Tag Archives: Boston Globe

Imran Awan Update

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I have written previously on the press’s predilection to not cover things, and how it can be more effective to ignore than to risk the fabrication of fake news. That practice can be spotted, with practice, if you … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politics and Economics, Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, imran awan | 1 Comment

A Third Way for Campus Speech?

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Shulamit Reinharz, the director of an academic center at Brandeis, has an op-ed in the Boston Globe calling for a third way on campus speech. Alluding to the tension currently present between free speech and those who would … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Uncategorized | Tagged Academic Freedom, Boston Globe, Brandeis, Campus Free Speech, Shulamit Reinharz | 3 Comments

Faces and Noses, con’t.

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I wrote here about Neil Postman’s influential early 90s view that broadcast news was morphing to entertainment. And how that argument–insightful as it was–missed the notion of actual media bias, replete with intention about actual content, that came down … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politics and Economics, Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Neil Postman, sundayarts | 5 Comments

Robertson Reducks

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I favor reasoned discussion about the actually important issues brought out in the Robertson kerfuffle. But I recognize it is just so damn tempting, and so much fun, to just judge. That’s on display in my area. In … Continue reading →