Day: June 6, 2006

Egad, not THAT Murdoch!

This is precious:
 
Times of London’s interest in US market called “puzzling”
Baltimore Sun
Beginning today, The Times of London US edition is available in New Jersey and New York. “It’s really puzzling,” says Bonnie Brownlee of the Indiana University School of Journalism. “It’s hard to see how they’re going to make any money. The BBC is one thing — there’s hope for them [in the US market]. But the Times? Who wants it? It’s not what it used to be. It’s a Murdoch paper! And it’s so weird reading it as a tabloid.”  [Italics added]
 
(Thanks to Poynter Institute’s Romenesko)

Crime and punishment

Tough, bold, smart Oak Park police catch a bad guy.  Breaking news from Wed. Journal:
A suspect in the rape and armed robbery of several woman in River Forest accidentally shot himself in the head during a police chase Monday night in Oak Park. The suspect died several hours later
Cops had him in the dark in Mills Park, but he
might have slipped through were it not for the instincts of off duty Oak Park detective Sgt. Juan Paladines. Paladines, who was driving in the area in his personal car, turned on his police radio when he heard the commotion. He then parked near Home Avenue at Washington Boulevard and waited. Within a minute Paladines spotted Patillo crouching behind a garbage can. When Patillo started moving south bound on Home, Paladines exited his car and followed him, radioing his position and asking for assistance. 
 
Rookie Oak Park officer Stephen Struska was the first to arrive on the scene, and joined Paladines in the foot pursuit in the 400 block of Home.
 
Struska passed Paladines, and was about to reach out and grab Patillo, Scianna said, when Patillo pulled a hand gun. He attempted to point it over his shoulder and shoot Struska. Unfortunately for Patillo, he fired too soon, and shot himself in the side of the head.
Wow.

Egad, not THAT Murdoch!

This is precious:
 
Times of London’s interest in US market called “puzzling”
Baltimore Sun
Beginning today, The Times of London US edition is available in New Jersey and New York. “It’s really puzzling,” says Bonnie Brownlee of the Indiana University School of Journalism. “It’s hard to see how they’re going to make any money. The BBC is one thing — there’s hope for them [in the US market]. But the Times? Who wants it? It’s not what it used to be. It’s a Murdoch paper! And it’s so weird reading it as a tabloid.”  [Italics added]
 
(Thanks to Poynter Institute’s Romenesko)

This dog don’t bark

Sherlock Holmes made the non-barking dog the key clue [scroll down].  NY Times et al. do something like that.  They manage to talk about Islamic terrorism in Canada without using the word “Muslim” or “Islam” and using “Koran” only in defense of shot bomb-maker:  Here  and here. 
 
Whatever are they up to?  NYT et al., that is.  We have a  pretty good idea what the others are up to.

This dog don’t bark

Sherlock Holmes made the non-barking dog the key clue [scroll down].  NY Times et al. do something like that.  They manage to talk about Islamic terrorism in Canada without using the word “Muslim” or “Islam” and using “Koran” only in defense of shot bomb-maker:  Here  and here. 
 
Whatever are they up to?  NYT et al., that is.  We have a  pretty good idea what the others are up to.