Journalism wallows in one existential crisis after another. Take your pick: Internet technology is killing the news profession; the Great Recession is suffocating a business model already on life support; concentration of ownership is destroying media's vital competitive drive...How startling, then, to discover not only a measure of reassurance about all this, but also some genuine wisdom, in a 58-year-old Hollywood movie...

2010

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GUEST BLOG #107: ERIC MINK REMEMBERS, AND OFFERS AN APPRECIATION OF, VETERAN NEWSMAN DANIEL SCHORR By Eric Mink

There's a great Yiddish word for Dan Schorr: noodge. Either a noun or a verb depending on context, the word describes both a kind of conduct and the kind of person who engages in the conduct. The most apt definition I found for "to noodge" is "to annoy with persistent complaining, asking, urging, etc." You can quibble about style, but I'd argue that great reporters have a lot of noodge in them...

2010

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GUEST BLOG #100: TVWW WELCOMES ITS NEWEST CONTRIBUTOR, ERIC MINK, WHO ASSESSES THE MEDIA FLAP OVER THE MCCHRYSTAL STORY By Eric Mink

[Bianculli here: Just in time for the relaunch, we're proudly adding yet another co-conspirator to TV WORTH WATCHING: Eric Mink, whom long-time New York Daily News readers will remember was my co-conspirator, and fellow TV critic, there as well. And for his first story for us, Eric offers his take on the reporting of, and reaction to, the Gen. Stanley McChrystal remarks...]

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