have asked me what SPJ has to say about the management shakeups and staffing decisions being hashed out between the Los Angeles Times and its owner, the Tribune Co. In a word: Nada. These are tough issues
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Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:43 PM

Dunn done at HP

And you sure aren't going to see me complain about it. HP (That arguably stands for "Hackers of Privacy," not "Hewlett-Packard") Chairwoman Patricia Dunn is "stepping down from" (perhaps that's better phrased "was kicked from") the helm of the technology
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