Category: American News Media
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Why Do Journalists Think Americans Can’t Do Two Things At Once?
I don’t know about you, but my life’s complicated. My days are complicated – usually because I have more than one thing to do. Being an adult with a little life experience under my belt, I’ve learned how to multi-task on a macro level. For instance: I can earn a living AND raise a family…
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Dear Stephanie Ruhl: FFS, Hon – Stop Giving Our Lying Scumbag POTUS The Benefit Of The Doubt!
Hey, Steph – sorry to call you out like this but today you said & something so egregious that it demanded comment. Frankly, this applies to lots of your fellow journalists; they need to listen up, too. You’re a talented financial journalist, Stephanie. Your bona fides there are top notch. But when you wade into…
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Dear MSM – Connecting Dots Isn’t Rocket Science – Except Apparently To YOU…
Storytelling, at its core is simple dot-connecting. We start at the beginning and connect the dots all the way to the end – with lots of zigging and zagging in between. The image that all those connected dots ultimately form – that’s our story. As the dots connect, they form the larger context for each…
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Dear MSM – Giving The Benefit Of The Doubt Is Not Journalism
It’s not a stretch to say that at least 90% of our Main Stream News Media has failed miserably in their reporting on Donald Trump. From not doing their initial homework on Trump (as Fusion GPS did when first hired to do oppo research on Trump by the Washington Free Beacon – research that convinced…
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So Many Words, So Little Communication
I haven’t so much turned into a curmudgeon as I’ve been informed into one. I confess: I’m one of those people who, though I try to keep current technologically, I keep bumping into places where either I don’t get along with tech or tech doesn’t get along with me. Nothing fills me with more dread…
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Dear American News Media: Never Mind What The Democrats Are Doing To Prep For Trump In 2020, What Are YOU Doing?
I’ll answer my own question (it’s why I asked): NADA. The overwhelming bulk (the perfect word) of the American News Media is happily zooming down the same idiotic, Democracy-destroying path THIS election as they did in 2016. Despite whole mountain ranges of evidence, most of our MSM still refuses to accept an ounce of responsibility…
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Republicans Have No Idea What “Integrity” Is — “Ditto” The Rule Of Law
Ever meet a guy with 96% of his integrity intact? “Yeah — he’s pretty honest most of the time… it’s that 4% where he’s a goddamned liar that’s the problem” is not a sentence one hears often. There’s a reason. Integrity either is or it isn’t. There’s no middle ground, no grey area. In fact,…
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If I Were “Benevolent Dictator”, Here’s How It Would Be…
No one sees it coming, least of all me. Just like that — political leaders across the world & spectrum get the fates they deserve. The World’s eyes (getting REALLY desperate) turn to me of all people. “Dude,” the World says, “We’re totally screwed. The ball’s yours if you want. Got anything?” “Okay,” I say…
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America’s News Media Failed America The Same Way Their Imaginations Failed Them
Failure of imagination is a very real thing. We’re living in its shadow so it must be real. Remember the fable about the ant and the grasshopper? The Grasshopper’s happy because there’s food aplenty right now so why not hang out? Why work like the Ant is — gathering food for the winter? The Grasshopper’s…