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Pitting Workers Against Bloggers: How Not To Write About New Media

by Erik Kain on January 20, 2012

Mike Elk has written a long screed aimed at wonkish bloggers who, he argues, are taking jobs from “real” journalists. It’s a confusing post and I’m not sure why Mike wrote it other than to settle a grudge against his ideological opponents on the left like Matt Yglesias. There are several reasons why I think [...]



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Lowe’s Pulls Ads from TLC’s ‘All-American Muslim’ and the US Military Wages a Drone War in Afghanistan

by Erik Kain on December 12, 2011

American corporations under pressure from a Florida-based family-values organization are pulling dollars from TLC’s ‘All-American Muslim.’ Meanwhile, America wages a drone war that has killed countless civilians, including children, in Afghanistan. The Florida Family Association has asked major advertisers to pull their ads and ad dollars from TLC’s reality TV show ‘All-American Muslim‘ and according [...]



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Ezra Klein and the Not-So-Blurry Line Between Journalism and Activism in Media 2.0

by Erik Kain on November 29, 2011

Much fuss and hullabaloo has been made over Ezra Klein lately who has, apparently, stepped outside of some abstract journalistic standards in order to play the part as activist. Here’s the Investor’s Business Daily: The problem here is not just that he blurs the lines between journalism and activism. It’s that the Post is perfectly [...]



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Why Rick Perry’s Racist Hunting Camp Sign Matters

by Erik Kain on October 2, 2011

Texas Governor Rick Perry just can’t seem to catch a break. The latest in a long series of political punches came Saturday, when the Washington Post broke the story of Perry’s family hunting camp which was for many years named “Niggerhead.” While the Perry campaign has claimed that the sign with the offensive name was [...]



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