Four Tulsa World employees resigned amidst rumors and joined the new online publication The Frontier.
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Chicken-Fried News: Quote of the week
Kevin Durant got a little irritated with reporters before the All-Star game.
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Letters to the Editor: July 22, 2014
How to shrink the tumor There is a notable phrase in your article on the cartels story (News, “Cartel Crossroads,” Ben Felder, July 16, Oklahoma Gazette): “… you set yourself up for failure anytime there is a war because that means somebody’s got to lose,” a seemingly direct admission that the drug cartels aren’t going […]
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What’s to hide?
Joey Senat, author of Mass Communication in Oklahoma and associate professor of journalism at Oklahoma State University, said divorce filings are as much a public record as lawsuits and criminal charges.“Divorce records are not private and are included in the public court system,” he said. Senat’s comments come on the heels of a legal battle […]
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LETTERS
The Sept. 25 issue carries a commentary by Meyers (Commentary, “Oklahoma’s public defenders,” Gazette) which, in part, says that newscasters should…well, cast news! He goes on to point out three stories of local interest where the 6-o’clock talking heads tainted the facts with opinion, essentially telling us “what to think.” I usually appreciate the commentary […]
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Shut ’em down?
Two Oklahoma Republicans — Rep. James Lankford and Rep. Tom Cole — distributed press statements condemning the national health care program while also claiming to keep the government operational through Dec. 15. Some Republicans have said they’re willing to shut down the government if they can defeat Obamacare. Lankford claims he’s “proud” to join his […]
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Oklahoma’s public defenders
I remember when public airwaves were made available for public good, to inform us about what was going on in the world, not to tell us what we were supposed to think about it. The celebrity culture of broadcasting has changed this, combing news and editorial comment (My Two Cents, et al.), along with the […]
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Social media gets the finger … of blame. Again.
Credit: Brad Gregg It’s no surprise, then, that the blame game has taken center stage in the wake of the Aug. 16 murder of an Australian baseball player attending college in Duncan. Since news hit that the suspects, a trio of teens, allegedly acted out of boredom, the pundits and politicos have mused about spurred […]
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Close as a Blade
Bladerunner with Mindset Evolution vocalist Rob Ulrich Credit: Steve Van Halen He hopes to revive that experience with the new Bladerunner Radio. “That is exactly what FM radio used to do,” said Blake Wolney, the DJ better known as the Bladerunner, who was on KATT-FM 100.5 in the 1980s and ’90s. “It made it interesting. […]
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Under the Bed
After living with his aunt for two years, teenager Neal Hasuman (Jonny Weston, John Dies at the End) returns home. He was sent away following a fire that accidentally killed his mother; the blaze was set by him in an attempt to kill the creature lurking in his room. Naturally, Neal’s high-strung and short-fused father […]