by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC
It’s tough watching an old friend slowly die. Even tougher knowing that you’re helping to knock him off.
Before you go calling 911, the old friend I’m referring to is my daily newspaper. For decades, I’ve started every day with my morning paper. I score my [...]
Entries Tagged as 'journalism'
Black and White and Dead All Over: Can Journalism Survive Free Riders?
August 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Manifestos, Media News
Tags:bloggers·blogging·Fox News·journalism·L.A. Times·Los Angeles Times·media·Michael Arrington·newspapers·NPR·Paul Carr·TechCrunch
Going Out with a Really Big Bang: Celebrities Planning Even Grander Finales
July 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Media Review
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC
The following is a satirical work of fiction. Those easily offended should surf to safer territory now…
In the wake of Michael Jackson’s massive, media-saturated funeral, several Hollywood celebrities are reportedly looking into how they can make sure their own forthcoming funerals are as sensational.
Tags:celebrity·CNN·ego·Hollywood·journalism·media·Michael Jackson·satire·spoof·television
Expressing My Inner TURFgeek: How I Became a Professional Sportswriter for a Day
July 7th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Atomic Tango News
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC
Somebody my size with my athletic ability doesn’t play for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Picture an over-caffeinated chicken on a greased trampoline. It’s just not in my genetic cards.
So I did the next best thing: I wrote a bad-ass essay about the team. Actually a few [...]
Tags:Behind The Steel Curtain·blogging·Howard Fineman·Inside Schwartz·journalism·Michael Bean·Sports Night·sports writing·Steelers
Soccer Moms Voted Off The Island For Jumping The Shark: 10 Odd American Expressions You Should Know
October 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Random Observations
Despite an economy that resembles roadkill, America still excels at media, including entertainment and news. We give good hype, and the Internet brings it to the rest of the world 24/7. One problem: all this unfiltered Yankee content poses a linguistic challenge for people in other countries, even those fluent in English. That’s because Americans [...]
Tags:beer·communications·expressions·Happy Days·Jim Jones·Joe Six Pack·John Kerry·Jonestown·journalism·Jumping The Shark·language·media·Miss South Carolina·Nixon·slang·Soccer Moms·swiftboating·Urban Dictionary·Watergate·words
Fox News: Worse Than The National Enquirer?
October 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Media News, Media Review
I don’t usually go to FoxNews.com, but today — October 24 — I wanted to see what they had to say about the mugging hoax by a McCain volunteer. Instead, I found the following top national headlines:
Hmmm, isn’t there like an economic crash, two wars, and — what do you call it? — oh, yeah, [...]
Tags:Fox News·journalism·mainstream media·National Enquirer·the press
"Breaking News": A Hilarious Spoof of Obama's So-Called "Elitism"
April 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Media News
The liberal blog Daily Kos just unleashed a scathing and hilarious spoof of the “uproar” around Barack Obama’s supposed “elitism.” It perfectly captures the pathetic state of American journalism, where “freedom of the press” has become “freedom to act like squirrel monkeys.”
Tags:Daily Kos·journalism·media·news media·Obama·politics·satire·spoof


