Monthly Archives: April 2009

I’m back, and I’ve got an answer about China

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

I’ve been in Vancouver for a week at the Fraser Institute seminar/course on economics for journalists, a great experience on which I’ll be blogging anon. I came back to a depressingly empty house, as I evacuated my family after the … Continue reading →

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Pirates – hostis humani generis

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: This appeared as an op-ed in the Valley City Times-Record. If you’ve been following the news, you know that Capt. Richard Phillips is free, and three Somali pirates won’t be sailing under the Jolly Roger anymore. To most people, … Continue reading →

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Bias example

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

Here’s another example of the kind of thing I study in media bias. Not the open, conscious type of gatekeeping (a la the New York Times, which decides what you ought to know) but the unconscious, off-the-cuff turn of phrase … Continue reading →

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Why America can do nothing for Roxana Saberi

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: This appeared as an Op-ed in the Valley City Times-Record. You can google Roxana Saberi if you’re unfamiliar with this case. Briefly, she’s a Fargo resident, dual American-Iranian citizen, now in prison in Iran charged with espionage. Her father … Continue reading →

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SHAME!

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

Here’s the still. Go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JGK-xbXxMw&feature=related for the video and see that it’s not a trick of cherry-picking photos for an awkward or out-of-context shot. The President, and his staff’s ignorance of protocol, resulting in abominable rudeness to the Prime … Continue reading →

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Sandbagging for the flood

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: This appeared as an op-ed in the Valley City Times-Record I went up to the North Dakota Winter Show building on Tuesday morning to put in a few hours sandbagging after the paper went to press. Monday I’d seen … Continue reading →

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