Jul
17
Favre screws Pack, Green Bay Press-Gazette
Joe Uchill Paper CutsThose paying particularly close attention to the sports news of the past week might have noticed one Brett Favre attempting to come out of retirement. It has been bad news for most people involved. To Brett’s dismay, the Packers want to move forward
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Jul
10
Unpublishing and other questionable blog practices
Joe Uchill Paper CutsWhat's more iffy than a major web site editing the historical record by "unpublishing" all the posts that refer to their one-time friend? Me, using this blog to link to my Columbia Journalism Review story about it.
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Jul
04
Joe Buck hates baseball
Joe Uchill Paper CutsIt’s the Forth of July, and in honor of that great American tradition – the National Pastime – here’s a clip of Fox’s Baseball announcer Joe Buck saying he hates baseball.
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Enjoy your Independence Day.
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Jun
30
Mea culpa Monday: The very model of a modern major journalist
Joe Uchill Paper CutsTo say that the suicide of model Ruslana Korshunova has been sensationalized might be an understatement. Like soldiers on the battlefield, the model was given a posthumous field promotion to “supermodel” by many headlines. But while upping Kor
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Jun
23
Mea culpa Monday: Imus knows which races will kill you
Joe Uchill Paper CutsPretend for a moment that you don't remember Don Imus calling the Rutgers women's basketball team a bunch of "nappy headed hoes." Pretend he didn't tell 60 Minutes that he hired a producer to make "nigger jokes." Pretend you don't know who he is.
Liste
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Jun
21
AP to charge blogs for copying articles; bloggers had it coming
Joe Uchill Paper CutsEvery week or so, bloggers very publicly complain that they aren't being taken seriously. Usually it's because they aren't. Legally, blogs don't receive the same protections. Professionally, agencies don't provide even the most prominent of websites
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Jun
13
Tim Russert, 1950-2008
Joe Uchill Paper CutsTim Russert has died of unknown causes. He was the political reporter that every reporter wanted to be. There was no reporter with a broader base of knowledge; no television moderator with a better grasp on when a guest was lying, contradicting himself, o
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Jun
03
Tua culpa Tuesday: The genuine article
Joe Uchill Paper CutsMea culpa Monday’s sibling, Tua culpa Tuesday tracks the best accusation of the media that doesn’t result in a correction.
Who is the most not JT LeRoy?
The JT LeRoy saga was a high-brow version of the James Frey scandal. Both unfolded withi
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Jun
03
Green Bay station confirms Milwaukee is better
Joe Uchill Paper CutsTed Stefaniak and John Burton, sportscasters for Green Bay’s WGBA, were laid off after Journal Communications consolidated Green Bay’s athletics coverage to WTMJ, Milwaukee. Journal Communications, owners of the Journal-Sentinel, are smart peo
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May
25
MJS’s Patrick McIlheran is presumably as fat as his head
Joe Uchill Paper CutsWhen presidential hopeful Barack Obama told Oregon, “We can’t…eat as much as we want…anymore,” most rational people understood it as a consequence of energy conservation. After all, it was in the easy-to-understand context
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Fall 2008 Human Trafficking Awareness Week
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Come Join Trafficking Ends with Action for Fall 2008 Human Trafficking Awareness Week. Monday Dec. 1st "Trafficking in South East Asia." Tuesday Dec. 2nd "Human Trafficking: Two Sides of the Same Coin." Thursday Dec. 4th "Gina Allende Speaks on Human Trafficking in Wisconsin." All events will be held in the UWM Fireside Lounge starting at 7pm an
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Although separated by an ocean and multiple time zones, the Australian Outback bears remarkable resemblance to the American West. Both encompass mesas towering over rocky, dusty deserts shimmering like a mirage under unforgiving sunlight. Whip-snapping co
It can't touch Harry Potter for scope of popularity but in some pockets of pop culture, the Twilight series has reached Beatlemania in intensity. The "young adult" novels about a handsome teenage vampire boy and the mortal girl who loves him have sold 17
No, we didn't ask for an album featuring another recording of "Breathe," leading into "Time," leading into "Breathe (Reprise)," as happens on tracks two through four on Live in Gdansk. But Pink Floyd completists (we are legion) will want it anyway. Howeve
Jorge "El Guero" Hernandez may be the best-known regional Mexican artist with Milwaukee roots. Most of a decade has passed since he and brother Rogelio moved to San Antonio, but El Guero's Banda Centenario still nurtures a unique take on the often-manic D
The last decade has not been kind to Milwaukee’s German restaurants, as names like Ritter’s Inn, the Bavarian Wurst Haus and even the venerable John Ernst have all closed their doors. In fact, only two of the old-timers remain: the oldest, Mad
If you’re not from Waukesha, you’ll want to check MapQuest for directions, but it’s worth the ride. The Rochester Deli (143 E. Broadway, 262-522-9611), wedged within the labyrinth of downtown Waukesha across from the Freeman offices, is
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