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Florence SnyderFebruary 18, 2015

Like all addicts, David Carr had a drug of choice. His was journalism. He craved the constant rush that the news business provides. The endorphins unleashed in the newsrooms where he worked in Minnesota and Washington and New York made for a better high than “the frantic kind of boring” that Carr described in his memoir about […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 13, 2015

My TweetDeck was filled with comments of respect for David Carr around 1:30 a.m. this morning. I had turned to it immediately after reading of his shocking death on the website of his beloved New York Times. Eric Deggans has called him the finest media reporter of his generation, and he was that, and a whole lot […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 9, 2015

Sami Al-Arian’s legal battles with the U.S. government intensely divided the Tampa Bay area more than a decade ago, and his deportation hasn’t changed those strong feelings, apparently. The former USF professor was deported to Turkey this past week as a condition of his 2006 plea agreement in Tampa in which he admitted to providing […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 9, 2015

Sami Al-Arian’s legal battles with the U.S. government intensely divided the Tampa Bay area more than a decade ago, and his deportation hasn’t changed those strong feelings, apparently. The former USF professor was deported to Turkey this past week as a condition of his 2006 plea agreement in Tampa in which he admitted to providing […]

Mitch PerryDecember 3, 2014

At this time of year, there’s always a bit of interest in speculation over who our last standing American newsmagazine, Time, will choose as its Person of the Year. A year ago the newsweekly tabbed Argentina-born Pope Francis with that honor. Coming in second was government whistleblower Edward Snowden. In Laura Poitras’ electrifying new documentary Citizenfour (now playing exclusively at […]

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Florence Snyder: Why journalism should be addicted to David Carr

Mitch Perry Report for 2.13.15 – RIP, David Carr

Dick Beard says Sami Al-Arian still capable of "bad stuff"

Dick Beard says Sami Al-Arian still capable of “bad stuff”

Mitch Perry: In electrifying film ‘Citizenfour,’ we rediscover why Edward Snowden’s revelations were so big

Florida politics had 11 questions before federal qualifying week. Here are the answers.