Tag: Washington Post

• The Press Has A Dog In This Fight; “Both Sides Do It” Blinds Them To That Fact

  Watching Jake Sherman (founder of the Punchbowl News newsletter) on MSNBC just now drives home the point: whatever talent Sherman might have as a journalist is totally undermined by his acceptance of “Both Sides Do It” brand thinking and journalism. The first thing “Both sides do it” does to any journalist thinking this way is […]

  A L Katz

  May 10, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, American News Media, Corruption, Election 2016, Putin's War, Racism, Republicanism, Rule of Law, The Nature of Evil, Trump

  Adam Entous, Bernie Madoff, Both Sides Do It, Jake Sherman, Jean Valjean, Kevin McCarthy, Les Miserables, Punchbowl News, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Victor Hugo, Washington Post, Zelenskyy

• There’s A “Why” Behind “The Big Lie” That Our News Media Refuse To Ask

  Every last bit of the legitimate press agrees: Donald Trump’s claim that the 2020 election was “stolen from him” is monstrously untrue and he knows it. That makes Trump’s claim — by actual definition — a lie. We’ve gussied it up by calling it “big”. Donald Trump lost the election fairly and squarely and now […]

  A L Katz

  October 21, 2021

  American News Media, Corruption, Cyber War, Election 2016, Election 2020, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Treason, Trump

  American News Media, Bullies, FBI, Kevin McCarthy, National Security Threat, Paul Ryan, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Republican Base, Sense Of Humor, Treason, Trump Lies, Washington Post

• Quick Reminder — The GOP Knew During The 2016 Convention That Donald Trump Was Owned By Russia; They Kept It A Secret

  This is from the Washington Post, May 17, 2017: “A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy — made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation on Capitol Hill with his fellow GOP leaders: that Trump could be the beneficiary […]

  A L Katz

  November 25, 2020

  American News Media, Cyber War, Election 2016, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Mitch McConnell, Political Commentary, Republicanism, Treason, Trump

  “Mexicans are rapists”, "No leaks", "Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump", Asymmetrical Warfare, Cyber War, GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan, Pussy grabbing, Republican corruption, Russian Money, Treason, Washington Post

• Dear Broadcast Media: Stop Live-casting Trump's Coronavirus Updates RIGHT NOW! You're Aiding & Abetting His POWER GRAB!

  Maybe this is another fatal flaw in “both sides do it” journalism. The problem with “neutrality” is that in refusing to judge anything (“just here to report the facts”), you end up giving everything you report equal weight. Because you won’t call out a lie, you give it equal validity with the Truth. How can […]

  A L Katz

  March 22, 2020

  American News Media, Back It Up Or It’s Bullshit, Coronavirus, Live Bullshit Free, Political Commentary, Trump

  Breaking News, CNN, Coronavirus, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Jennifer Ruben, Main Stream Media, MSNBC, Trump Power Grab, Washington Post, White House Press Corps

• Dear Journalists: Recognize That We, The News Consumers, Are Your Audience; If We Tell You We Have A Problem With You, LISTEN!

  I had a little back-and-forth this morning (using my Mulligan Jesus Twitter account) with the Washington Post’s Philip Bump. Nothing significant. For some reason my tweet annoyed him enough to respond. I view Bump the way I view most journalists – he’s a guy doing a job, sometimes well, sometimes not. I hold journalists in […]

  A L Katz

  October 28, 2019

  American News Media, Back It Up Or It’s Bullshit, Election 2016, Live Bullshit Free, Magical Thinking, Political Commentary, Trump

  “Mexicans are rapists”, American Journalism, American News Media, CNN, Donald Trump, MSNBC, Mulligan Jesus, Philip Bump, Pussy grabbing, Washington Post

• Integrity’s An All Or Nothing Proposition – You Either Have It Or You Don’t

  In the movie Princess Bride, Wallace Sean’s Vizzini, confounded by their inability to outrun Cary Elwes’ Westley, repeats the word “inconceivable” with increasing consternation until, at one point, Mandy Patinkin’s Inago Montoya responds famously — We have the exact same problem with the whole concept of INTEGRITY — never mind the word. A Democratic system […]

  A L Katz

  June 18, 2019

  American News Media, Back It Up Or It’s Bullshit, Live Bullshit Free, New Ways of Thinking, Political Commentary, Republicanism, Trump

  “Mexicans are rapists”, "Pussy-grabbing", CNN, Democracy, Integrity, Jennifer Cohen, Joesph Goebbels, Mike Farb, MSM, MSNBC, New York Times, Princess Bride, Sociopath, Washington Post