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The Media Curmudgeon: Charlie Warner

About Charlie Warner - Media Curmudgeon
Charles Warner is an active blogger at MediaCurmudgeon.com and the Goldenson Chair Emeritus at the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
 
Until he retired in 2002, he was... more
The Media Tragedy of the Commons - Charlie Warner - MediaBizBloggers
By Charlie Warner

The Tragedy of the Commons

In an article in Science magazine in 1968, Garrett Hardin described a situation in which people, each acting independently in their own self-interest, will ultimately deplete a shared limited resource even when it is clear that it is not in... more


The TV News Truth Scroll - Charlie Warner - MediaBizBloggers
By Charlie Warner

There ought to be a Truth Scroll on the bottom of the screens of TV news and interview shows so that viewers will know how much someone is shading the truth or bending the facts.

The Truth Scroll would be a new product that Google would sell to TV networks because it has the data and the ... more


The NY Times Has It Bass Ackwards - Charlie Warner - MediaBizBloggers
By Charlie Warner

The New York Times, following suit from The Financial Times and Stephen Brill, have it bass ackwards by offering readers free access to up to 10 articles and then charging for reading... more


Stop Me Before I Kill Again - Charlie Warner - MediaBizBloggers
By Charlie Warner

The following headline was on The Huffington Post on Monday, February15: "Donald Trump Points to Snow Storms, Calls for Al Gore to Be Stripped of Nobel Prize."

Thus, Trump proves he knows as much about climate change as he does about running casinos or having meaningful... more


Focus on the Family's Super Bowl Ad Violence - Charlie Warner - MediaBizBloggers
By Charlie Warner

The Focus on the Family's Super Bowl commercial featuring Tim Tebow tackling his mother is typical of the anti-abortion movement's twisted thinking: Using violence to support their position against using violence to kill nascent life.

It's the same type of twisted thinking that causes... more



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