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  • Media Maelstrom: Context is Key

    Media Maelstrom: Context is Key

    Its funny how just a few words, reported without a whole lot of context, can drive perceptions about a news story. Such is the case in the coverage of former Memphis Mayor Herenton’s speech at Mayor Strickland’s prayer breakfast last weekend.

  • 214

    214

    Memphis broke a record Friday which sent the local media into full hyperventilation mode. The coverage was typical…typically bad.

  • Media Fail – 1, Transparency – 0

    Once upon a time I thought the media was a defender of democracy. It was a check on the power government exercised. It was a force for good that sought to keep the people connected and the politicians and bureaucracy honest. Perhaps it was naiveté, or my fond memories of great journalists from the late…