2018-11-19 15:13
With shootings and massive fire striking Thousand Oaks, Calif., within days, the local newspaper --- Thousand Oaks Acorn --- certainly jumped in to tackle coverage of the events in a city th… Read More
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2018-11-12 14:31
Lost in post-election and California fires coverage was the revelation that one of the 10 busiest airports in the world had pilots muttering when the sole air traffic controller on night dut… Read More
2018-11-05 14:15
Most national media, preoccupied with tomorrow's election, overlooked a newly-opened national museum that pays tribute to U.S. military veterans, observed Grumpy Editor.
The Nati… Read More
2018-10-29 13:37
Forget terrorists, unwelcomed packages through the mail, the approaching migrants caravan or super hurricanes, what the U.S. Geological Survey classifies as a “very high threat”… Read More
2018-10-22 13:53
A Rasmussen Reports national survey finds 68 percent of likely U.S. voters get most of their information about a political candidate from news reports, 13 percent get most of their in… Read More
2018-10-15 13:13
While seniors receiving Social Security will see monthly payments rise 2.8 percent, or an average of $40 a month starting in January, the number of older Americans filing for bankr… Read More
2018-10-08 13:27
A new survey finds trust in news media is going downhill, notes Grumpy Editor.
First off, for comparison, an older Gallup poll in asking about “the mass media, such as newspapers, TV… Read More
2018-10-01 13:14
Look for a 2019 Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA) to be between 2.8 and 3 percent, calculates Grumpy Editor.
That compares with 2 percent for 2018.
The official… Read More
2018-09-24 13:12
A gathering last week in Pueblo, Colo. reminded some people --- but most media missed it --- of the capture by North Korea of the USS Pueblo a half century ago, noted Grumpy Editor… Read More
2018-09-17 13:24
One of the weirdest routines in television news over the years is sending into hurricanes stand-up reporters with microphones in hands, braving heavy winds and downpours, and sometimes pou… Read More
2018-09-10 13:33
Being sought on many fronts --- especially in Washington, D.C. --- is identification of the writer of an anonymous, much-talked-about New York Times op-ed piece critical of President Donal… Read More
2018-09-03 13:35
Now we know why people in smoggy Los Angeles act somewhat differently than folks in other cities, notes Grumpy Editor. It’s a metropolis long smothered in air pollution… Read More
2018-08-27 13:37
Event.
Especially with Labor Day next Monday, that’s the word Grumpy Editor sees gaining use in TV commercials and in newspaper ads.
Used as a substitute for sale, event… Read More
2018-08-20 13:22
Over the years, some Southern California radio stations have switched to Spanish language from English and now plans call for a high-wattage station in northern Mexico to transmit Chinese, o… Read More
2018-08-13 13:13
A scam artist isn’t the only one seeking your personal financial information, observed Grumpy Editor.
Facebook is, too.
The Wall Street Journal revealed that Facebook “has aske… Read More
2018-08-06 13:45
After weeks rolling out negative news about Tesla, Inc., many in media were undoubtedly shook up when the electric car maker gained almost $49 a share last Thursday following its Wednesday e… Read More
2018-07-30 13:14
For Grumpy Editor, it was sad to see The New York Daily News, once the country’s largest-circulation newspaper and winner of 11 Pulitzer prizes, eliminate half of its newsroom las… Read More
2018-07-23 13:10
A true soccer ball or a listening device?
Grumpy Editor observed that’s the question posed by some after President Donald Trump received a colorful soccer ball from Russian President… Read More
2018-07-16 13:22
A long-time subscriber to Fortune magazine is baffled on receiving a renewal form enclosed with the latest issue, offering one year (14 issues) for a steep $59.95 --- four times higher than… Read More
2018-07-09 13:02
Not widely discussed is that about 255,000 Americans, 85-years-old and up, are working, representing 4.4 percent of those in that age bracket, a gain of 2.6 percent from 2006, notes G… Read More
2018-07-02 14:59
As indicated here on May 28 following heavy TV and print coverage that North Korea demolished what it claimed was “its only nuclear test site” in Punggye-ri:
At that… Read More
2018-06-25 14:02
Struggling General Electric, started in the 19th century by Thomas Edison, tomorrow will be booted from the 30 large, publicly-owned companies that compose the Dow Jones Industrial Average… Read More
2018-06-18 13:10
Major league baseball is concerned about lower attendance this year and the reason for more empty seats vary, notes Grumpy Editor --- who has his own theories.
A Saturday story in the Wall… Read More
2018-06-11 13:10
Looks like there is a welcomed (by tourists and locals) break in much frowned-on parking fees at major hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, observed Grumpy Editor.
Wynn Las V… Read More
2018-06-04 13:19
Investors are awaiting another roller coaster week with stocks that rise and fall with the day’s news, notes Grumpy Editor.
Look at the see-saw action with the Dow Jones industrials l… Read More
2018-05-28 13:10
Grabbing major television and print coverage by worldwide media was North Korea’s demolition of what it claimed “its only nuclear test site” in Punggye-ri.
But Grumpy Edit… Read More
2018-05-21 13:32
With summer around the corner, one way for newspapers to attract readers’ eyes --- while performing a public service --- is via a tally of top mosquito cities and how to cope with the… Read More
2018-05-14 13:23
While most major newspapers have a political writer or editor on staff, disappeared from nearly every newsroom is a religion writer or editor, observed Grumpy Editor.
As Julia Duin pointed… Read More
2018-05-07 16:08
Looks like rough days ahead for newspapers and magazines in capturing future readers, notes Grumpy Editor.
Escaping most editors desks is a report that 65 percent of eighth graders in Ameri… Read More
2018-04-30 14:21
So you think walking off a commercial airliner with an apple in a carry-on is nothing to worry about, asks Grumpy Editor. Hold on. That one apple could nick your wallet… Read More
2018-04-23 13:06
The Los Angeles Times soon will move its long-time headquarters from downtown Los Angeles --- one block from City Hall and other city-county operations that are key sources for news --- to o… Read More
2018-04-16 13:06
As mentioned in The Wall Street Journal, “the wholesale cost of the world’s most popular fruit went bananas in the early part of this year,” notes Grumpy Editor.
Despite t… Read More
2018-04-09 20:04
The stock market has many investors uneasy as daily gyrations continue with the Dow Jones industrial average closing last week at 23,932.76, down a hefty 572.46 points on Friday, the day aft… Read More
2018-04-02 13:56
Grumpy Editor notes the country definitely is going to the dogs as Americans last year spent almost $70 billion on its canine population, almost a 70 percent hike from 2007, according to the… Read More
2018-03-26 13:13
Not widely touted, there may be better days ahead via higher interest rates for those with savings in banks, sees Grumpy Editor, following the Federal Reserve raising its key short-term inte… Read More
2018-03-19 16:19
United Airlines has a major public relations problem on its hands following a dog's death in an overhead bin last Monday followed by wrong-way flying mistakes with other dogs during the week… Read More
2018-03-12 13:09
Good news for TV watchers who grumble over heavy interruptions via abundant commercials cluttering programs: Fox Network Group is aiming to slice its television spots time to only two… Read More
2018-03-05 14:14
Scarier than Halloween for many Americans, especially millennials, is going to the dentist, even for an annual cleaning, according to researchers at Hello Products, a dental care startu… Read More
2018-02-26 14:39
President Donald Trump doesn’t hold much hope for renegade California where many politicians --- from Gov. Jerry Brown, on down --- can’t seem to get on the same track, observes… Read More
2018-02-19 14:31
Strange that media have not questioned where the lofty $10 million to $30 million cost for a military parade in Washington, D.C., requested by President Donald Trump, originated, wonders Gru… Read More
2018-02-12 15:14
What’s going on with the stock market? asks Grumpy Editor.
The Dow Jones industrial average, S&P 500 index and Nasdaq composite see more than a week of heavy selling in whips… Read More
2018-02-05 14:09
Violence and harassment against media have skyrocketed with at least 81 journalists killed doing their jobs last year, according to Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists, th… Read More
2018-02-05 14:09
Violence and harassment against media have skyrocketed with at least 81 journalists killed doing their jobs last year, according to Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists, th… Read More
2018-01-29 14:46
For the first time, media have become the least trusted institution globally, finds the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer, notes Grumpy Editor.
Research by Edelman Intelligence, a global insight… Read More
2018-01-22 14:01
With the “awards season” in full force, President Donald Trump last week reveals via Twitter the winners of his self-proclaimed ‘Fake News’ awards, observes Grumpy Ed… Read More
2018-01-15 15:03
Too many magazines, and some newspapers, make it very difficult to contact staffers --- which is just plain dumb, grumbles Grumpy Editor.
Readers may have hot tips, article suggestions, add… Read More
2018-01-08 14:13
Grumpy Editor finds it interesting that most U.S. news --- and social --- media went ballistic last week, spilling over to the weekend, when North Korea leader Kim Jong Un and President… Read More
2017-12-25 14:12
Grumpy Editor is taking time off to celebrate Christmas and the New Year.
He will return, perhaps less grumpy, on Jan. 8 Read More
2017-12-18 23:15
This year turns out to be the biggest for "fake news" as many writers released incorrect or made-up stories, most aimed at the White House, finds Grumpy Editor.
Could it stem from some offe… Read More
2017-12-11 14:12
Grumpy Editor notes the District of Columbia ranks No. 1 in percentage of U.S. heavy drinkers and No. 2 in percentage of adults who consume alcohol, according to Detox.net, an online re… Read More
2017-12-04 14:44
An inaccurate report about former national security adviser Michael Flynn by veteran ABC News chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross triggered a brief 350-point drop in the Dow Jones i… Read More
2017-11-27 14:45
Grumpy Editor noted that Newsweek, formerly a highly respected weekly news magazine, has gone way off track by comparing Charles Manson, mass murderer and cult leader (who died N… Read More
2017-11-20 14:15
Journalists as foreign agents? That’s what is being alleged by Russians, Chinese and the U.S., finds Grumpy Editor.
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission calls… Read More
2017-11-13 14:12
U.S. senators and their staffs will undergo sexual harassment training in the next 60 days and at least once every two years under terms of a Senate resolution approved late last w… Read More
2017-10-30 13:24
The massacre on the world-famous Las Vegas Strip was almost a month ago and new information is at a standstill, notes Grumpy Editor.
Last Monday Grumpy Editor cited a… Read More
2017-10-23 13:54
A cover-up, cited by an author and broadcast personality in connection with the Oct. 1 Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino shooting in Las Vegas that killed 58 and injured sev… Read More
2017-10-16 13:15
Picture this: Police answer a disturbance call at a bank --- and wind up helping an agitated customer. With no scuffle, no handcuffing and no shots fired, media ignore the event… Read More
2017-10-09 14:05
Grumpy Editor says look for a new, widely circulated slogan in print and on TV for Las Vegas following the Oct. 1 shooting rampage on the Las Vegas Strip.
Advertising experts say… Read More
2017-10-02 13:12
Grumpy Editor notes popular conservative radio talk show host Heidi Harris, after two years on CBS’ KXNT in Las Vegas, is suddenly bounced from the station after… Read More
2017-06-05 14:21
Russia. Russia. Russia.
That seems to be the monotonous key word heard in most broadcast stories relating to President Donald Trump, especially with almost wall-to-wall coverage on MSNBC an… Read More
2017-05-29 13:24
Chatter on “fake news” just won’t go away, notes Grumpy Editor.
NewsBusters reports a poll by Harvard’s Center for American Political Studies with Harris Insights an… Read More
2017-05-22 12:56
Nothing new?
A British study finds journalists brains operate at a lower level than the average population because of too much consumption of alcohol, caffeine and sugar, notes Grumpy Edito… Read More
2017-05-15 14:03
President Donald Trump isn’t the only top official complaining about treatment by the media, notes Grumpy Editor.
Edward Lampert, chairman of Sears Holdings Corp., declares the media… Read More
2017-05-08 13:30
Grumpy Editor notes the big three TV networks refuse to air a President Donald Trump commercial citing accomplishments of his administration’s first 100 days.
Those news outlets, alon… Read More
2017-05-01 13:15
Grumpy Editor brings the following --- from a prime news source --- to your attention after a daily barrage of reading or hearing about the president’s “first 100 days” via… Read More
2017-04-24 13:41
Hey, is there any good news around?
Apparently not much, using Saturday morning’s edition of a newspaper, largest in its state, as an example of something to kick off the weekend wi… Read More
2017-04-17 13:10
So North Korea is acting up again?
Well, what else is new? asks Grumpy Editor.
Few in media seem to be aware that the Korean War, which started 67 years ago, remains open-ended.
Also lab… Read More
2017-04-10 13:58
After a season when “tons” of water saturated the dry Golden State, filling or overflowing rivers, lakes and reservoirs, California Gov. Jerry Brown finally lifted the drought de… Read More
2017-04-03 02:52
Radio has come a long way since the days of The Shadow and The Lone Ranger, and it’s coming back strong, observes Grumpy Editor.
BIA/Kelsey’s 2017 Investing in Radio report… Read More
2017-03-27 13:48
Should one believe in accuracy of polls, most of them giving President Donald Trump a bad time? asks Grumpy Editor.
With a handle on that is the New York Post’s John Crudele who point… Read More
2017-03-20 13:23
Headlines over the weekend again proclaimed “sizzling” world heat --- but never deeply explaining exactly how that conclusion is reached, notes Grumpy Editor.
The latest re… Read More
2017-03-13 14:26
Grumpy Editor asks: If someone crossed 4,500 nautical miles of the Atlantic Ocean solo, unassisted and unsupported on a stand-up paddle board, should that make headlines?
Well, South Africa… Read More
2017-03-06 14:14
Imagine what would happen if Associated Press or other news outlet published the private email address of a Washington figure during the previous administration, wonders Grumpy Editor.
Well… Read More
2017-02-28 22:04
All the outcry by some print/broadcast media concerning a widely-shared on social media photo of President Donald Trump's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway casually kneeling with shoes on a co… Read More
2017-02-27 14:21
A top story echoed over the weekend was word that President Donald Trump, in a continuing feud with media, will not attend the White House Correspondents Association dinner on April 29, note… Read More
2017-02-20 14:02
A student secretly videorecording an Orange Coast College teacher making anti-Donald Trump remarks --- including mention that his election as president was “an act of terrorism”… Read More
2017-02-13 14:05
Grumpy Editor observed copy editors now have to contend with more than 1,000 fresh words added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary including what its producers said are "terms from recent adva… Read More
2017-02-06 14:05
Grumpy Editor noted a couple of interesting things in connection with last Wednesday’s widely-covered rioting at U.C. Berkeley: With wall-to-wall protesters, some tossing explosives an… Read More
2017-01-30 14:25
While the big excitement in Hollywood is the movie La La Land picking up 14 Oscar nominations, tying the record long held by Titanic and All About Eve, is it a musical to remember, asks Grum… Read More
2017-01-23 14:54
Newspaper reporter, public relations executive and broadcaster are among the top 10 most stressful jobs today, notes Grumpy Editor.
In its 2017 “Jobs Rated” report, CareerCast.c… Read More
2017-01-16 14:05
A long-running piece of Americana will disappear in May: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, sadly notes Grumpy Editor.
Performances by exotic animals along with death-defying… Read More
2017-01-09 13:52
Wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., announced their 42nd annual list of words banished from the queen's English for mis-use, over-use and general uselessne… Read More
2017-01-04 15:31
Getting an unusual play in print and broadcast media over several days at year end and into the new year was the focus on a single singer who quit the 360-member Mormon Tabernacle Choir beca… Read More
2016-12-19 14:43
Fox News is losing two of its top female commentators to key security posts on Donald Trump’s team, observed Grumpy Editor.
Monica Crowley will become senior director of strategic com… Read More
2016-12-12 14:08
A number of stock market watchers warned about a major drop in the stock market if Donald Trump wins the election, reminds Grumpy Editor.
So what happened?
The Dow Jones industrial average… Read More
2016-12-05 13:58
President-elect Donald Trump wasn’t the only one to suggest getting tough on those who burn U.S. flags, observed Grumpy Editor.
First, Americans who serve… Read More
2016-11-28 16:18
Big names in cable and TV news channels are still grumbling about last week's off-the-record meeting with Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York in which the president-elect critici… Read More
2016-11-21 15:21
Disrespect and anti-American are the words coming into play in the past week linked to two shameful events --- both with limited media coverage, noted Grumpy Editor.
A Gold Star fami… Read More
2016-11-14 15:31
The "surprise" election of Republican Donald J. Trump illustrates the blushingly wrong-way predictions via political polls, mainstream media and stock market analysts, notes Grum… Read More
2016-11-07 16:59
A national poll finds most registered voters agree with what Donald Trump has been declaring in this presidential election: media are biased, favoring Hillary Clinton, notes Grumpy Edi… Read More
2016-10-31 13:39
As the U.S. crime rate edges up, President Barack Obama last week commuted the sentences of 98 federal inmates, with 42 of them serving life sentences, notes Grumpy Editor.
So far this year… Read More
2016-10-24 13:10
Grumpy Editor notes this is how the Pentagon these days treats thousands of troops who fought, some multiple times, in Iraq and Afghanistan, a decade ago after those in uniform receiv… Read More
2016-10-17 14:02
Seniors receiving monthly Social Security checks will continue to be squeezed as announcement this week of 2017's cost of living adjustment (COLA) is expected to be a slim 0.3 percent --- or… Read More
2016-10-10 12:47
Interesting story that Grumpy Editor spotted only in the November issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance --- dealing with Walt Fricke, a former Vietnam helicopter pilot who now heads Ve… Read More
2016-10-03 18:56
The Marine Corps is thinking of dumping its recruiting slogan --- The Few. The Proud. The Marines. --- used since 1977, notes Grumpy Editor.
The Marines are exploring the possibility of usi… Read More
2016-09-26 12:47
Think you have a tough job? Grumpy Editor says consider the folks in the public relations department of Wells Fargo.
Bloomberg figures about 2.1 million fake deposit and credit card a… Read More
2016-09-19 12:54
A Gallup poll finds only about a third of Americans has trust in the mass media "to report the news fully, accurately and fairly," calling it “a stunning development for an institution… Read More
2016-09-12 13:17
North Korea continues to be a thorn for the U.S., periodically saying it's ready for war with America and last week punctuating its latest threats by firing three nuclear missiles that… Read More
2016-09-05 10:29
Imagine an execution without use of lethal injection, electric chair or even firing squad.
North Korea has a better idea, not widely reported in U.S. media last week, illustrate… Read More
2016-08-29 13:37
Multitasking is popular these days, but in the Air Force it’s getting to be a burden, so additional responsibilities atop regular mission tasks are being trimmed, notes Grumpy Editor… Read More
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