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An Open Letter to Gerry Brown, California Attorney General
- On December 31st, Time Warner Cable plans to pull fourteen public access channels and fourteen studios, in Los Angeles, a city whose name has, for generations, been synon
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The Friday Night Family
When I was growing up, The idea behind The Brady Bunch show seemed like a wonderful fairytale, a life I wanted to fall into. My god! Where else could I get three whole boys fo
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Cosmic Alignment
Maybe the greatest thing about writing a novel happens when you cross over into that trippy realm where everything you see and hear seems to fit eerily into your book:
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THE STORY OF THIS ONE IS MINE
I used to write for TV. I worked on good shows, like Ellen, Mad About You and Arrested Development. And bad shows that nobody needs to know about. During those years, I never actually watch
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The Fluff That Fills Our Heads
While the elites are focused on their own fluff stories like “The World’s Most Secretive Billio
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The Triple Edged Sword of PR
Like most writers would be, I was thrilled to get a call from a New York Times reporter asking to interview me about my book Continue Reading » 3 Comments
Obama's Internet Campaign
- http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/how-obamas-internet-campaign-changed-politics/?em
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`Breaking News'? Oh, sure, right!
- Just about every cable network plasters that all over its talk and pseudo-news shows: ``Breaking News.'' Or, ``Stay tuned for,'' in the news person's words, ``a breaking news story _ we'll have it for
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McCain/Palin: Deja vu?
- Over the dinner table, my guest made an astute observation about the McCain/Palin combination. Strains of "Don't Cry for me.
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Yellow TV
- Journalism was once a completely respectable profession.
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- Journalism was once a completely respectable profession.

