Tag: News Media

• Connecting Dots That Don’t Connect

  It’s strange, isn’t it, how conspiracy theories and Republican politics have almost everything in common? Conspiracy theorists connect dots that don’t connect. And, so do Republicans. Chem trails… September 11 was an inside job… the moon landing was fake… the Satanic panic… Obama’s birth certificate… In order to believe any of these nitwit notions, first…

  A L Katz

  May 24, 2023

  American News Media, Atheism, Culture, Magical Thinking, Religion, Rule of Law

  Chem trails, Conspiracy Theories, L Ron Hubbard, News Media, Obama's birth certificate, Old Testament, Petnateuch, Rohrshack Test, Scientology, September 11, Thetans

• Skepticism v Cynicism – They’re NOT The Same Thing!

  Not a revelation: our news media sucks. It’s broken. And “both sides do it” (BSDI) brand journalism broke it. Not all journalists practice BSDI but enough do that their journalism prevents We The People from ever getting the truth in real time. Healthy journalism depends on skepticism. Doubt. But, hey – bring receipts? Doubt can…

  A L Katz

  January 23, 2023

  American Exceptionalism, American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Culture

  All Men Are Created Equal, Both Sides Do It, Cynicism, E Pluribus Unum, journalism, Neutrality, News Media, Originalism, Rising Tide, Secret Sauce, Skepticism, Skepticism vs Cynicism

• How Much Benefit Of The Doubt Can One Man Get?

  If we rewarded people for their overt corruption, Donald Trump would win gold reliably. From his failed, corrupt university to his failed, corrupt steaks, airlines, mortgage company, magazine, network and vodka et cetera, a single human being could not embody inept failure and bottomless corruption any more than does Donald J. Trump. Trump is inept…

  A L Katz

  December 27, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, Culture, False Patriotism, Republicanism, Russia, Social Media, Treason, Trump

  Access, Benefit of the doubt, Both Sides Do It, Corruption, Lying, News Media, Secrets, Trump Steaks, Trump University

• The Media’s “Breaking News” Culture Is Broken

  Dear American News Media: Breaking news that broke more than an hour ago, is no longer “breaking”. The fact that you continue breaking it all day regardless? That is broken. The same goes for your whole “breaking news” culture. I write this to you as an avid consumer of your product. By “avid”, I mean…

  A L Katz

  December 12, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, Cyber War, Election 2016, Republicanism, Russia, The Branding Age, Trump

  Brain Trust, Breaking News, First Amendment, Free Press, journalism, News Media, Oleg Deripaska, Originalism, Paul Manafort, Polling Data, Richard Nixon, Skin in the game, Watergate

• Twitter Is Dead; Long Live Mastodon!

  For all intents and purposes, Twitter is dead. Oh, sure, something calling itself “Twitter” still lives and breathes. It’s Jason from the Halloween movies – but less charming. I don’t think Elon Musk’s purpose today – his intentions for Twitter – are the same ones with which he started. Elon’s Twitter escapade began as an…

  A L Katz

  November 26, 2022

  Branding, Corruption, Elon Musk, Social Media

  Algorithm, Content Creators, Fediverse, Hash tags, Mastodon, News Media, Peter Thiel, Public square, Social Media, Twitter

• Trump’s Power Over The GOP Isn’t Cultural, It’s CRIMINAL

  To this very day, our news media doesn’t understand Donald Trump or his power over the GOP. Though the press itself has reported the “why” many times, they don’t seem to consume their own news product. Or, if they do consume it, they don’t believe it. They certainly don’t make it part of the ongoing…

  A L Katz

  November 13, 2022

  American News Media, Bill Barr, Corruption, Election 2016, Republicanism, Russia, Treason, Trump

  "Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump", Bill Barr, Dana Rohrbacher, Kevin McCarthy, Louie Gohmert, Mueller Report, News Media, Paul Ryan, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Rod Rosenstein, Secrets and lies, Trump's hold on GOP, Vladimir Putin

• Why Right Wing Talk Is Cheap

  Boy, the right wing makes a ton of noise, don’t they? They love getting up on their hind legs and spewing. The words being spewed don’t matter. It’s word salad that’s been through the garbage disposal. Alas, our undiscerning news media (undiscerning because they think “both sides do it”) makes zero distinction between facts and…

  A L Katz

  August 30, 2022

  American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Culture, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, Racism, The Nature of Evil

  Billable Hours, Both Sides Do It, Department Of Justice, Donald Trump, FBI, Insurrection, JAG, January 6, Lindsey Graham, News Media, Right Wing Money, Special Master

• Our News Media Doesn’t Understand What “Integrity” Is (Or Why It Matters)

  Everyone is born with the same amount of integrity: one hundred percent. As we drop from the womb, we haven’t betrayed any principles yet, haven’t gotten lazy when intellectually challenged, haven’t let anyone down. If we “say” we’re hungry that’s what we mean. If we say we’ve pooped or peed ourselves, we have! If we’re…

  A L Katz

  October 8, 2021

  American News Media, Bill Barr, Corruption, Election 2016, Election 2020, Republicanism, Treason, Trump

  Both Sides Do It, Donald Trump, Honesty, Integrity, News Media, Progressives, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Relationships, Trump-Russia, Trumpism, Truthiness

• Who In Their Right Mind Would Vote Republican When Voting Republican Gets You Killed?

  Politics in America make little sense because too much of our “common wisdom” thinks everyone does everything for entirely political reasons completely divorced from any desire to actually govern. That “common wisdom” is deeply cynical and deeply conservative — as all “common wisdom” is, coming, as it does, from either long held knowledge or just…

  A L Katz

  August 27, 2021

  American News Media, Branding, Coronavirus, Corruption, Culture, Cyber War, Election 2016, Election 2020, Racism, Republicanism, Treason, Trump

  American Exceptionalism, American Politics, Both Sides Do It, Common Wisdom, Coronavirus, Cynicism, Diversity, E Pluribus Unum, Founding Fathers, News Media, Originalism, Steve Bannon