A “Known” Haunting!
The Hartford Courant ran a story recently on a restaurant not far from where I live. The building dates back to Revolutionary times (1780, I believe). For years I’ve heard stories about it being...
View ArticleBreaking News … Of A Ghost?
It must be a slow news day here in northwestern Connecticut. One of the local papers, the Torrington Register Citizen, ran a news story about — of all things! — a putative ghost in a city bar. Yes,...
View ArticleMore Hauntings In The News
The newspaper industry in the US is rapidly collapsing under the weight of too many expenses and not enough advertising revenues. There’s no longer enough money to keep batallions of nosy reporters on...
View ArticleHauntings Are Not News!
It’s become an old refrain in newspapers and television news rooms. They’re looking for stuff to fill the newshole and occupy airtime, so they resort to “make-news” on whatever crap they can find....
View ArticleThe Non-News That’s Still Not News
As if to provide yet another shining example of what’s wrong with journalism in the U.S., the venerable Hartford Courant … which to its credit, even now is in the midst of running a series of stories...
View ArticleNon-News About A Non-Haunting
The “hauntings as news” trope has gotten old and tired, yet journalists continue to pound out “haunting” stories — even though hauntings are not news. But this latest example is a twist on that trend....
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More Breaking News Of A Haunting
I’ve blogged before on the “hauntings in the news” trope. I’m amazed that reporters these days can’t seem to find anything better to report on. It’s nothing more than “make-news,” or stuff they crank...
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More Ghosts In The News
I’ve blogged several times already on the dismal phenomenon of “hauntings in the news” — that is, when bona fide media outlets treat ghost stories, hauntings and other paranormal events as though they...
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Yet Another “Haunting” News Story
It’s to be expected, I suppose, given that Halloween is almost here. But the news media continue to waste their time — and that of their readers/listeners/viewers — on stories about “hauntings” and the...
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Ghosts Keep Appearing In The News
The “hauntings as news” phenomenon is one I’ve blogged about many times, as a sterling example of lazy journalism at its most obvious. A nearby newspaper, the Torrington Register Citizen (part of the...
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Ghost Detector Proves Ghosts Exist, Supposedly
A man right here in Connecticut claims he’s invented a ghost detector. And at least one newspaper has published an article about him which conveys his claim and leaves it unchallenged. This is all part...
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Hartford Courant Declares Connecticut Building “Haunted”
It’s been a while since I last blogged about the phenomenon of “hauntings as news.” Of course, that’s not because media outlets have stopped reporting on “hauntings” and other “paranormal” events as...
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No, There’s No Ghost in “The Shining” Hotel
It’s been quite awhile since I blogged about the inane journalistic phenomenon of “hauntings as news.” That’s when some otherwise-reputable journalist pens a story telling the world that some place is...
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And the “Hauntings As News” Trope Carries On
I’ve blogged many times about the “hauntings as news” trope. It’s the height of journalistic laziness, and thoroughly unjustified since there are no such there are no haunted buildings and there aren’t...
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