Anthony Moretti is an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Point Park University. He teaches primarily broadcast-related courses.
What a mixed message, and it is one the Republican Party has to grapple with as it attempts to create a national election strategy that goes beyond "we're not Obama." Read Full Story
Kudos to Los Angeles Times' columnsit Bill Plaschke for delivering an excellent assessment of the final minute of the USC-UCLA football game.Regular readers of this blog know I'm a graduate of USC, which won last night's game 28-7. It was the final Trojans' touchdown in the final minute of the game that caused a ruckus. Plaschke's editorial validates why that touchdown was necessary. Read Full Story
A Senate report suggests the American military had a chance to capture Osama bin Laden just three months after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks but did not put together the forces necessary to complete the task.The report is sure to reignite the explosive conversation of how valuable a target bin Laden is (was), how effective U.S. intelligence is (was) and how the mistakes of the Bush administration continue to haunt America's political and military climate. Read Full Story
...media speculation.Over the past three weeks Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis has been the subject of the dreaded "he's going to get canned" rumors. With the exception of Notre Dame's athletic director, no one at this point knows if those rumors have any merit. The Fighting Irish ends its regular season tonight, and the expectation is a clear statement from the athletic director will come within the next few days. Over the past 24-48 hours, professional golfer Tiger Woods has been th... Read Full Story
So...1. Tiger Woods is having an affair with the woman who crashed the White House State Dinner...and 2. That woman's husband was there to talk to Oprah about getting the exclusive interview after he was named the new football coach at Notre Dame...but3. Oprah was there in an attempt to secure her place on the next reality program "The Real Non-Housewives of America"...and4. The executive producer of that show will be Nancy Pelosi, who is in serious negotiations with the Swedes to provide a s... Read Full Story
Hooray...it took less than 24 hours for one "news" organization to suggest that Tiger Woods and his wife are no longer in domestic bliss and that he is seeing another woman. Fantastic. Just great. Look, I have no knowledge of whether Mr. Woods is having an extramarital affair, and frankly I could care less. What I find troubling is how quickly the mainstream media -- which are largely responsible for crafting this Tiger Woods phenomenon -- has shown little restraint in accepting the idea that... Read Full Story
The following "tweets" (combined here into one post) comes from Politico's Jonathan Martin:This from crasher "publicist" to CNN -- "We will begin doing press and media next week providing exclusive interviews and press junkets...If you would like to be considered in our media circuit we request that you hold your proposed published profile until then."Give the so-called crasher couple credit: They are working the system for everything it can possibly give them. They are telling the media when... Read Full Story
Regular readers of this blog know I grew up in Southern California, where a regular and reliable traffic report was as much a part of the day as a meal. But times and economics are changing, and the amount and type of traffic reports also are changing.The decision by some radio stations to abandon traffic reports seems short-sighted, but in an era in which every decision appears to be judged by whether it is a money-maker we should not be surprised. Read Full Story
