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Back-Page Coverage
The Lexington Herald-Leader, responding to a call by its former editor, John Carroll (who now runs the LA Times), examines its own coverage of the civil rights movement in Kentucky during the 1960s. Its judgment is somewhat buried behind a flippant lede: “CLARIFICATION: It has come to the editor’s attention that the Herald-Leader neglected to [...]
Ready for Prime Time?
The double-digit subscriber base of the Discovery Times channel may have caught a documentary last night on campaign finance that featured an interview with yours truly. The New York Times, a partner in the channel, actually published a review that used one of my quotes, marking my first appearance in the New York Times. Here’s [...]
Nobody Told Me
This Baltimore Sun story, by a reporter who is leaving the paper to join the L.A. Times soon, is incredible for its illustration of government ineptitude.
A 45-year-old partially paralyzed Baltimore County man, who was arrested in 1995 on a series of minor charges including the theft of a tape cassette and a pair of shoelaces, [...]
High Praise
From the LA Times obit of actor Tony Randall comes this line from a former director of the show:
“The man is constitutionally creative.”
Now that’s something I’d like to have said about me someday.
Can You Say Slush Fund?
The Baltimore Sun reports that federal prosecutors are looking into spending by Baltimore City Council members, who have access to $5,000 a year for expenses with no oversight. Oh yeah, they get to keep the money they don’t spend, too:
“I’ve never heard of such a system,” said Mike Taylor, past president of the National Association [...]
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