tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post4934164534899885812..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Journalism's hope and powerLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-72824111106317240902010-06-16T09:39:50.718-04:002010-06-16T09:39:50.718-04:00Why I was writing columns for the Amherst Bulletin...Why I was writing columns for the Amherst Bulletin is used to call Howard once in a while to bounce stuff off him.<br /><br />To cite the cliche: the don't make 'em like that anymore.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-9361710821189913092010-06-16T09:25:39.076-04:002010-06-16T09:25:39.076-04:00Prof. Ziff retired before I got to take a class wi...Prof. Ziff retired before I got to take a class with him, but I got to spend two afternoons with him for an assignment in Journalism 300 (which, for the record, I took online). What a great man.<br /><br />My favorite thing he told me was when he recalled his time reporting in Chicago. "I like to say that I got shot at twice in Chicago but only once in Korea."S.P. Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14890128873734264889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-72672659621641602322010-06-16T08:54:07.964-04:002010-06-16T08:54:07.964-04:00President Bush rose to the occasion on 9/11 but fa...President Bush rose to the occasion on 9/11 but failed miserably with Katrina (not to mention Iraq.)<br /><br />This will be President Obama's Donnybrook.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-8464556592057456502010-06-16T08:41:13.047-04:002010-06-16T08:41:13.047-04:00The "mainstream" media were too busy the...The "mainstream" media were too busy the past two months scrambling to find excuses for the Administration's inactivity to actually do any journalism. <br /><br />Besides, if you start digging into BP's failures you might start turning up things like waivers and permits granted by the Administration to a big campaign donor. Best not to look.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-90685029890093338752010-06-15T21:24:46.309-04:002010-06-15T21:24:46.309-04:00Yeah, the Federal Trade Commission is talking abou...Yeah, the Federal Trade Commission is talking about tax breaks (allowing newspapers non-profit status) and an extra 5% surcharge ("ipad" tax) on consumer electronics to bolster and protect the aging old guard print industry.<br /><br />Jeff Jarvis points out that in the entire 35 page FTC draft report, the word "blog" only appears but once.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-58318416862137031992010-06-15T20:42:53.921-04:002010-06-15T20:42:53.921-04:00The mainstream media feels threatened by the inter...The mainstream media feels threatened by the internet, and this is why they will not embrace it. The general public trust internet sources such as yourself more than the bricks and mortar media. There is a general mistrust of large corporate media owned my billionares such as Rupert Murdoch, pushing for their corpratist agendas. Haven't you sen the articles lately about a proposed "Drudge Tax" ? Thank God for the freedom of the Internet. I believe that we the people are better informed now than at any other time in our nations history, and it is much harder for the powers that be to "pull the wool over our eyes". Keep up the great work Larry. I think you are a great service to this community.<br />- Signed, an anonymous Nitwit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com