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Helping fill the News & Observer
Critics who contend that Raleigh’s News & Observer devotes too much attention to the John Locke Foundation must have been displeased this week. The N&O featured an opinion piece from…
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Better treatment from state agencies?
The recent public records controversy enveloping Gov. Mike Easley’s office revealed that Easley’s press advisers warned colleagues throughout state government to ignore information requests from the John Locke Foundation, including…
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Parton Theatre developments
Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington continued to draw attention to the dubious scheme that created the Randy Parton Theatre in Roanoke Rapids. News & Observer editor John Drescher cited…
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N&O’s disingenuous turn on Parton project
The News & Observer is just sick about how the former Randy Parton Theater (now Roanoke Rapids Theater) has wasted taxpayer dollars and tainted their beloved candidates for governor, as…
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Which management layer was superfluous?
News & Observer Executive Editor John Drescher announced a reorganization of the newsroom management in this morning’s paper. Here’s what he says is the advantage of the new structure: The…
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Chicoms agree with N&O editor
News & Observer managing editor John Drescher doesn’t like it when bloggers blog anonymously. Here’s what he said at Friday’s panel at Duke: “My only real reservation is you really…
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The Duke lacrosse panel, Part 3
OK, I’ve been to dinner and will use this post to empty my notebook from today’s panel on the Duke lacrosse rape allegations. The early part of the session was…
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The Duke lacrosse panel, Part 2
Panel moderator Frank Stasio asked the journalists on the panel if there was anything they regretted about the way their organizations handled the Duke lacrosse story. The N&O‘s John Drescher…
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The Duke lacrosse panel, Part 1
It was inevitable, I guess, that the panel today at Duke Law School about the Duke lacrosse rape allegations would get around to discussing bloggers. Kudos to former Duke basketball…
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Panel on Duke lacrosse coverage
There’s a panel discussion today at the Duke Law School (Room 3037) on how the media covered the Duke lacrosse case. As Prof. K.C. Johnson points out, no bloggers are…