Joan Walsh - Media - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/joan_walsh_media/?source=rss&aim=joan_walsh_media en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST Light blogging through the holidays By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2008/12/15/holidays/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2008/12/15/holidays/index.html?source=rss But even on vacation, I couldn't miss the story of the Iraqi who threw his shoes at President Bush. George Carlin dies at 71 By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2008/06/23/george_carlin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2008/06/23/george_carlin/index.html?source=rss Read Heather Havrilesky's last great interview with Carlin, in which he talks about cocaine, being a fallen idealist and the "exciting" Obama story, even though he didn't plan to vote. Integrity and slime, in old media and new By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/11/29/media_ethics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/11/29/media_ethics/index.html?source=rss Time could learn from the New York Times about how to handle questions from critics. Of course, bloggers screw up too. Stop the New York Times Op-Ed food fight! By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/11/19/reagan_race/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/11/19/reagan_race/index.html?source=rss Krugman and Herbert are right, Reagan used race when he visited Philadelphia, Miss. But if the Times isn't sure, why not assign a reporter to the story? Richard Corliss: Rush didn't threaten me By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/10/18/corliss_edelstein/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/10/18/corliss_edelstein/index.html?source=rss The mystery continues: Which journalist did Limbaugh intimidate into giving him better coverage? Anyone? Limbaugh's latest: Let's bully journalists! By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/10/16/limbaugh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/10/16/limbaugh/index.html?source=rss Paul Steiger's investigative reporting project is making Rush very angry about people who dig up "dirt." The week so far By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/09/26/rather/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/09/26/rather/index.html?source=rss Rather was right, Lieberman is (still) wrong, and when will Clinton's rivals go after her? Silencing "Opus," again By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/09/02/opus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/09/02/opus/index.html?source=rss This week, only Salon has the original version of Berkeley Breathed's controversial cartoon. Silencing "Opus" By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/08/26/opus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/08/26/opus/index.html?source=rss The Washington Post and two dozen other papers declined to run two comic strips that could maybe, possibly, perhaps somehow offend some Muslims, somewhere, perhaps. Keith Olbermann tells Bush and Cheney: "Resign." By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/07/03/olbermann_comment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/07/03/olbermann_comment/index.html?source=rss The MSNBC anchor goes where no television newsman has gone before. The hullabaloo over Digby By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/06/20/digby/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/06/20/digby/index.html?source=rss Does it matter that she's a woman? With opinion writing still dominated by men, the answer is a loud yes. "The Pulitzers are history, thank you" By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/06/07/webbys_plus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/06/07/webbys_plus/index.html?source=rss What I saw at the Webby Awards. Plus: Lynne Cheney for Senate? Is Oprah the new Imus? By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/05/15/oprah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/05/15/oprah/index.html?source=rss At Howard University she noted that while her grandmother worked for white people, now white people work for her. And some white guys are mad! Wait, how did I miss Rush Limbaugh? By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/04/24/limbaugh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/04/24/limbaugh/index.html?source=rss Yet another dumb right-wing Virginia Tech excuse: Cho was a liberal! How little we know about Cho By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/04/23/virginia_tech/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/04/23/virginia_tech/index.html?source=rss Newt Gingrich blames liberalism, the Sunday Times of London blames "a feminised society." So many opinions, so little enlightenment about the Virginia Tech tragedy. Kos gets a pass this week By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/04/13/kos/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/04/13/kos/index.html?source=rss Let's forgive his tin-eared post dismissing online misogyny because he just had a baby girl -- and nothing educates men about sexism quite like having a daughter. Black rappers made him do it! By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/04/12/scarborough_ridley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/04/12/scarborough_ridley/index.html?source=rss Joe Scarborough and John Ridley peddle the dumbest Imus excuse of all: He learned his racist misogyny from hip-hop! Firing Imus was the right thing By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/04/11/imus_firing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/04/11/imus_firing/index.html?source=rss Years of racist, sexist and anti-Semitic jokes took their toll, and MSNBC finally saw the light. Michelle Malkin plays the victim card By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/04/10/malkin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/04/10/malkin/index.html?source=rss The conservative blogger wants to know why I wrote about threats to Kathy Sierra, and not her. Here's my answer. Bloggers, Don Imus and free speech By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/04/09/imus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/04/09/imus/index.html?source=rss Our treasured right to self-expression will survive even if blog operators delete nasty comments and a clueless radio host loses his over job racist remarks. Letters on "Men Who Hate Women on the Web" By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/04/03/sierra_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/04/03/sierra_letters/index.html?source=rss Thanks to readers for their smart, thoughtful ideas about whether online sexism is rampant, and if so, the best ways to fight it. On the trail of "legislate, don't investigate!" By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/03/28/gop_mantra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/03/28/gop_mantra/index.html?source=rss With help from readers, a look at how Republican talking points spread through the media. Welcome to the neighborhood, Politico! By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/03/27/politico/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/03/27/politico/index.html?source=rss The new Web publishing venture has gotten pummeled this week for mistakes as well as political bias. Should Salon be throwing stones? Setting Democrats up for failure By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/03/26/investigations/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/03/26/investigations/index.html?source=rss A new media myth is born: Focusing on investigation over legislation will bring political "peril." Howling at Al Gore's enemies By Joan Walsh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/03/23/somerby/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/media/2007/03/23/somerby/index.html?source=rss Bob Somerby's done a great service by outing Gore's media haters -- but I'm not one of them!