Would Bernie Webber Have Been Happy with “The Finest Hours”
“I wonder what Bernie would think,” said a writer friend of mine. “He was so meticulous in his telling of
The Finest Hours Rescue FAQ: Why No Choppers?
Let’s start a Frequently Asked Questions section on The Finest Hours. First off: Why no choppers? The Finest Hours is
Bernie Webber: An Appreciation
(A reposting of my 2013 take on Bernie.) Posted: February 18, 2013 in Contemporary Commentary 0 Bernie Webber was the least
Fact Checking “The Finest Hours”
The Finest Hours is a faithful and truthful telling of the rescue of crewmen on the tanker the SS Pendleton.
Frumped Fact Checking El Faro: Are 40-Year Old Ships Safe?
Are 40-year-old ocean-going vessels safe? The owners of El Faro, the American-flag lost to Joaquin with 33 humans aboard, assert
A Prayer for the Paper
“The devil’s finest trick,” wrote Baudelaire in the 1800’s,” is to persuade you that he does not exist.” In
Journalism and the Industries of Hope and Reform
“Hey, you, Mr. Frump, who are you to say to us our sons and brothers and husbands are all dead?
The Anatomy of a Sliming: Bigtrial.net’s Reporting on The Philadelphia Inquirer
Hardly had the dust cleared from editor Bill Marimow’s triumphant return to the newsroom of The Philadelphia Inquirer, than a
Big Stakes in Philadelphia, Little Minds
The big issue in the Philadelphia owners newspaper war is whether an appeals court might overturn a lower court decision
What Ralph Got Wrong About The Philadelphia Inquirer: Comforting the Comfortable; Afflicting the Afflicted
(Note: Both Ralph and the folks at Big Trial have posted some comments on my posts that should be of