Entries Tagged as 'Local Media'

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Oh, that RED Star

A mild-mannered reader of this here blog pointed out to me that Rob O’Dell said that Karin Uhlich won her council race by 195 votes.
The figure, according to the City Clerk and quoted by other reporters at the Star, is 175.
The inflation of Uhlich’s victory by twenty votes from what otherwise would be a razor [...]

Friday, February 19th, 2010

If a Tree Falls in the Forest, Will There Be a Banner Headline in the Star?

For the last couple of years, it seems that any problem with Rio Nuevo or Downtown development has been heralded by an above the fold, front page story in the Star. So, you’d think that yesterday’s announcement that the final bit of money for a streetcar system would be similarly heralded as a success. After [...]

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

And the Silliness Starts

Laurie Roberts had a piece on the Republic’s website with the headline that screamed “Dems Smear Paton with B Word.”
Hmm. The “B” word? What was this horrible accusation that Democrats “smeared” Paton with? “Smear” usually denotes something horrible…what was this “smear”? Battery? Bipolar? Beastiality?
Nope…it’s “Bush.”
Yep, this “smear” that Roberts is refering to is a state [...]

Monday, January 18th, 2010

An Unexpected Domino Falls

From Daniel Scarpinato’s Facebook page:
Working at the Capitol Times as editor of the Yellow Sheet has been an amazing experience. Today, I embark on a new opportunity: Director of Communications for Jonathan Paton’s bid for U.S. Congress in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District.

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Oh, Come On

The folks at the Yellow Sheet decided to take on the Democratic Party for, it seems, a press release that the party sent a year and a half ago.
You may recall that during the heady days of the 2008 campaign, Tim Bee brought George W. Bush to Tucson for a fundraiser for his run for [...]

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Come On, Really?

Lou Dobbs claimed that anti-immigration activists took potshots at his house, a claim that was not taken seriously by local police, especially since hunters frequent the rural area where Dobbs lives.
Now Joe Arpaio has jumped on the bandwagon, claiming that he is so startled by this incident that he is reviewing his own security. Of [...]

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Whither the Star?

A source told me to expect one big name to take their buyout and announce their resignation from the Star today.
Geez.

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

What Dave Said…

Over at Blog for Arizona, David Safier takes down the Star for its anemic coverage of the President’s speech last night. I’m here to pile on.
Something that Safier only tangentially notes is that both of the Star’s articles can be found elsewhere: one was from the New York Times (cue the angry Pace cowboys) and [...]

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Right, Because the Job of the Minority Party is to Do What the Governor Wants

My Nana became fascinated by the 1999 Women’s World Cup. She told everyone in the family that she always liked soccer, which came as a great surprise to all of us that had never heard her voice any sort of interest in the sport before. Even though she was born in Mexico, she was from [...]

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Department of Bush League Manuevers, Bad Editing Division

Hat tip to Jim Nintzel and Dan Shearer for this one. Here is Shearer on his blog for the Green Valley News:
I went to Jesse Kelly’s Web site on Monday and found a short clip from my appearance Aug. 14 on PBS’ “Arizona Illustrated” . In short, I talked about how Kelly had been in [...]

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