http://mediacrit.com a blog of news and journalism criticism Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:10:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://mediacrit.com/151 http://mediacrit.com/151#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:45:54 +0000 Christopher Martin http://mediacrit.com/151 http://mediacrit.com/151/feed 0 http://mediacrit.com/iowas-news-heroes http://mediacrit.com/iowas-news-heroes#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:10:54 +0000 Christopher Martin http://mediacrit.com/?p=99 http://mediacrit.com/iowas-news-heroes/feed 1 http://mediacrit.com/greenwashing-dirty-coal http://mediacrit.com/greenwashing-dirty-coal#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:50:29 +0000 Christopher Martin http://mediacrit.com/?p=90 It happened again. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier had a special "green" tabloid section in their Sunday, April 20 newspaper, with big full-page ad by LS Power. After doing the same thing last year, it appears that Courier is operating in an irony-free zone where "green" and "coal-fired power plant" can mean the same thing.]]> http://mediacrit.com/greenwashing-dirty-coal/feed 0 http://mediacrit.com/fools-gold http://mediacrit.com/fools-gold#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:04:37 +0000 Christopher Martin http://mediacrit.com/?p=76 Waterloo Mayor Tim Hurley was an easy mark. Fresh from the success of bringing casino gambling to the Cedar Valley, this high roller muscled through the local zoning decision for LS Power because he was convinced the power plant would be another “gold mine.” And perhaps it really will be. ]]> http://mediacrit.com/fools-gold/feed 0 http://mediacrit.com/global-warming http://mediacrit.com/global-warming#comments Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:42:52 +0000 Christopher Martin http://mediacrit.com/?p=63 You might be excused if you missed an article on December 21, 1969 in the New York Times. In a small report on a meeting of the American Geophysical Union, the Times published its first article that used the term "global warming." The science, even in 1969, was stunningly accurate.]]> http://mediacrit.com/global-warming/feed 2