So much for that right-wing propagandist Murdoch
One major disservice that the mainstream media does through its political bias and negativity is that it neither prepares its audience for or explains to it events and trends that …
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No, “Blade Runner” and “The Running Man” did not predict 2019
I normally rate “The New York Post” as far as tabloids are concerned but this feature on the prophetic side of the 1980s dystopian science-fiction reads more like something out …
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Of course they should
American TV journalism legends apologises for stating an opinion: NBC News personality Tom Brokaw, who has returned to regular on-air commentary after a brush with #MeToo issues, has run into more controversy …
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The 24 hour media rule
The mainstream media – and the social media – are so good at generating instant outrages that I now have an informal rule: try not to comment on any new …
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Rehabilitating motherf***er
Good news for sweary people like me – You’ve heard it from “The Washington Post” so it must be OK: Opinion: What’s so wrong with motherf—er? https://t.co/yBF1HGsOPC — The Washington …
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Radioactive mutant wolves of Chernobyl
Where would we be without tabloids to inform us about important scientific news? Scientists fear wolves living in Chernobyl’s radioactive forbidden zone may be spreading mutant genes across Europe. The …
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Buffy the Body Shamer
Honestly, what did the media used to do before the advent of social media? Where did they find the never-ending supply of material to use as a filler and click-bait? …
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The problem with white men
When life gives you Lemons, it’s time to switch off CNN: CNN's Don Lemon: "We have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is …
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The Mysterious Case of a Missing Journalist
A Saudi journalists disappears inside a Saudi consulate in Turkey and is now presumed dead, so you know you can count on “The Huffington Post” for the take so hot …
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Cartoons in black and white
The last time a cartoon created controversy people died. Hopefully this time all there is to it is a lot of hot air:* America has responded with shock and disgust …
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No regulation out of frustration
This sounds more like trolling than a serious proposal, but nowadays you never know: President Donald Trump is considering new regulations on Google’s search engine to address his concern that …
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Jihad, it’s a struggle
It’s weird how the year’s weirdest news story – and its sparse coverage – are getting weirder and weirder. Let’s recap the facts so far: Five adults arrested in a …
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Good News from Everywhere
If you are depressed from reading the daily news, it’s nothing new – “if it bleeds, it leads” as an editorial philosophy that much predates the Trump presidency or for …
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Twelve Scared Men and Seven Angry News Organisations
High drama at the intersection of politics, judicial system and the media: Paul Manafort’s trial will stretch into a fourth week, as jurors headed home Friday without reaching a verdict …
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Forecast: There will be a lot of punching
As I wrote a few days ago, the “Unite the Right” rally in Washington DC over the weekend united some two dozen white supremacists for a complete fizzer. By contrast, …
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Welcome to the new anti-hate hate
Lots has been happening in the United States in the last few days, though if I were relying only on the mainstream media to inform me the mental picture I …
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Gone, gone, going… How the media disappears the news
Three stories over the past few days should have been huge. Instead, two of them made just a passing blip on the radar and the third one is now on …
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Left academic: “If We Silence Hate Speech, Will We Silence Resistance?”
One of the most delightful recent political developments to watch is radicals and progressives waking up with a rude start to the fact that the cultural rules they have created …
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Right-wing censors versus left-wing book burners
Won’t somebody please think of the Constitutional children? By which I mean the Amendments, and especially the 1st one. Free speech is under attack, both in theory and in practice. …
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Lest we forget the press
The closing para from an op-ed by a Notre Dame ethics professor Joseph Holt, published by CNN (“Editor’s Note: The views expressed here are solely the author’s.” Yeah, in a technical …
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