Word: mainstreaming
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...attempt, however, to place most of the blame for newspapers' decreasing readership on the Internet and bloggers - whom he characterized as "some acned 12-year-old in his parents' basement recycling rumors" - is simply ridiculous. Kinsley's hyperbolic criticism confirms many of the reasons for the general distrust of mainstream media. Kristine F. Collins Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. Kinsley should ask why people visit blogs for information instead of getting their news from larger, mainstream media like newspapers. It is because organizations lose credibility when they make judgments that are wrong. I got the impression that Kinsley wants journalists...
Blogs won’t sound the death knell for mainstream media, leaders of today’s news industry said Friday at a Kennedy School of Government panel that included blogger Arianna Huffington and Slate Magazine founder Michael Kinsley ’72. Around 200 spectators flocked to the Joan Shorenstein Center for the Press, Politics and Public Policy last week in celebration of the Harvard research center’s 20th anniversary. There, six panelists agreed that traditional forms of news can co-exist with online alternatives. “In the foreseeable future, while...
...whiff of saltpeter hangs over “When the War Came,” The Decemberists’ most overtly political song. They bring out their heavy guitars and sound almost like a mainstream rock band—except for lyrics like “We made our huts of avaram / We’d not betray the sole Ledum...
...know who Audra McDonald is, but appreciate vocal music, now’s the time to find out. The angelic lyric soprano has just released her fourth and most accessible solo album, “Build a Bridge,” filling it with covers of songs by mainstream pop songwriters like Bacharach, Costello, Rufus Wainwright, Randy Newman, and John Mayer...
...Raposo’s “Bein’ Green,” originally written for Kermit the Frog, ironically falls into the ballad category as well. While this track may seem like a pander on an album built for mainstream acceptance, it actually showcases McDonald’s versatility, coming off as a meditation about self-acceptance. Time will tell if she crosses over successfully, but it’s hard to imagine a better album to bring her to the masses...