bshirley What’s up with George Will’s attack on Vermont? There are many issues we need to be addressing and many which aren’t getting air time. He’s usually good about finding those topics and talking about them (even if I don’t often agree with him). This week on Meet the Press, he just attacked Vermont. “[Its] most … Read more
I really need to get a copy of Waking Life on DVD. I rented it and watched it several times a while back. It’s great. (FWIW, Ebert raved on it) Also, if you’ve seen it, the string quartet, Tosca which appeared in it will be playing with Glover Gill on Sunday, July 13 at The … Read more
…the trash companies are laying off people.
June 30, 2003, 9:43AM
Associated Press Waste Management to cut 800 jobs Houston-based Waste Management Inc. said today it will reduce its work force by 600 and eliminate 200 contract positions as part of a plan to reduce its markets and streamline costs.
Open letter to Associated Press, Martin Reynolds of the Gartner Group, and the Houston Chronicle.
James T. Campbell, Houston Chronicle Reader Representative, readerrep@chron.com
Scott Clark, Assistant Managing Editor, Business, edtgsc@chron.com
Conrad Bibens, Wire Editor – Business, conrad.bibens@chron.com
Martin Reynolds, (VP ?) Gartner Group, martin.reynolds@gartner.com
in lieu of an ombudsman contact on the AP web site…
Managing Editors, Associated Press, apme@ap.org
Edward Jones, President, Associated Press Managing Editors, edjones@freelancestar.com
Stuart Wilk, Vice President, Associated Press Managing Editors, swilk@dallasnews.com
General Contact Address, Associated Press, info@ap.org
There seems to be an unbalanced bias between two articles that ran in the Houston Chronicle’s business section this week and both of which came via the Associated Press.
They were both very small, wire articles and could have been shoved in to fill the gap of a few column inches. One was on Apple Computer, the other on Microsoft – certainly could be viewed as balancing the coverage. But they show signs of subtle bias and laziness in our media; small signs in small articles that reflect upon the whole. They reflect the media as a mouthpiece of the corporations. One has a partial quote that seems to be placed for maximum emotional effect. (Is there a need to keep the readers of a three inch column entertained in the last paragraph?)
From a few days ago in the paper. Houston Greyhound Pets of America among the best non-profits in the city…
-bill
Nonprofits lend a bigger helping hand
Houston groups ranked at top in national studyBy MIKE SNYDER
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle
June 19, 2003, 11:45PMFor every dollar it gets from donors, the Houston Area Women’s Center spends 84 cents on shelter and services for domestic violence survivors.
Only 16 cents goes to fund-raising and administrative costs.
Such efficiency is characteristic of Houston’s largest nonprofits, which rank among the nation’s best in a new study evaluating the financial health of some 2,500 tax-exempt organizations around the country.
…should bill buy a UtiliKilt?