Espresso Pundit

05/08/2020

https://www.espressopundit.com/2020/08/blurring-the-lines.html

The Republic is trying to draw a brighter line between its News and Opinion sections by adding banners over the opinion pieces. I'm sympathetic to this problem. After all, it's difficult to lay out a website in a way that...

03/08/2020

https://www.espressopundit.com/2020/08/the-most-disgusting-tweet-.html

This used to be the most disgusting Tweet in my files. Set aside the fact that Mark Curtis doesn't know the difference between "sew" and "sow" and focus on what Curtis is saying. He's saying that the dead hunter DESERVED...

03/08/2020

https://www.espressopundit.com/2020/08/tucson-radio.html

I had an opportunity to be on KVOI with Matt Neely and Brush Ash. It went a little something like this. Espresso WUT 7-28-20

16/07/2020

https://www.espressopundit.com/2020/07/advancing-the-narrative.html

Pop Quiz: You are an Arizona Republic Reporter looking to explain the recent surge in COVID19 cases and you see this paragraph in a Los Angeles Times article. In what’s considered the first systematic look at the question, a team...

16/07/2020

The Columbia Journalism Review is the most respected source for coverage of the profession of journalism. CJR recently decried the behavior of the journalists covering the President. The article included this quote. Craig Copetas, a longtime reporter at the Wall...

05/03/2020

https://www.espressopundit.com/2020/03/on-signs-the-media-loss-and-reversion-to-the-mean-.html

28/02/2020

https://www.espressopundit.com/2020/02/fundamentally-dishonest.html

28/02/2020

https://www.espressopundit.com/2020/02/more-cuts-coming-to-gannett.html

If you work at a newspaper, then this is probably bad news. More cuts are coming. Reed says that by the end of Q1 (March 31), Gannett will have made cuts that add up to “over $60 million in annualized...

28/02/2020

https://www.espressopundit.com/2020/02/what-part-of-never-dont-you-understand.html

I've pointed out that the Arizona Republic's position of "Conservative Columnist" is vacant. Bob Robb has held the position for 30 years and uses the space to discuss arcane economic policies--and to tell people how smart his is*. For all...

06/02/2020

https://www.espressopundit.com/2020/02/decent-and-applaudable.html

The Republic's Elvia Diaz LOVES this. "Shakira and Jennifer Lopez didn’t just bring Latina star power to Sunday’s halftime Super Bowl in Miami. They stitched the American dream back to life, one hip shake and pole dance at a time....

06/02/2020

https://www.espressopundit.com/2020/02/help-wanted-conservative-columnist-for-arizona-republic.html

The Commentariat has moved on from the debacle in Iowa to the State of the Union Address. Pundits on the right are calling it "Magnificent" and "A Victory Lap." Meanwhile opinion leaders on the left fume that it was "a...

06/02/2020

https://www.espressopundit.com/2020/02/turning-point.html

I watched the SOTU at Turning Point's headquarters. James T. Harris was hosting. Great crowd and a lot of enthusiasm.

30/01/2020

https://www.espressopundit.com/2020/01/real-journalism.html

Check out this tweet from San Francisco Chronicle Reporter Audrey Cooper. That's right. If a public official is required to live in his district and there is evidence that his residence is a sham then real journalists will investigate. Meanwhile...

30/01/2020

https://www.espressopundit.com/2020/01/right-on-cue-montini-switches-narratives-.html

17/01/2020

https://www.espressopundit.com/2020/01/shes-still-not-that-in-to-you.html

I'm sure that you have seen this. Earlier this week, the mainstream media were whining that Stephanie Grisham hasn't been holding press conferences. Now we see Senator McSally's response. In the old days, elected officials had to deal with media...

17/01/2020

https://www.espressopundit.com/2020/01/the-mean-kids.html

Yesterday, I pointed out that when the President appointed Arizonan Stephanie Grisham as his spokesperson, the Republic used the appointment as an opportunity criticize her. Unfortunately, the Grisham case is not unique. The Arizona Republic has a culture of cruelty....

16/01/2020

https://www.espressopundit.com/2020/01/the-donkey-in-the-room.html

Thoughts and prayers for Kirkpatrick. So are we waiting for a major announcement from Grijalva?