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PRESS FAIL: AS GE CEO STEPS DOWN, BOSTON JOURNALISTS MUST DO THEIR JOB

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 14, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

After all the prattle by fawning journalists about the days of wine and roses to come, it turns out that the various moves GE CEO Jeff Immelt made to reinvent the conglomerate as an "innovation" company came at the expense of a significant drop in profits.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Globe, Charlie Baker, Fox News, General Electric, innovation economy, Jeff Immelt, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, media, neoliberal, waterfront

FROM BU TO PU: THE BILL O’REILLY STORY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 25, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

The incident continued to bother me, though, primarily because Zelnick, a top-shelf shithead of the Anchorman variety, dodged the Bill-O issue like a coward.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: Bill O'Reilly, boston university, Chris Faraone, COM, Fox News

#MEDIARANT: INSPIRED BY WEEK OF WATCHING SNOW COVERAGE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 21, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

As for working journos, I'm here to rep for y’all. To rep for indies, and to kick the #mainstreammedia w/out the cheap right-wing vitriol

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: @fara1, Boston, cable news, Chris Faraone, commentary, Donald Trump, fake news, Fox News, Journalism, media, TV news

LEFT BEHIND: THE PARIS ATTACKS AND THE NEED TO FUND A MASS INDEPENDENT AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 17, 2015 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

News Corp succeeds in pulling public discourse far to the right in the absence of major outlets willing to confront them when it matters most.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: #parisattacks, America, Apparent Horizon, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Dagbladet Informatio, Die Tageszeitung, Europe, European media, Fox News, German media, Independent Media, Jason Pramas, mainstream media, nonprofit media, Open Media Boston, Paris attacks, propaganda, Switzerland, WOZ Die Wochenzeitung

POTUS MAXIMUS: HOW THE GOP CIRCUS MAKES MASS POLITICIANS LOOK GOOD

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 4, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The theatrics offered an interesting if not harrowing look at the madness that’s transpiring across the border.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Bay State, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, Dick Cheney, Donald Trump, Fox News, George Pataki, GOP, Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, Manchester, Massachusetts, Mike Huckabee, New Hampshire, primaries, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, St. Anselm's

ESTRANGED FRUIT: HOW THE MEDIA BENT OVER BACKWARD FOR A WHITE TERROR SUSPECT

Written by DIG STAFF Posted July 21, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

How many articles you can find in which an alleged killer of color had their insanity defense staged by reporters before they even got a lawyer?

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: Alexander Ciccolo, Ali Al Amriki, Boston, Boston Police Department, BPD, Captain Robert Ciccolo, Colorado, Connecticut, Dylann Roof, FBI, Fox News, guns, massacre, shootings, terror suspects, terrorism, tragedy

DENOTE SPEECH

Written by DIG STAFF Posted March 17, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

Why we absolutely love former BPD Chief Linskey’s Twitter feed ...

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: Allah, Boston Strong, BPD, Daniel Linskey, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Fox News, John Wayne, police tweets, security consulting, social media, Superintendent Linskey, Tsarnaev Trial, Twitter

SECRET ASIAN MAN: #BLACKLIVESMATTER FLOW CHART

Written by TAK TOYOSHIMA Posted December 21, 2014 Filed Under: Comics

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: #blacklivesmatter, brutality, flow chart, Fox News, idiot, Police, Secret Asian Man

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