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“AI-powered bias meter”

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Robert Basil

Watching owners of once-great American newspapers destroy their own property has been truly shocking to me.

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Is Kwantlen Student Association trying to kill student newspaper?

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Robert Basil

Seems bad. I trust these machinations, no matter who is behind them, will not be successful. My life is already too full of dismay (thank you very much). The editor of The Runner, the student newspaper, is interviewed here. Many … Continue reading →

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“Time is of the essence.”

Posted on June 3, 2024 by Robert Basil

This story is from the online news publication “Jolt: The Journal of Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater” [in Washington State]: Starting Monday, June 17, Intercity Transit will cease posting rider alerts on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).  This decision comes in response … Continue reading →

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An old-fashioned take-down

Posted on March 19, 2024 by Robert Basil

Becca Rothfeld’s book review “Lauren Oyler thinks she is better than you” is a thorough evisceration of Oyler’s book No Judgment. You don’t see many reviews like this these days. Critics that attack books typically go after the author’s political … Continue reading →

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Threads and news reporting

Posted on October 14, 2023 by Robert Basil

In part as a consequence of the Israel-Hamas war, more journalists are posting news and analysis on Meta’s Threads platform. From QZ’s Ananya Bhattacharya: Since its inception, Threads has decided to steer clear of handling hard news—and the Israel-Hamas war … Continue reading →

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Newspaper names: a charming taxonomy

Posted on July 4, 2023 by Robert Basil

We are fans of Jay Rosen here at No Contest.

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Best answer yet to that question

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Robert Basil

By rocker Susanna Hoffs: It’s worth it for me to remember that, because I am a bit of a snob formalist when it comes to evaluating published writing (prose or verse). The NYTimes “By the Book” series is always fun, … Continue reading →

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Apropos The Georgia Straight

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Robert Basil

Dan Savage was not exaggerating the problems faced by alt-weeklies in recent years. From The Tyee last week: The crew at the Georgia Straight wrote until the bitter end, filing stories and chronicling Vancouver’s culture after the paycheques stopped flowing … Continue reading →

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Savage Love

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Robert Basil

The prose of Dan Savage is bold and crystal clear – and edifying to a profound degree. It always has been. I started reading his column in the San Francisco’s alt-weekly back in the early 90s and kept up that … Continue reading →

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How to write a lede

Posted on September 11, 2022 by Robert Basil

From the Irish Times: Having a monarchy next door is a little like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and has daubed their house with clown murals, displays clown dolls in each window and has an insatiable desire to … Continue reading →

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