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Ralph Hanson's Daily Mail commentaries

I write occasional commentaries on media issues for the Charleston Daily Mail. (Updated now with working links)

• "America is great because Lincoln hanged Congressmen." February 2007
• "Watch the growth of an advertising giant." October 13, 2006
• "Bush, the S-Word and Bias: Wary reporters are taking things far too seriously." July 19, 2006
• "Motorcycles are just one of life's risks." June 19, 2006
• "Go See What The Shouting Is All About." February 15, 2006
• “Mine accidents are not just stories.” January 10, 2006.
• “Podcasts could transform broadcast industry.” December 1, 2005.
• “We’re rewarding the wrong behavior; Bad journalists get book deals; The good go to jail.”  July 14, 2005.
• “Getting it right, then getting it wrong.”  May 25, 2005.
  • Commentary on column from FishbowlDC
• “The Daily Show scores on the big guns of television.”  October 22, 2004.