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This time tomorrow gay couples will be picking up their marriage licenses at the county clerk's office.
Or will Ann Barnett's employees call in sick?
As much as gay couples and supporters would hope, it's not going to be a normal day. The media circus (us included) will be there too. One would...
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Tornadoes in America, cyclones in Myanmar, and now a huge earthquake hits China and the death toll is expected to clear the 10,000 mark.
Hurricane Katrina wasn't that long ago, nor was the Indian Ocean tsunami which claimed 230,000 lives.
Yes, natural disasters have killed humans ever since...
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Some World War II veterans are up in arms over the latest edition of Time magazine, which depicts the iconic image of Marines raising the American flag over Iwo Jima, with the flag replaced by a tree.
“It’s an absolute disgrace,” one Iwo Jima veteran told the online Business...
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i feel bad this guy is being bombarded by news media, high schoolers he doesn't know and random people just waiting. how embarasing!!!! he's been through soooooo much, and i don't think it's right people are all up in his business the minute he steps off the plane! if people did that...
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The media sure has a way of ruining things. Have you ever noticed? I read a story this morning about how Prince Harry's being in the army caused the other soldiers to be more at risk than they otherwise would have been. What a load of crap! What would have caused a...
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The Inside Guide has gotten a lot of love this past week, which makes me feel like writing all of my reviews has definitely been worth the time!
Bakersfield.com earned first-place awards in Inland Press Association’s New Frontier competition for Inside Guide as the “Best...
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Who says L.A. media ignore Bakersfield?
Why, just this afternoon, a Reuters television crew stopped by Bakersfield to ask locals — including The Californian's assistant business editor, John Cox (who actually lives in Frazier Park) — about the state of Kern's housing market.
The...
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All's fair in media and war...Or is it?
Tuesdays paper ran a color photo of a mother in Iraq holding her dead six year old son who was killed in an insurgent ambush. It was a heart and gut wrenching shot that anyone would sympathize with and it emphasized the horror of war. It has become...
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Does anyone care enough about Britney Spears to want to see her on the evening news? We're not talking she killed someone... we're talking she was spotted bar-hopping. Can anyone help me understand why we care?
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In its coverage of the run-up to tonight's midnight release of the seventh "Harry Potter" novel, KERO's website, Turnto23.com, included an interesting article about a local band, made up of teenagers, who are performing a Potter-themed (well, Hermione-themed) original song at a Southern...
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I used to think he was annoying as the Mor Furniture ads, but I've grown used to him. What's your vote - love him or hate him?
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The lastest flap is over Don Imus and his stupid remarks calling members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos" on his nationally syndicated radio program Imus in the Morning, which is simulcast on MSNBC in the middle of the night here in Bako.
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Editor and Publisher has a transcript up of a partial interview with Len Downie, executive editor at The Washington Post for many years. The interviewer is Lowell Bergman. The transcript is part of a 4 part "Frontline" series on the media.
Q. Do you worry about [reporter] Dana...
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I saw a human interest story in the paper today and it reminded me of one I read a few years ago in the paper. It made me wonder if the writers or the paper itself has made a policy to look into the stories a little deeper than just writing what someone tells them. The reason I wonder this is...
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When I wrote the first blog on this subject I really vented didn't I. That's a question but I'm not using a question mark. That's how I roll. Or is it.
Anyway, here's what I mean with less viciousness. I wholeheartedly welcome any alternative news publication that dares...
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When I heard about this new alternative newspaper I was excited. I figured it would basically be the Blackboard with some new blood, ideas, and energy. Great. We need that. But I haven't even seen an issue yet and things are already seeming pretty f****d up. ...
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Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the WORLD'S FIRST podcast done ENTIRELY IN BLACK AND WHITE!!!
Just kidding. But Sam Sleuth is. It's a damn fun show and you can dive right into it today in the newest installment of Bakersfield Theatre Radio: The TheatreAddict.com Podcast.
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About a week ago, Babytalk, a magazine usually found in OB/GYN and pediatrician offices, found itself in controversy over its cover of a baby breastfeeding.
Rather than potentially offending people by showing the cover in this blog, here's a link to the pic with a story by CBS News about the...
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