I can’t help being bothered by the story of those six nuclear weapons that went missing for some 36 hours at the end of last month. A Washington Post analysis published Sunday refers to the incident as the result of “misteps in the bunker“. On the other end of the spectrum, here’s a rational sounding [...]
Entries from September 30th, 2007
Saturday…sports reporting and an Oceanic moment
September 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Media
Last Saturday’s Star-Bulletin offered up one of those “Dewey Defeats Truman” moments in miniature. In a front page and above the fold item, with photo of UH quarterback Colt Brennan on crtuches, repeated in the online edition, the S-B’s headline reported: “Colt will start despite bad ankle.” The lead: “Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan tosses his [...]
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Friday…news on news
September 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Cats, Media
So how are things in the newspaper world? Pacific Business News reported yesterday that the Honolulu Star-Bulletin’s circulation has remained steady at about 64,000 since the newspaper’s sale in 2001. That figure was released by the Star-Bulletin, which says the circulation is audited by a local accounting firm. But PBN notes that the number of [...]
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Thursday…Galbraith Info gets an update and other morning miscellany
September 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment · General
There’s a multi-cat task force a few feet away tracking a small rat that one of them apparently brought into the house. The poor thing (the rat, that is) is hiding behind a small bookcase while Annie, Kili, Leo and Toby all circle nearby. The bad thing is that they’ll lose interest if it hides, [...]
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Wednesday…Media Council atwitter, another Superferry tidbit, and how just much is enough
September 26th, 2007 · 3 Comments · General
The Honolulu Advertiser reports the indictment of a woman for allegedly embezzling $329,000 from former Advertiser owner Thurston Twigg-Smith. Green was reported to have been a personal assistant to Twigg-Smith and his wife when the money went missing. This quickly sent members of the Honolulu Community-Meda Council all atwitter trying to confirm whether or not [...]
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Tuesday…Update on Black Press expansion in Seattle, and controversy after editor fired over consumer story
September 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment · General, Media
Several items of interest concerning Black Press, the parent company of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin controlled by David Black of Victoria, British Columbia. The company is rapidly expanding its chain of community newspapers in the Seattle area. Over the past several months, it has added six more weekly papers, including two this month that will compete [...]
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Monday…Reporter taken off Superferry story after blog comments, and another example of business boosterism
September 24th, 2007 · 6 Comments · General
Hostrocket.com, my hosting service, finally got this site back up and functioning sometime late yesterday afternoon after the server crashed and apparently required more than a quick restart. Kauai freelancer Joan Conrow, who has been covering the Superferry action for the Advertiser, was pulled off the story last week after word spread that she had [...]
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Sunday #2
September 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · General
This site has been down most of Sunday. Technical problems at my hosting service, Hostrocket.com. So sorry for the problems. -Ian Lind, Kaaawa, HI
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