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The Media in the Mirror

Michael Jackson's sad end says a lot about the state of electronic journalism, perhaps more than we wanted to know. Forget TMZ. The watchword (OK, watch-acronym) is TMI. Even in a world in which glitzy stories, particularly the deaths of media figures, take 24-hour news channels hostage and demand big ratings in the ransom note, Jackson may become a case study in excess. More...

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As a former PR person, it always used to tick me off that hacks could write whatever dumb predictions they wanted and seldom be held accountable down the road. Now that I've jumped to the lucrative world of journalism, it's only fair that I turn that scope back on myself. Here's a look at some of my hits and misses. More