On the other hand, consider which types of content make the most money, and how long it will take for the Phoenix to lose its voice in a sea of advertisements disguised as fashion reporting and lifestyle features. Continue reading
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MEDIA FARM: FREE PRESS ISN’T HERE
As is usually the case every four years, the media has been reporting that the presidential election is on track to be the most expensive race in American history.
That sort of report is typically followed by concerns that high price tags mean that politicians must further rely on campaign contributions, typically from large companies or weird old rich men, both looking for greater influence on the political process.
There’s no question that such a trend has the potential to be terribly damaging to the already-crippled state of democracy in this country, but that says nothing of the decrepit state of the media. Continue reading
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Tags: 2012 Presidential Race, advertising, Gatehouse Media, media, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, weird old rich men
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MEDIA FARM: CREDIT WHERE CREDIT’S DUE
Another journalism ethics scandal?! GET OUTTA TOWN. Continue reading
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Tags: #cantmakethisshitup, #oldmediafail, America, broadcast, England, fabricating quotes, Great Britain, Jonah Lehrer, Media Farm, NBC, New Yorker, olympics, tape delay, Television
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MEDIA FARM: ‘NIXED
It’s official. Coming this fall, Dig Boston will become this city’s sole alternative weekly newspaper. Continue reading
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MEDIA FARM: GAR(B)AGE DAZE
In case anyone missed it, for the first half of last week, the Boston Herald devoted three covers to the mind-numbing idiocy of what it dubbed “GarageGate.” Continue reading
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MEDIA FARM: RAGTIME
The summer is easily the weakest time of the year for newspapers. It’s when advertising revenue aspires to boost itself up to “in the toilet” stature, while the heat roasts the already-mushy brains that a majority of Boston’s working journalists are saddled with.
This means that what was awful reporting in general, only gets worse.
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MEDIA FARM: CONSIDER THE OUTSOURCE
Calculating for the exchange rate, the Filipino reporters with fake bylines were likely compensated with three less lashings and just enough food to starve to death. Continue reading
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Tags: Associated Content, Examiner, fake bylines, Gatehouse Media, Issue 14.28, Journatic, Media Farm, outsourcing, Peter Behle, Triond
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MEDIA FARM: IN A PIG’S EYE VIEW
“I’m not saying you’re a pathetic excuse for a news network that vomits out more hate than legitimate information. I’m just saying that’s what I heard.” Continue reading
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MEDIA FARM: TLD; DIDN’T PAY
In case anyone had stopped wondering why The Boston Globe shouldn’t be trusted with large sums of cash, guess who turned out to be the only American newspaper to apply for a Top Level Domain Name (TLD). Continue reading
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MEDIA FARM: RUNNING THE NUMBERS
As a general rule, one should never trust a journalist when it comes to numbers. After all, if they were good with numbers they wouldn’t have chosen a career path with the financial prospects of a gig selling used speakers out of your trunk. Continue reading
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Tags: Audit Bureau of Circulations, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, circulation numbers, Issue 14.25, Media Farm, newspaper, Readership, Scarborough
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MEDIA FARM: THE TRUTH SQUAD HURTS
Last week BostonHerald.com debuted The Truth Squad, a weekly internet show dedicated to uncovering truth in politics through short, poorly conceived, unfunny video clips that are less on par with what one might expect from a major news outlet, and more like the results of the Make A Wish Foundation. Continue reading
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