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I Can't Stop Reading Philly.com Commentersnew

Calling black people animals, references to monkeys, phrases like "welcome to the jungle, baby" and "That’s how it go in da hood" are all standard comments beneath crime stories on Philly.com when the perp is black. And we haven’t even gotten to the anal rape fantasies that regularly litter sexual offender and police corruption stories. So why do I read them?
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Tara Murtha  |  10-19-2011  |  Commentary

Lying Liars, and the End of Accountabilitynew

When up is down, and down is out, who even knows what to believe anymore? The Zeitgeist is now cloudy with the din of dishonesty that it is difficult to determine what is truth and what is fiction. In other words, a perfect time for the new film The Invention of Lying.
Boston Phoenix  |  Mike Miliard  |  10-08-2009  |  Commentary

Need Privacy? Pick Up a Papernew

As consumers, we increasingly pay for our purchases with some portion of our privacy, and that portion appears to be growing.
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Bruce Schimmel  |  05-01-2009  |  Commentary

Newspaper of the Future: Part IIInew

The daily newspaper business has addressed its problems in much the same way that our government has addressed the recession: by resorting to short-term remedies that fail to address the issues at a fundamental level, rather than engaging in the long-term retooling that is necessary to create sustainability.
Boulder Weekly  |  Stewart Sallo  |  02-02-2009  |  Commentary

Hillary, Barack, and John Replacing Britney and Lindsay in Your Checkout Linenew

The National Enquirer, Globe and the National Examiner are running almost as many stories about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as The National Review and The Nation are. Even John McCain has graced a couple of covers. Naturally, the tabs are less interested in the candidates' political positions than their sexual ones.
Las Vegas Weekly  |  Greg Beato  |  05-16-2008  |  Commentary

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