A free press won’t amount to squat as long as it has audiences who hear only what they want to hear, read only what their Facebook-sculpted algorithms tell them to read, and […]
Freedom of the press means little if audiences are trapped in bubbles
The only way to defeat Trump and his supporters
It’s about tribalism. You cannot work with Trumpists. Period. You must defeat them and then fix the problems that handed them control. It is useless to attempt to reason a man out […]
HB2 cost NC a lot more than $3.76B
The AP says the “bathroom bill” cost North Carolina $3.76 billion. The real damage is likely much, much higher. The AP yesterday released an analysis indicating that reaction to North Carolina’s discriminatory HB2 […]
Unnamed sources? Journalists should teach readers why they were used
On Thursday, four journalists for CNN reported: The FBI has information that indicates associates of President Donald Trump communicated with suspected Russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to […]
Through a glass darkly
I’m sharing this article from Independent Journal Review just to make a point. Independent Journal Review: Those Outraged At Trump Blocking Refugees Didn’t Seem To Care About What Obama Did To Cubans I […]
The overlooked battlefield in the war against the press
The war against the press will be fought at the local and state level, but the war at the federal level will get the most airtime. CNN reporter Jeremy Desmond asked Milwaukee […]
Lyft’s anti-Trump letter and ACLU support illustrate how American companies ought to behave
#deleteUBER: When we use them we directly support anti-competitive and unconstitutional behavior. Uber is a douchebag company run by douchebags. I first realized this when I learned of their willingness to play really, really […]
If they lie, journalists should stop covering the White House. Let the interns do it.
President Donald’s press secretary boldly and bluntly lied to the White House press corps last week. Yawn. Well, so what? Politicians and their spear carriers have prevaricated, evaded, fibbed, misinformed, misdirected, and […]
President Donald’s already shrunken government
The Trump transition team has yet to name all its executive branch officials, moving to fill only about 4 percent of positions needing Senate approval. President Donald has yet to flesh out […]
The LL Bean/Trump row: time for (another) free speech lesson
You have the right to speak. You have no right not to be disagreed with. Let’s start with a brief quiz. Bob says X. Fred says no, X is wrong. Has Fred: […]
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