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Monday, April 14, 2008 |
Tale Of Whoa: Catching Up Is Hard To Do |
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008 |
The Village Wordsmith Matters |
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 |
By Any Other Pronunciation -- Wrong |
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Saturday, March 08, 2008 |
Film Festival Fallout |
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008 |
Just Words? Just Try Fighting The Good Fight Without ‘Em |
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Saturday, February 23, 2008 |
Polls Apart |
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |
By Any Other Name |
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Monday, February 18, 2008 |
On-Air Arrogance |
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Thursday, February 07, 2008 |
Women As Equine Snacks? |
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Thursday, January 31, 2008 |
Pissed Off At Creative Loafing |
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Monday, January 28, 2008 |
Sober Judgment |
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Thursday, January 24, 2008 |
No Ire Of The Tiger |
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Friday, January 11, 2008 |
Media Epiphany? |
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Saturday, January 05, 2008 |
Charlie Wilson’s Irony |
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Sunday, December 16, 2007 |
Stuntman As Icon |
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Saturday, December 15, 2007 |
Oprah Effect |
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Sunday, December 09, 2007 |
CNN/ BoobTube |
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007 |
Dylan Bio-Pic ‘Not There’ |
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Saturday, December 01, 2007 |
Why Not Ask This? |
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007 |
A Peer Tribute For Bob Hite |
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007 |
Local Exposure for CNN Debate |
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Friday, November 09, 2007 |
Forecast: More Weather Teases |
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Thursday, October 25, 2007 |
They Said It |
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Thursday, October 04, 2007 |
Talk Show Electorate |
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Monday, September 24, 2007 |
Reality Woe |
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Saturday, September 08, 2007 |
As If I Didn’t Do It |
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Thursday, September 06, 2007 |
Local Publisher Looks At Obama’s Cuba Policy |
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Friday, August 24, 2007 |
Nancy’s Graceless Shtick |
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Thursday, August 16, 2007 |
Boob Tubing For Votes |
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Sunday, August 12, 2007 |
Headline Writers On Deadline |
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Friday, August 10, 2007 |
Obama Unwrapped |
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007 |
Hi-Def Is Here |
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Monday, July 30, 2007 |
Axing Public Access |
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Saturday, July 28, 2007 |
CNN-YouTube Coup |
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007 |
Gratuitous, Misguided Bathos |
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 |
Naming Rights’ Wrongs |
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Thursday, June 28, 2007 |
Media Overkill |
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Sunday, June 03, 2007 |
Comics Context For “Doonesbury” |
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007 |
Imus Not The Only Poor-Taste Profiteer |
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007 |
Piscopo Salutes Sinatra At Festa Italiana |
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007 |
UK’s PR Hit |
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Thursday, March 29, 2007 |
Magrane Tailors His Pitch |
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Monday, March 19, 2007 |
Rock and Rap? |
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Sunday, March 11, 2007 |
Tates’ New Digs |
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007 |
America’s Celebrity-Obsessed Cultural Meltdown |
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Sunday, February 11, 2007 |
Cartoons And National Security |
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007 |
Oprah’s Money – And Priorities |
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 |
Iraqi Occupation: Not What Neocons Had In Mind |
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Monday, January 15, 2007 |
Pro-Profile Professor |
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Thursday, January 11, 2007 |
The Lure Of Lists |
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Sunday, December 31, 2006 |
Hockey Holiday |
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Wednesday, December 20, 2006 |
John Iorio: The Missing Ingredient |
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Sunday, December 17, 2006 |
The “R” Word |
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006 |
To Revel With A Cause: Nostalgia Lives Here |
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Sunday, December 03, 2006 |
The Trite Stuff |
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Wednesday, November 22, 2006 |
Boondoggle |
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Sunday, November 19, 2006 |
Front Page Affront |
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006 |
Respect -- Not |
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Sunday, November 12, 2006 |
“Borat” Top “Grossing” Movie |
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Tuesday, November 07, 2006 |
Debate Dynamics: The Marketing Of Democracy |
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Saturday, November 04, 2006 |
Breezeway Sausage And The Media |
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Friday, November 03, 2006 |
A Matthews’ Sampler |
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Sunday, October 22, 2006 |
Hardballing The Debate Issue |
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Saturday, October 14, 2006 |
Streisand (F) Bombs |
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Thursday, October 12, 2006 |
Aesthetic Assault in St. Pete |
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 |
Cardinal Rule: Honesty Can Actually Work |
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Thursday, October 05, 2006 |
Cheap Shots |
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Friday, September 08, 2006 |
Couric As Anchor |
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Saturday, September 02, 2006 |
Read The Minutes |
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Friday, September 01, 2006 |
Candidate Tips |
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006 |
Picture This: American Diversity |
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006 |
Quotables |
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Tuesday, July 25, 2006 |
Journalistic Guidelines -- Or Shinola Happens |
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Friday, July 07, 2006 |
Quotables |
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Monday, June 26, 2006 |
“The Lost City” |
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Wednesday, June 14, 2006 |
No Comics Relief |
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Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
Like Language |
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Saturday, May 13, 2006 |
Showtime |
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Sunday, May 07, 2006 |
“Dateline’s” threshold |
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Saturday, April 15, 2006 |
And That’s The Way It Is… |
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Saturday, March 25, 2006 |
Lafavorite Lines |
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Thursday, March 23, 2006 |
Hannity A “Journalist?” |
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Monday, March 13, 2006 |
Rock the Vote Rocked |
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Saturday, March 11, 2006 |
Revelations? |
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Saturday, February 18, 2006 |
Creature Feature |
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Sunday, February 05, 2006 |
Bob Woodruff: Marketing Casualty |
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Saturday, February 04, 2006 |
Oprah WinFREY |
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Thursday, February 02, 2006 |
“Flight 93” Grounded By Commercials |
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 |
“Munich”: A Horrifically Powerful Polemic |
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 |
Print Media Still Had An Option In Mine Tragedy |
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Friday, January 06, 2006 |
A “Show Some Class” Rule? |
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Thursday, January 05, 2006 |
MNF’s Real Legacy |
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005 |
“Lightning Round” Needs Grounding |
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Monday, December 26, 2005 |
“Reality” News |
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Saturday, December 24, 2005 |
Pryor: The Rosa Parks of Comedy? |
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Thursday, December 22, 2005 |
Immigration And Assimilation |
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Saturday, November 12, 2005 |
Same News, More Coverage |
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Sunday, November 06, 2005 |
Professor Dogg? |
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Thursday, November 03, 2005 |
Tampa’s Front Page Ink |
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Tuesday, November 01, 2005 |
Some Reflections And Suggestions In Wilma’s Wake |
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Tuesday, October 25, 2005 |
Hardly Journalism’s Finest Hour |
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Sunday, October 16, 2005 |
Habitat Photo-Ops |
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Sunday, September 25, 2005 |
Photos Of Pubic Interest |
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Friday, September 23, 2005 |
Name Game Redux |
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Saturday, August 27, 2005 |
Costas’ Correct Call |
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Thursday, August 25, 2005 |
Robertson’s Gotta Go – Feet First |
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Sunday, August 14, 2005 |
Two Lives’ Legacies |
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Friday, August 05, 2005 |
Penguin Power At The Box Office |
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Friday, July 29, 2005 |
Cultural Coarsening Update |
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Monday, July 25, 2005 |
Knee-Jerk Journalism |
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Saturday, July 23, 2005 |
Media Punch Line |
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Saturday, July 16, 2005 |
Channel 8’s Self Promo Cheats Viewers |
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Friday, July 15, 2005 |
The Plame Game Plays On |
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Saturday, July 09, 2005 |
No “People’s Right To Know” Everything |
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Thursday, June 16, 2005 |
Subtitles, Please |
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Thursday, June 09, 2005 |
More Cultural Sludge |
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Saturday, June 04, 2005 |
Fallen Troops Tribute |
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Saturday, May 28, 2005 |
Media Quotes |
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Sunday, May 22, 2005 |
Fleischer Flashback |
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Sunday, April 03, 2005 |
Terri Schiavo Postmortums |
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Saturday, April 02, 2005 |
CEO’s Need To Ask: “What’s The Culture?” |
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Friday, April 01, 2005 |
Mayor’s Artful Inclusion |
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Wednesday, March 30, 2005 |
Global Village Reminder |
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005 |
Menage A Trois Timely |
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Friday, March 18, 2005 |
Fixation With Celebrity Reaches New Low |
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Saturday, March 12, 2005 |
No Excuse For Hostage Cheap Shot |
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Monday, March 07, 2005 |
Oscar Outtakes |
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Saturday, March 05, 2005 |
“Death Watch” Live |
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Monday, February 21, 2005 |
Image No Issue To Bucs |
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Saturday, February 12, 2005 |
Super Cuts |
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Friday, February 04, 2005 |
TV’s Non-News Sell Outs |
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Monday, January 24, 2005 |
Cheap-Shot Ambush |
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Friday, January 21, 2005 |
An Oscarette For Leo? |
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Thursday, January 20, 2005 |
NFL And Networks Are Co-Conspirators |
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Tuesday, January 18, 2005 |
Armstrong Strongarms the Public |
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Saturday, January 01, 2005 |
Rethink “Year in Review” Tradition |
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Friday, December 24, 2004 |
It’s Called Christmas |
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Tuesday, December 07, 2004 |
Hey, Tom: Congratulations |
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Tuesday, November 30, 2004 |
Circus Maximus: American Culture |
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Monday, November 22, 2004 |
Journalistic Judgment Call |
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Saturday, October 30, 2004 |
Brokaw Bows Out |
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Wednesday, October 20, 2004 |
National Notoriety For Trib |
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Thursday, September 30, 2004 |
Hurricane Diversion Diverted |
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Monday, September 27, 2004 |
"Memogate" Is No Conspiracy" |
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Sunday, September 19, 2004 |
Media Bias |
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Saturday, July 31, 2004 |
"Control Room" Candor |
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Tuesday, July 06, 2004 |
"Fahrenheit" Flap: A MoveOn.Orgy |
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Friday, June 18, 2004 |
Tribute -- Not TRIBulation |
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Sunday, June 06, 2004 |
In Memoriam in comics |
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Wednesday, June 02, 2004 |
New York Times Can't Blame Blair This Time |
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Saturday, May 15, 2004 |
Report -- Don't Incite |
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Tuesday, April 27, 2004 |
Dog Bites Man: Public Distrusts Media |
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Monday, April 26, 2004 |
"Gotcha" Gestalt: Presidential Press Conference |
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Thursday, April 15, 2004 |
Restaurant Reviews: Sometimes A Re-View Is In Order |
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Tuesday, April 13, 2004 |
Preeners, Wieners And The President |
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Monday, April 12, 2004 |
Strange Journalistic Bedfellows |
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Tuesday, April 06, 2004 |
Bush Tees Off On Miller Light Softballs |
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Tuesday, March 02, 2004 |
Leaving A Legacy -- And A Void |
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Monday, March 01, 2004 |
Colorado Scandal Context |
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Monday, February 09, 2004 |
Cultural Sludge Goes Mainstream |
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Friday, January 30, 2004 |
Manic Media's Cheap Shot On Dean |
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Wednesday, January 28, 2004 |
No Deppth In Johnny's Pirate Role |
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Tuesday, January 27, 2004 |
Times' Ironic Take On Test |
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Monday, January 12, 2004 |
The "Libel Lite" Case: Truth AND Consequences |
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Monday, January 12, 2004 |
Dreaded "Typo" in Middle East Coverage |
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Sunday, December 28, 2003 |
A Sense Of Community And "The Mayor's Hour" |
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Friday, December 12, 2003 |
Bad Santa: Bad Movie |
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Tuesday, November 25, 2003 |
Peter Jennings Comes Calling on Tampa |
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Saturday, October 18, 2003 |
The Pay-As-You-Go Show |
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Tuesday, September 02, 2003 |
No Happy Talk For New Newscast |
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Wednesday, August 20, 2003 |
(Frozen) Food For Thought |
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Tuesday, July 22, 2003 |
New Low In Local TV: Reporting The Nudes |
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Saturday, June 14, 2003 |
Good Night, David; Good Bye, Era |
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Wednesday, June 11, 2003 |
Timely Promotional Help For Hillary |
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Friday, June 06, 2003 |
Heroes -- And Villains -- To The Rescue |
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Monday, May 26, 2003 |
New News On Bay Area TV |
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Tuesday, May 20, 2003 |
Blair Niche Project: A Disservice To All |
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Friday, May 09, 2003 |
Wilborn Again In Tampa |
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Saturday, April 12, 2003 |
Say What About Journalism? |
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Friday, March 28, 2003 |
Mayor Iorio: More Than The Un-Greco Candidate |
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Thursday, March 20, 2003 |
Rays Turn Coup Into Crap |
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Thursday, March 13, 2003 |
Mayoral Candidates Deserved Better |
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Wednesday, March 05, 2003 |
Car Crash: Draw Conclusions, Not Memorials |
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Sunday, February 23, 2003 |
Times Holds Nose on City Council Recommendation |
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Wednesday, February 05, 2003 |
Spike Lee: Not Doing The Right Thing |
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Thursday, January 30, 2003 |
A Tabloid for Tampa? |
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Wednesday, January 15, 2003 |
Culture Shock At The Planet |
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Friday, January 03, 2003 |
Proofreading 101 |
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Monday, December 09, 2002 |
Alternative To Public Abscess |
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Thursday, November 14, 2002 |
Boston D-Party Impacts Tampa -- And Media |
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Thursday, October 31, 2002 |
The Unkindest Critique Of Them All |
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Sunday, October 06, 2002 |
Fair Game -- but Not Fair |
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Saturday, September 28, 2002 |
Teaching the Wrong Lesson |
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Saturday, September 07, 2002 |
Trying Times for Tribsters |
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Saturday, September 07, 2002 |
Image Building or a Forum for Arrogance? |
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Monday, September 02, 2002 |
Election Season Hectic for Editorial Boards |
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Saturday, August 10, 2002 |
Times' Column: Poor Parody, Poor Taste |
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Wednesday, August 07, 2002 |
Miner-Survivors And Media Overkill |
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Monday, June 24, 2002 |
Tough Time for the Times |
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Saturday, June 15, 2002 |
R(est) I(n) P(rofit) Obit |
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Friday, June 14, 2002 |
Will Times Cave In To NAACP Demand? |
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Friday, June 14, 2002 |
Pay-Per-Viewers Subsidize Sleaze and Get An Eyeful |
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Friday, June 14, 2002 |
Will Times Cave In To NAACP Demand? |
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Friday, June 14, 2002 |
Film List Fit For A King (Kong) |
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Friday, June 14, 2002 |
Film List Fit For a King (Kong) |
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Tuesday, May 14, 2002 |
All The News That Fits |
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Monday, January 28, 2002 |
Bradshaw's Last Laugh, O'Donnell Outing |
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Tuesday, January 08, 2002 |
Two Minutes for High-Schticking |
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Saturday, December 29, 2001 |
"Second Chance" for Marriott |
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Friday, December 28, 2001 |
Editorially Speaking, This Says It All |
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Friday, December 14, 2001 |
Sami Al-Arrant |
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Friday, December 14, 2001 |
Vested interest |
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Wednesday, December 12, 2001 |
Drink to that? |
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Friday, July 13, 2001 |
Media Self-Policing As Slain Officer's Legacy |
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Tuesday, November 07, 2000 |
Election 2000: Not Networks' Finest Hour |
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Tuesday, October 10, 2000 |
Public Figures/Private Lives: Media Don't Get It |
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Tuesday, August 15, 2000 |
Links Between Sausage And Political Conventions |
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Thursday, April 06, 2000 |
Now playing: "Valessa: Poster Child for Parricide" |
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