Tag: journalism
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Q: In The Coming Election, What Is The “Republican Alternative”? A: There Isn’t One
Maybe if our news media didn’t insist on seeing EVERYTHING through a binary lens, we wouldn’t be in the deep trench we’re in where the alternatives are so stark. Per our news media, the world’s either “this way” or “that way”. The middle ground – a much desired thing called “bi-partisanship” – remains forever out […]
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If Trump “Wins” The White House Again, It Will Mean Our Republic Is Already Dead
Our news media exists in a strange nether world where the Republican corruption from one story – their acceptance of the Big Lie – never laps over into a story about the very same corrupt Republicans running for office or “governing”. The press has a remarkable ability to turn from a story about Republicans visibly […]
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Skepticism Vs Cynicism Vs Joe Manchin
In theory, a journalist is supposed to bring a healthy dose of skepticism to everything they report. The questioning doubt nagging at them, the junkyard dog reluctance to trust anything until it proves itself worthy – that would be their skepticism at work if they had skepticism and if it was at work. Alas, in […]
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Dear American News Media: Please Stop Being “Accessories To The Murder Of Democracy”
You would think having a story as big and juicy as Donald Trump – a man who wore his treason on his sleeve (“Hey, Russia, if you’re listening…!”) – who said things like “Mexicans are rapists” and “pussy grabbing”, and who lied so often and about everything that the press started keeping count – would […]
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Why Does Our News Media Insist On Equating Bullsh*t With Truth?
Some day, when the worst of Trumpism is behind us and American democracy is no longer under threat (or even duress), we owe it to ourselves to take a good, long, hard look at how our news media performed during this patch of time. Now, in their defense, America really hasn’t faced circumstances quite like […]
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The Takeaway From Tuesday’s Election Should Be: In American Politics, Nothing Succeeds Quite Like Racism
Our news media still thinks it’s “journalism” to ask a racist if he thinks he’s a racist. It’s one of those stupid questions that’s so stupid, it’s shocking that anyone older than five would ask it. It’s like asking Hitler if he’s an anti-Semite. Really? You have to ask? And, what if Hitler denied being […]
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Every Time A Journalist Fails To Call “Corruption” What It Is, They Normalize Corruption A Little Bit More
Here’s a question for every single American journalist — or journalist who’s working the American beat: how much corruption does it take for you to witness personally before you will call that thing “corrupt” professionally? Maybe I’m asking the wrong question… Do American journalists even recognize corruption as corruption anymore? That’s a terrifying thought — […]
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Dear American News Media: I’m Just Here To Help!
Dear American News Media: I’ve had a change of heart about you and me and our relationship. After using this space to criticize you relentlessly, I’ve decided to “go positive” toward you instead. Pointing out your many flaws (like when you fawn over power instead of interrogating it or cynically insist that “both sides do […]
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Dear Democrats And The News Media: One Cannot Be “Bi-Partisan” With Pirates, Perverts And Traitors
Our news media’s absurd obsession with “bi-partisanship” is a direct outgrowth of their absurd obsession that “both sides do it”. Once you’ve convinced yourself that the only thing separating Democrats from Republicans is the letter affixed to their last names, you’ve already false equivalenced yourself into a corner. The problem with “both sides do it” […]
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