Tag: Propaganda

• Cynicism + Journalism = Propaganda

  American journalism – awash in “Both Sides Do It” – has mistaken skepticism (which every journalist should have in their tool kit) for cynicism – which, actually, is the DEATH of journalism. A skeptic doubts everyone. A cynic doubts no one. That’s because the cynic thinks he knows where everyone stands (though he doesn’t). That’s…

  A L Katz

  January 10, 2023

  American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Republicanism, Social Media, Treason, Trump

  Access Journalism, American Journalism, Both Sides Do It, Cynicism, Dick Cheney, George W Bush, Greater Good, Judith Miller, New York Times, Propaganda, Ronald Reagan, Skepticism

• Skin In The Game

  Simple fact of Life: games change when you have skin in them. A person will treat the home in which they live better if they own it versus if they rent it. Skin in the game. Elections are when Americans most have skin in the game. That’s the whole point of democracy – recognizing that…

  A L Katz

  November 5, 2022

  American News Media, Culture, Election 2022, New Ways of Thinking

  Civics, Conventional wisdom, Election 2022, Polling, Propaganda, Skin game, Skin in the game, swing voters, Violent crime, White suburban women, Young voters

• 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…

  A L Katz

  February 9, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, American News Media, Corruption, Election 2016, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Treason, Trump

  American News Media, Bi-partisanship, Both Sides Do It, Corruption, journalism, Kevin McCarthy, Oleg Deripaska, Propaganda, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Treason, White Hegemony

• Cynicism Is To Skepticism What Republicans Are To Reasonable Human Beings

  Cynicism is thinking the worst of everyone right off the bat. So, screw em! Skepticism is having questions — lots of questions — that need answering before you’ll make up your mind. Skepticism leads to critical thinking while cynicism leads to bias reinforcement. If you want to believe everyone’s a rat bastard then even the…

  A L Katz

  November 10, 2020

  Election 2016, Election 2020, Karma’s A Bitch, Mitch McConnell, Political Commentary, Republicanism, Trump

  Bias Reinforcement, Both Sides Do It, Critical Thinking, Cynicism, Moscow Mitch, Popular Vote, Propaganda, Rat Bastards, Skepticism, Trump Most Corrupt POTUS