The headline pretty much says it all. We’re heading out for the holidays and won’t be doing much posting until January 4. Our staffers will be posting some individual best-of-2009 lists between now and then, and we might break our silence in the event of any big news. Otherwise, though, we’ll see you in January.
The Kicker — December 23, 2009 04:36 PM
CJR (Mostly) Dark Until the New Year
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To the Editors:
Have a nice new year! See you in 2010.
To help you set up 2010, here are some issues that are worth being made into articles.
1) Discuss Mr. Navasky's Conflict of Interest as CJR Chair and Nation magazine Fundraiser.
2) Who are the current Woodward and Bernsteins under this Administration?
3) If folks on the Right feel they are not getting heard (hence the rise of Talk radio and Fox), what are the mainstream papers doing to get that audience? Or should all Newspapers only cater to the Left?
4) How does the media gain the public's trust back?
5) Does any reporter from the NYT or LA Times understand two party politics? Or by showing depth of one party (The Democrats) and ignorance of the other (The Republicans) help move newspapers into extinction?
6) A Objective view of both NewsBusters and Media matters
7) Criticism of The Nation, American Prospect and New Republic.
8) Why is Andrew Sullivan allowed to persue his "Trig Trutherism," on The Atlantic's dime?
9) Every Election year, the media calls partisans of the Right all manner of names, and the Right uses it to show themselves as martyrs among their voters and independents, what will it take to reform the mindset of the media when it comes to the Two party system?
10) Why does Mr. Navasky fundraise for the nation and head CJR with no accountability?
(Yes, I repeated the question again -- it has not been answered since I started commenting here)
Think on these over your vacation. I have winds and no snow on the ground here in CA, so enjoy your snow.
Posted by JSF on Thu 24 Dec 2009 at 05:19 PM