That’s right, I’m a fan of the Rose man again. The guy does know his football — and let’s face it, between him and Jimmy F-ing Cefalo, who do you take? Joe all the way, no doubt. He says he’s a new man, and even if he’s being sarcastic, I’m…
Well, this is a first. I’ve finally been compared to Joseph McCarthy. I can finally die happy. But I’m not going to get in the way of 790 The Ticket’s response to the post about Sid Rosenberg/Imus/Joe Rose below. I’ve had my say, now it’s time for you to hear…
South Florida journalism is taking a hit. Palm Beach Post crime reporter Stephanie Slater, who has also served as president of the Florida Press Club, is going to the other side. She’s taken a job as public information officer for the Boynton Beach Police Department. Her last day at the…
Joe Rose had Palm Beach Post reporter Chris Perkins on his AM-790 radio show this morning and opened the interview with the Imus situation, the Rutgers basketball team, and acknowledging that he, Rose, had to be careful what he said. “The posse’s right on your heels,” said Perkins in jest…
The gambling industry knows the value of getting them when they’re young. Not just the suckers sinking their salaries into the slots but also the politicians who make all the profits possible. You might think the millions of dollars the industry throws into Florida campaigns is all it takes to…
What’s the South Florida angle to the Don Imus media maelstrom? Nothing, if you read the Miami Herald. But there’s a South Florida radio talk show host at the forefront of the controversy, one Sid Rosenberg. It was Rosenberg, a host for Miami-based 790-The Ticket (home of the Miami Dolphins),…
I knew it. When the Herald published the anonymous letter about Hollywood Maj. James Jones, aka Jimmy, on its web site, I made sure to print out a physical copy. Why? Because I had a hunch the newspaper wouldn’t be linking it for long and I didn’t feel like going…
This is a good example of the way that the Internet is changing the way newspapers do business. Today, the Miami Herald has posted an anonymous letter sent to Hollywood Mayor Mara Giulianti and City Manager Cameron Benson that makes all kinds of claims about Major James “Jimmy” Jones. The…
Don Imus calling the Rutgers girls basketball team members “nappy-headed hos” is a shitty thing to say. What an absolute idiot. But, with his career in a noose and the chair about to fall, he did apologize and MSNBC gave him a two-week suspension. Is that enough? Considering that he…
A Key West Citizen reporter has contacted me with one of the strangest stories I’ve heard in some time. Seems said reporter has a subscription to the Miami Herald. Here’s what the she told me: To my surprise, instead of receiving my Friday paper, I found in the clear plastic…
I was perusing the Showtime section in the Sentinel and a little in-house promo caught for “Flowers in Bloom” caught my eye. That’s the blog done by the newspaper’s movie critic, Phoebe Flowers. So I went ahead and checked it out. What follows is a recent post from Flowers, who…
It began with a February 5 memo from Earl Maucker that was posted on Romenesko. The Sun-Sentinel editor was looking for newsroom employees willing to take early retirements. Now it’s official, say sources: Eighteen Sentinel vets have taken the offer. The program has been kept very secretive, even inside the…
Darryl Stingley, a former New England receiver who was paralyzed on the football field by a vicious hit (in a preseason game, no less) from Jack Tatum, died today. Here’s a confession: I always felt sorry for Stingley, but I idolized his crippler. I’m not proud of that fact. But…
John, you ignorant slut. Okay, well maybe John Zarrella, the burly CNN correspondent based in Plantation, isn’t a slut (but aren’t all network people, really?). He’s definitely a thief. Check out this story, bylined by Zarrella and abetter Patrick Oppman, that is going to hit the air tonight on the…
Philip Busey, a soft-spoken University of Florida horticulture professor, reluctantly ran for public office this year. His bid to become a member of the Davie Town Council seemed to be going well until he was labeled an Internet pornographer. The 59-year-old Busey, for the record, is not an Internet pornographer…
Who calls me this morning, but my old friend Jason Wetherington. He’s the former GOP staffer and Broward School Board student liaison who boasted around town about having an affair with Charlie Crist. He wasn’t thrilled that I reported it and, after my article (along with the sequel ) was…
A Pulp reader has provided a partial list of Sun-Sentinelers who are taking the early retirement plan. Here they are: — Buddy Nevins. No surprise there. — John Dolen, entertainment editor. — Tim Dodson, long-time editorial page writer and columnist. — Bill Hirschman, veteran education reporter who has been covering…
The New York Daily News is reporting that Miami megadeveloper Thomas Kramer was arrested at a Big Apple party over the weekend for grabbing a 13-year-old boy’s crotch (and apparently trying to give him a simultaneous high five). Said one Ben Widdicombe’s sources, “That’s his thing — grabbing people’s crotches.”…
The venerable Nikki Finke over at the NT’s sister paper in L.A. has an interesting take on the Zell purchase of the Tribune Co., likening it to a mob takeover, with Zell as Tony Soprano and Tribune CEO Dennis J. FitzSimons playing the role of his new consigliere. She notes…
Ripoff With UF winning its second straight championship, our dailies didn’t really try to be clever with their headlines. The Palm Beach Post were the most flamboyant with “Sweet Repeat for Gators.” (See, “sweet” and “repeat” rhyme.) Sun-Sentinel settled with “Champs Again.” And the Miami Herald went with minimalistic “Gators…
I’m not going to pretend that I know what’s going in the Zell purchase of the Tribune Co. But Andy Martin will. The rabblerousing grenade-launching “internet publisher” says the purchase is the “death knell of American journalism.” And that he will simply strip the company of assets and then dump…
The Daily Business Review’s Julie Kay has a great piece in today’s Daily Business Review that gets inside the Hollywood police scandal. Foremost, she identifies the man who Hollywood Police Chief James Scarberry has ID’d as the leaker: Defense attorney (and former prosecutor and state attorney candidate) Al Milian. Milian,…
