Washington, D.C., morning talker Doug McKelway is outraged at Outrage. In the following video spot, McKelway, of Newschannel 8, lashes out at Mike Rodgers, a gay activist and blogger who has been exposing antigay politicians who are secretly gay. Rodgers is in the documentary film Outrage, which is about the hypocrisy of secretly…
I haven’t been a very good Pulp caretaker lately due to a long piece that is kicking my ass hard. This thing had me feeling like Tom Hulce at the end of Amadeus, only I was surrounded by a thousand times more papers and F. Murray Abraham wasn’t there to…
that investigated and built the Organized Scheme to Defraud Case against Gina Marie Marks on behalf of the 5 women who were victimized in Broward County last year. I just wanted to give you an update. Based on the quality and strength of my investigation and the pressure that was…
Not sure if that headline refers to Sun-Sentinel courtrs reporter Tonya Alanez getting lined up to view the potential state’s offing of John Marek (see this excellent JAABlog post for details) or the slow-motion assassination of the newspaper industry’s future. On the latter point, I give you retired Sun-Sentinel reporter Joe Kollin,…
Sun-Sentinel Ted Hutton at the Sun-Sentinel shot this photo after a Marlins game — it’s the new LandShark Stadium logo on the big board. I’ve decided that I’ll never embrace this thing. Sharks and dolphins fucking hate each other, okay? What maniac would ever put Jaws and Flipper in the…
I have seen the future of the swampy western edge of Broward County. And if my vision is correct, the future holds a new “city” called Oz in the BankAtlantic Center’s parking lot. The terrible office and hotel development will creep into the Everglades and give Sunrise the distinction of…
You’ve probably never heard of the largest development planned in Broward County, but you’ve heard the name before: Oz. The plan is to build something called the “City of Oz” on the BankAtlantic Center’s parking lot in Sunrise. Don’t know if they’ve hired a bunch of slightly disturbing dwarves for the grand opening or not…
Now former Sun-Sentinel reporter and writing coach John de Groot lays out the audacity — and outrageousness — of the severance packages paid to former Tribune executives at the time they unloaded the company to Sam Zell in a doomed, debt-laden deal. Let’s put it this way: It’s a lot better than this one-week’s-pay-for-every-year-of-service…
I haven’t even been posting all the Lee Abrams think pieces lately because they’ve gotten to be so dull. But this one, which I received several days ago, well, it’s worth sharing. Why? It’s about the Tribune Co./Sun-Sentinel morning show on WSFL. I haven’t weighed in about the show for…
Juror No. 4, you are not alone. I know you feel like you are. I know your fellow jurors in the Liberty City Six trial have been browbeating you and cajoling you into changing your opinion, into doing something that you know isn’t right. But I’m behind you, and so are many…
Former Fort Lauderdale “philanthropist” and Bernie Madoff money man Michael Bienes gave an interview to the PBS investigative news show Frontline, and it looks to be a doozy. Here’s a snippet: In it Bienes, who was a member of the Broward arts board and has his name on plaques all…
Count acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps among those who believe the current strategy of decimating staffs at newspapers is the wrong way to deal with the economic downturn, especially since most are still making money. “I am seriously worried about the decline of broadcast journalism and newspaper journalism,” Copps testified before the House Appropriations Committee’s…
It’s tense times at the Sun-Sentinel. A commenter posted below that the next round of layoffs at there will be announced May 19. I hit up a newspaper source who told me Sentinel editor Earl Maucker told the staff there are going to be 30 layoffs in the newsroom (after…
Miami Herald political columnist Beth Reinhard weighs in on the new documentary film Outrage this morning. Here’s her nut graph: The film is worth seeing — not because it breaks any new ground on Crist’s sexuality, because it doesn’t. It relies on hearsay from shadowy sources, clever edits and innuendo to build a…
So they’re thinking of calling Dolphin Stadium “LandShark Stadium” after the lager. We can apparently blame Jimmy Buffett for this, as we can so so many other things that have gone wrong with this world. I was a wee child when I first heard the term land shark. It was a…
— How do we get all these shameless, grandstanding state reps? Adam Hasner, Nan Rich, it just gets so tiresome. Now listen to this from Rep. Ari Porth, a Democrat from Coral Springs: “I’m ashamed that my county has the unenviable distinction of being the pill-mill capital of the United States. We have the…
A county selection committee today chose a Brazillian firm called Cepemar Environmental Services to take over the tank field at Port Everglades. It’s a big deal — and already reeks of undue influence by a key lobbyist. The firm, represented by lobbyist Bernie Friedman, will pay the county $1…
Last night’s game in Atlanta was one that makes any real basketball fan more intense and creates rivalries. Why? Well, a big part of it was that Atlanta proved itself to be a classless town. The crowd booing Dwyane Wade when he got up after banging his head on the floor after Josh Smith body-blocked…
Just because I haven’t seen this published anywhere else, I’m putting up this message from Tribune Co.’s Randy Michaels regarding Orlando Sentinel Editor Charlotte Hall’s farewell speech as president of the American Society of News Editors. It’s an okay speech, but who are these “pundits” she’s talking about? And why is she whining about…
[Well, it’s official: Roger Wishner is a man-whore. As predicted below, Roger Wishner and his do-boy Rosen voted tonight for the zoning change to allow Everglades Corporate Park to build a bigger development on the Everglades west of the Sawgrass. The stinking thing was passed 4-1, with only Sheila Alu dissenting. Sunrise…
Sun-Sentinel senior vice president Jeff Levine, who oversaw both marketing and online content, is leaving the newspaper to become the “Director of Content” at the Hartford Courant, a sister Tribune publication. Publisher Howard Greenberg, whose memo on the matter is reproduced in full after the jump, also promoted Julie Anderson from “VP of…
It’s so rare for people to get together and protest in Broward County for anything that isn’t tied to some union and pay. That’s why I’m heartened by the protest that’s going to take place at the Sunrise City Commission at tonight’s meeting. A slew of environmentalists are going to rail against the building of the Corporate…
