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Posts Tagged ‘Sacramento Bee’


Character assasination: Don’t hate the player, hate the game

By M. Johnston • Jun 26th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

The conversation level around the internet is abysmal. Our collective growth  is being stunted and tolerance levels for diversity is spiraling out of control.  But why? What has caused the tone to dive into the depth of the sewer? One of the main reasons is the absence of personal accountability on the net.
I don’t blame [...]

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Does Twitter flap poke another tiny hole in Kevin Johnson’s credibility?

By M. Johnston • Aug 19th, 2009 | Bookmark and Share

Ryan Lillis (my favorite Bee personality), reports Mayor Johnson had an escort service on his Twitter list (the actual icon the service uses is pictured here). Of course, the service was swiftly removed once discovered by Johnson. And of course, the Johnson camp responds, it was one of the mayor’s staffers, not the mayor (and [...]

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40 Points of Power: Is newly minted Mayor Kevin Johnson ready to be CEO of Sac Town?

By M. Johnston • Dec 12th, 2008 | Bookmark and Share

Apparently usurping Fargo wasn’t enough. Mayor Johnson now wants to be CEO of Sacramento, too. Is he ready?
No matter your stance on today’s news about KJ’s stated desire to essentially kick the council to the curb and take full command of the city, I think we can all agree he is following through on his [...]

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MonopoBee to eliminate 86 jobs

By M. Johnston • Jun 16th, 2008 | Bookmark and Share

The Sacramento Smear Bee has announced it will lay off 10% of its work force in an effort to cut costs. If you’ve been reading my blog since its inception you may recall an article I posted about three weeks ago titled “Is the Sacramento Bee engineering controversy to sell newspapers? Duh.”
OK, I am not [...]

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