Too many clouds hamper journalism’s ability to tell you what you need to know. Democracy dies in darkness. — motto of The Washington Post Oh, joy — it’s National Sunshine Week. That […]
National Sunshine Week? Hardly.
You do you – The Tech Curmudgeon
Oh, if only “you do you” meant masturbation instead of “talk to the hand, your facts mean nothing to me.”
“Officer-involved shooting” – what does it mean when people try to mislead you?
Headlines beginning with “officer shoots _________” attract unwanted attention. Passive, beige language encourages us to move on because there’s nothing to see here. Something happened last night. Any idea what it was? […]
Dr. Tyson, please sue Amet for libel
And have done with it for the sake of justice By now, Dear Reader may have heard that Fox and Cosmos are investigating Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson over multiple allegations of sexual […]
Bohemian Rhapsody: your mileage WILL vary
The new Queen biopic is deeply flawed and powerfully rewarding all at once. Sorta. Maybe. My friends know how much I worship Queen and, therefore, how much I was anticipating/dreading Bohemian Rhapsody, the […]
Did Megyn Kelly just have a PC moment?
Did the conservative NBC pundit just demonstrate a bit of empathy? This was interesting: Hours after Megyn Kelly complained on her Today show hour about a PC-police Halloween costume crackdown preventing the […]
Journalists die. NBC fans the flames.
Systemic tragedy demands radical media critique Once again, America is faced with another greater-than-1 body count. As you, Dear Reader, are undoubtedly aware of by now, tragedy struck yesterday. Journalists paid the […]
Trump’s GOP: the Family Feud party
Welcome to the GOP Family Feud, where there’s no answer so bad it won’t elicit enthusiastic, unanimous support. Ever watch Family Feud? It seems like this moment happens in every show. The […]
(Our) forbidden planet
Maybe we didn’t have any respect for facts, but we had volume. We didn’t really need the Russians. We were doing fine at self-destruction all by ourselves. One of my favorite movies, […]
Police state media: does CBS know what “misdemeanor” means?
At the time Rose was executed in the street by unaccountable violent police state power, the crime in which he was in commission was the crime of…fleeing. He was fleeing. I really […]
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