Wednesday, December 31,2008

WHITE NOISE

By YES! Staff

A dismal economy, a steady erosion of manufacturing jobs, a growing Latino population met by a rising tide of anti-immigrant resentment exploited by politicians looking for votes, and a scheme to bring in revenue by building new detention facilities.

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Wednesday, December 24,2008

WHITE NOISE

By YES! Staff

I remember flying over what seemed like endless blocks of Detroit at night last Christmas after changing planes at the airport en route to my family gathering in Champaign, Ill. What is everybody up to in that urban expanse, I asked myself. The answer from LaBash either gives some sense of how much better things are here,.

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Wednesday, December 17,2008

WHITE NOISE: News and Views from inside the Media Bubble

By YES! Staff

A reader of popular sports blog Deadspin.com shared his thoughts on the interesting shape of the logo for the new name of the Winston-Salem minor league baseball franchise in an item posted to the website last week. After an elaborate ceremony at the Millennium Center Dec.

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Wednesday, December 10,2008

WHITE NOISE

By YES! Staff

Web-only publications are now eligible for Pulitzer Prizes. The Paper Cuts blog lists more than 15,000 US newsroom jobs lost so far in 2008. And Arianna Huffington was voted Media Person of the Year by the website I Want Media. That is all. BC.

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Wednesday, November 19,2008

WHITE NOISE:

News and information from inside the media bubble

By YES! Staff

Progressives, on the other hand, worry that the charismatic former senator from Illinois represents a cosmetic change and a preservation of the status quo. After all, hes been talking about keeping Robert Gates on as defense secretary, and his economic team seems to be chiefly comprised of Clinton administration pro-deregulation retreads.

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Wednesday, November 12,2008

WHITE NOISE: News and info from inside the media bubble

By YES! Staff

The latest and most dispiriting turn of events in the News Records troubles following substantial layoffs last year and an unsuccessful effort to court a buyer was the Nov. 7 announcement by Publisher Robin Saul of a new buyout program to reduce full-time positions by 8 to 10 percent.

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Wednesday, October 29,2008

WHITE NOISE: News and info from inside the media bubble

By YES! Weekly staff

I have great respect for award-winning author and fellow weekly columnist Orson Scott Card, and even though Ive never read Enders Game, I have faked it a few times.

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Wednesday, October 22,2008

WHITE NOISE: News from inside the Media Bubble

By YES! Weekly staff

Pernicious myths die hard, even, apparently, when retired General Colin Powell and Fox News do their part to correct the record.

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Wednesday, October 15,2008

WHITE NOISE

News and information from inside the media bubble by Brian Clare

By YES! Weekly staff

Stoking fears that the results of the presidential election are at risk of being manipulated in swing state, The New York Times reported in an Oct.

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Wednesday, October 8,2008

WHITE NOISE

By YES! Weekly staff

News and information from inside the media bubble.

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