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New Orleans News Notes: November 2007
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New Orleans News Notes. Catty comments on scribblers and note takers. Wednesday, November 21, 2007. I hate to nitpick.who am I kidding? Media Maven loves to nitpick. Check out this section of Gordon Russell's TP piece. The prosecution's memo was filed last week with a request that it be sealed. It was introduced into the court record Tuesday morning after Vance denied the motion to seal it. Thomas' own crime came to the attention of authorities as a result of another convict's cooperation.
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New Orleans News Notes: September 2007
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New Orleans News Notes. Catty comments on scribblers and note takers. Thursday, September 27, 2007. In giant type the Picayune announced today that " Pump station plans may erase landmarks. You know the paper is serious about this story, because they drew some pictures to go with it. Oh my, that's terrible news. What landmarks might we lose? A great work of art? Oh God, I hope we're not losing the Super Dome! Posted by Media Maven. Links to this post. Wednesday, September 26, 2007. About Melissa Williams...
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New Orleans News Notes
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New Orleans News Notes. Catty comments on scribblers and note takers. Monday, April 7, 2008. Turns out local boy Dave Walker is the president of the Television Critics Associations. In this article in Broadcast and Cable. He laments the demise of the television critic:. I certainly agree that more cultural coverage is better, but Walker might want to look in the mirror to discover why his ilk is becoming irrelevant. How many weeks did he spend summarizing the plot of K-Ville. Posted by Media Maven.
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New Orleans News Notes: December 2007
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New Orleans News Notes. Catty comments on scribblers and note takers. Tuesday, December 18, 2007. Sorry for the extended silence, but the local media has been so good, so thoughtful and careful, that I've had nothing to say. Nah, just kidding. Get the name of the dog." It's a mantra of good journalism. It means, get every little detail, because you never know which one might be telling. As Brendan McCarthy shows is this Times Picayune article. A just the facts lede. Nothing wrong with that. The brazen ar...
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New Orleans News Notes: February 2008
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New Orleans News Notes. Catty comments on scribblers and note takers. Monday, February 25, 2008. What's the website of the Times Picayune? Did you say nola.com. Silly you. James Gill is here to set you straight. In an op-ed about Nagin's latest insane outburst:. The security question came up after Nagin complained about blogs on a website affiliated with, but not controlled by, the Times-Picayune. That would be like assuming that Allstate Insurance Co. and Allstate Indemnity Co. are the same comp...Nolac...
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New Orleans News Notes: August 2007
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New Orleans News Notes. Catty comments on scribblers and note takers. Monday, August 27, 2007. Did you seen that A1 headline in the TP. Political Bad News Takes a Toll: But State's Reputation Isn't Necessarily Fatal. Well, thank God that a chance exists that the state won't die. What does the article say? Wait a minute, that headline wasn't really about the article, was it? Posted by Media Maven. Links to this post. Friday, August 24, 2007. I thought dailies were supposed to break news. Links to this post.
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New Orleans News Notes: July 2008
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New Orleans News Notes. Catty comments on scribblers and note takers. Saturday, July 5, 2008. On Wednesday, the Times Picayune's editorial board rightly scolded. On Friday, Mark Schleifstein filed a report. In the TP on new storm risk assessments. Schleifstein write about the risk of a "100-year storm." He uses the phrase 7 times, in fact. Three times he refers to a "50-year storm" and three times to a "500-year storm.". According to the TP's editors:. So is the TP uninterested in performing a public ser...
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New Orleans News Notes: October 2007
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New Orleans News Notes. Catty comments on scribblers and note takers. Wednesday, October 24, 2007. If you read the Picayune online, you probably don't know about the copydesk's latest blunder. Yesterday an A1 headline said, "Downpours outpace new pumps' capacity." Not quite. When was the last time you saw a page 1 correction? Of course, no only won't you see the correction online, but you'll still read the erroneous headline. Posted by Media Maven. Links to this post. Tuesday, October 16, 2007. These pub...
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New Orleans News Notes
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New Orleans News Notes. Catty comments on scribblers and note takers. Thursday, January 17, 2008. The Times Picayune has a new ombudsman. The NOPD. In what amounts to a page one correction disguised as defensiveness, Brendan McCarthy reports that " Murder victim's identity incorrect. You see, yesterday Brendan reported that " N.O. murder suspect now a victim: He was sought in Christmas shooting. Turns out 18-year-old Eldrin George, wanted for murder and a series of Uptown armed robberies, is still alive.
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New Orleans News Notes: April 2008
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New Orleans News Notes. Catty comments on scribblers and note takers. Monday, April 7, 2008. In that last post did we say more cultural coverage is always better? Sorry Slip of the tongue. More quality coverage is better. There were some stories in the Lagniappe this week that missed that mark. Keith Spera cribs the entire meat of his piece on Iron and Wine. From an interview in Paste. Magazine. What happened? The TP couldn't score its own interview? On the Isleños Festival:. That lede just makes my head...