Djelloul Marbrook: Once We Had a Press that Gave a Damn
When I worked as an editor at the once great Baltimore Sun in the 1960s our style book prohibited use of the word rapist, preferring raper. Some of us thought … Continue reading
Lewis Turco: Burning the News
The fire is eating the paper. The child who drowned is burned. Asia is in flames. As he signs his great bill, a minister of state chars at the edges … Continue reading
Djelloul Marbrook: How the Press Masks its Xenophobia
The press dolls up its xenophobia in pseudo-objective claptrap, but when you explore its use of Arabic words like jihad and caliph and mullah a persistent pattern of demonization emerges. … Continue reading
Professors on food stamps
Originally posted on WORDVIRUS:
The shocking true story of academia in 2014 Forget minimum wage, some adjunct professors say they’re making 50 cents an hour. Wait till you read these…
Djelloul Marbrook: Burying The Giant Alive — The Press of Denial
The American press is like a sexagenarian doctor with a factory practice who hasn’t read a medical text since his internship. His patients don’t ask, and he doesn’t tell. They … Continue reading
Djelloul Marbrook: The Tunnels of Gaza Thwarted Alexander the Great
The Five Ws of 19th Century journalism fall far short of the demands of 21st Century journalism and yet they remain the effective diktat of newsrooms. Let me show you … Continue reading
Djelloul Marbrook: The subversion of the Fourth Estate and the emergence of the Fifth Estate
Exhibit A John B. is the city solicitor of a growing suburban city. The city is contemplating the use of eminent domain to build a new school. His job is … Continue reading →