While national print/broadcast media traveling with the president somehow fail to observe such things, alert Kyle Gillis, an investigative reporter for Nevada Policy Research Institute counted “22 fossil-fuel powered vehicles” --- with video to back him up --- in …
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Most curious stop on President Barack Obama’s two days of speeches in five cities is today’s stop in Las Vegas, the place where three years ago he scolded companies that planned to hold meetings or events in the gambling mecca, which now ranks as the foreclosure capit …
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What could be the start of something --- frowned on by veteran professional writers --- is a major content change among women’s magazines when readers start writing most of the material, debuting with the March issue of the 129-year-old Ladies’ Home Journal, note …
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While casino patrons from around the world are welcomed on the famous Las Vegas Strip, pending legislation by Clark County Commissioners would ban some dogs on public and private sidewalks plus pedestrian bridges along the five-mile stretch, finds GrumpyEditor.com. Beh …
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Television viewers saw a total of three and a half hours of Republican candidates’ debates from New Hampshire over the weekend and only once was there a mention of rogue North Korea --- with zero discussion of the Communist nation pushing ahead with a nuclear weapons progra …
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With the San Diego Union-Tribune changing its name to U-T San Diego this week, some confusion has popped up, especially outside of Southern California, finds GrumpyEditor.com. Seems that the abbreviated title --- UT --- has a collegiate flavor since it al …
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In the spirit of the season, there’s more than local, national and world news plus weather and sports on theLos Angeles Times Web site: For "about the cost of a Christmas card" Santa Claus will call your children, finds GrumpyEditor.com. And no, the ho! ho! …
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ABC News described Saturday night’s nationally-televised debate spotlighting six Republican presidential candidates from Drake University in Des Moines, less than three weeks before the Iowa caucuses, as “high stakes” --- but West Coast viewers saw it on a …
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Which is it --- Kris Kringle or Kriss Kringle? Associated Press, in a holiday guide, is reminding media, especially print news writers and editors, about proper spelling and capitalization of certain words, notes GrumpyEditor.com. Kris vs.
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One certain method for entertainers’ public relations representatives to grab editorial space and broadcast mentions is to trumpet their clients’ key body parts are being insured for $1 million, notes GrumpyEditor.com. It has worked for more than half a cen …
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Among investments in publicly-held companies by members of Congress, General Electric Co., the multi-national conglomerate ranked as the nation’s sixth largest firm by Fortune magazine, is the favorite, notes GrumpyEditor.com. Seventy five lawmakers held GE s …
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So where is the best place to rub elbows with millionaires? Forget Beverly Hills. Skip the Hamptons on Long Island. Best bet for the biggest congregation of the truly rich is at the U.S.
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With Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, signed up as a full-time NBC News special correspondent, it seems that being linked to politics or politicians edges out journalism school in getting into television …
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Newspaper editors love anniversary stories. But one they overlooked related to their own industry: The Stars and Stripes, the newspaper primarily for the U.S. military, marked its 150th year on Nov.
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Veterans Day today finds many operations --- from restaurants to parks --- honoring those in uniform, past or present, with special deals and offers; yet the fine gestures often do not make it into newspaper columns, notes GrumpyEditor.com. Deals and offers range from …
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As President Barack Obama readies for a swing through the Pacific later this week after a visit to France last week, GrumpyEditor.com recalls it used to be that one joined the Navy “to see the world” (as recruitment posters pitched), but a better way nowaday …
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Look for some grumbling from radio listeners and television viewers at 2 p.m.
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Adding to the list of the year’s special days --- ranging from Administrative Professionals Day to Armed Forces Day --- is today’s Diaper Need Awareness Day, but observed only in Connecticut, notes GrumpyEditor.com. Gov. Dannel P.
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Look for Larry King, who turns 78 next month, to return to radio where he started his broadcasting career 54 years ago, notes GrumpyEditor.com. Further details on a Los Angeles-based national radio show are forthcoming “within several days or weeks,” King mention …
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In deciding stories vying for limited front-page space of newspapers, savvy editors consider interest to readers in their circulation areas. So it’s rather surprising to GrumpyEditor.com that announcement of a long-sought cost-of-living increase for 58 milli …
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North Korea and the U.S. today in Bangkok are set to resume one of the longest-running “talks” in efforts to recover the remains of some of the estimated 5,500 U.S.
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The luxury Spanish-style, 138-room Casa Monica Hotel, St.
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With thousands of marchers, representing two widely different groups, in New York City on Monday, media focused on covering the third week of Occupy Wall Street protesters and gave less treatment to a three-hour-long Columbus Day parade, a Gotham attraction paying tribute to Chri …
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Talk about recycling old news: Four years ago, print and broadcast media filled columns and air time with discussions on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his Mormon faith. Now (ho-hum) the same topic is back in newspapers and on airwaves, notes G …
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Imagine branding a former Federal Reserve Bank chairman as a “pizza company executive” in the current heavy flow of news stories on Republican presidential candidates, notes GrumpyEditor.com. That’s how media are labeling Herman Cain. Aside from …
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