Having served as the media director for a national citizen's lobby group several years ago, I know that the media can have their own agenda. I experienced it first hand.
Years ago, after I did a live interview on a major national network, the...
Writing
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Five Basic Steps for Editing Your Own Writing
Regardless of what you are writing—fiction, nonfiction, articles, op-eds, even letters to the editor—there are five basic steps to editing any manuscript. These are by no means exhaustive but will take care of some of the major problems...
General Topics, Politics, Writing
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Get to the Point
Watching debates on television is often funny-- largely because I spent years being a spokesperson so I know what goes on behind the scenes and what's happening on the set. All the "crosstalk" in the world isn't going to make a person's point any...