Brad Rourke’s Blog
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China Wags Finger As The New Kyoto Gets Underway
There’s a new international treaty process getting started that bears serious observation. The Kyoto global warming treaty (which the US signed but did not ratify) is set to expire in 2012 and negotiations are beginning now for a replacement. It all starts this month in Poznan, Poland. The Chinese have gotten a jump on it…
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Another Episode In The Death Of Trust In Journalism
Lots of people like to talk about the death of media 1.0. But I like to think of it as the death of journalism as a fancy profession. Here’s another example. Former MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams has created a new PR venture called Abrams Research. Nothing new there. But this one has a twist.…
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"Hyperlocal" Journalism And Community
Many of my friends and readers of my national commentary know that I am also the founder of a web site called Rockville Central, which is an example of what the Knight Citizen News Network would call “hyperlocal journalism.” Rockville Central is a citizen-produced, all-volunteer local blog that is intentionally designed to embody the kinds…
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"Hyperlocal" Journalism And Community
Many of my friends and readers of my national commentary know that I am also the founder of a web site called Rockville Central, which is an example of what the Knight Citizen News Network would call “hyperlocal journalism.” Rockville Central is a citizen-produced, all-volunteer local blog that is intentionally designed to embody the kinds…
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Deranged
I had know about it for some time, but I was first confronted with The Syndrome in 2004. I had penned a column — which in most respects was carefully balanced — that included critical statements of Democratic candidate John Kerry and praised President Bush on some point. The piece did not include any contact…
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What If It Were More Than An Infomercial?
This article by me first appeared in Pajamas Media. If you are reading this, you are not the target of Senator Obama’s 30-minute media buy. Which surely means, since I am writing, that neither am I the target. Good thing, too — I was disappointed. Oh, sure, my eyes teared up at the right moments,…
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Baylor: A Mulligan For New Students
This article by me first appeared in Pajamas Media. Competition between colleges is as tough as it ever was and will definitely get tougher. But this seems ridiculous. My friends at Ethics Newsline brought to my attention that turns out that Baylor University has been paying students who are already admitted and attending the school…
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My PJTV Segment: It's Like The Sopranos!
These are my notes from yesterday’s Pajamas TV segment, which was live yesterday. If you check this page, you can see the video. I’m slated to be on again this Friday, October 24, at 6:00 pm Eastern. It’s easy to pick on the Garden State of New Jersey, almost too easy. Like shooting fish in…
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My PJTV Segment: It’s Like The Sopranos!
These are my notes from yesterday’s Pajamas TV segment, which was live yesterday. If you check this page, you can see the video. I’m slated to be on again this Friday, October 24, at 6:00 pm Eastern. It’s easy to pick on the Garden State of New Jersey, almost too easy. Like shooting fish in…
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