“Habitat plans must stand on solid scientific work,” concludes a Seattle P-I editorial (6/13) of a “disturbing new report by…
Spring is the season for… journalism prizes! Watch your local newspapers for a veritable orgy of award announcements. Journalists give…
What’s wrong with American newspapers today? They’re shallow, sensational, vulgar, celebrity-chasing, conflict-obsessed, parochial, predictable, and boring. “The worst are becoming…
In a year-end column, Watchdogs gave the Seattle Post-Intelligencer an award for “Most Unexpected Improvement on an Editorial Page in…
One year ago, in our cover story “Why Journalism Sucks: Ten Reasons Why People Hate the Media” (Eastsideweek, 6/25/97), Watchdogs…
IN AN ASTONISHING DISPLAY of “do-as-we-say-not-as-we-do” journalism, Kay McFadden, The Seattle Times’ new television critic, blasted television coverage of a…
Thanks to all who returned Watchdogs’ “Best of Seattle Media” ballot (6/18). We received 108 responses—54 by mail or fax…
An open letter to John Carlson Dear John As old friends and longtime colleagues, we’re really sorry that KVI radio…
The February issue of Washington Law & Politics, the snappy new magazine that made its debut here last fall, offers…
THE TINY MERCER ISLAND REPORTER (circulation 5,000) last week took on the mighty New York Times (Sunday circulation 1,650,000). Result?…
Last week, James Billington, Librarian of Congress, gave the Henry M. Jackson Memorial Lecture at the University of Washington. Billington’s…
As Initiative 200, the Washington State Civil Rights Initiative, moves toward the fall ballot, citizens should watch closely how the…
In our “Best of the media” survey (7/30), The Seattle Times was top dog among local newspapers, winning votes from…
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