Something I’m calling “identity journalism” has taken over the Democratic primary debates in 2019. Watching the third in a series of who-knows-how-many “debates” among
Category: Media
Time is like a jet plane: Bob Dylan turns 78
Shuffling through my iTunes library recently, I switched to searching Artist by alphabet mode to help me find a song whose name I couldn’t
Washington Post Super Bowl Ad: A powerful message on freedom of the press
Amid oh-so-clever ads for beer, cars and snack foods, one Super Bowl LIII ad stood out yesterday—the sober message presented by the Washington Post:
NBC Nightly News Goes Trivial when the nation needs Insight
What was not mentioned was that Trump not only did not express empathy for federal workers, he did not even acknowledge their existence.
Surprising number of Republicans trust mainstream news
When a local station runs a story about the Susan G. Komen efforts to fight breast cancer, is it liberal because it involves empathy, or is it conservative because it bypasses the entity with the greatest resources to fight cancer, the federal government?
PEN writers’ group sues Trump over abuse of First Amendment
The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
Disheartening to hear criticism of NY Times and Anonymous
Words like cowardly have been used to describe the person who wrote the anonymous op-ed to the New York Times.
Shocked, shocked to hear that Trump is unfit
About that “shocking,” anonymous op-ed in the New York Times: What I find most amazing about all this talk about how the president is
Top Trump official publishes devastating op-ed in New York Times [anonymously]
The New York Times took the rare step, today, of publishing an anonymous Op-Ed essay. The author, an unnamed, senior White House official, delivers
Watching the news: why do we have warnings about prescription ads, but not about political ads
We know that viewership of network news has declined precipitously in recent years, and the intended audience is primarily those who are currently or