Of course, to call it an “anti-Trump effort” is to both understate and simplify the matter. Since the evening it became clear that Donald Trump would become president of the United States, and millions upon millions of totally shocked Americans … Continue reading →
CNN seems to have it down: “Winter ‘bomb cyclone’ threatens East Coast, bringing temps colder than Mars.” In the following excerpt, I’ve highlighted the most fear-mongering words: A massive “bombogenesis” — an area of rapidly declining low pressure — will … Continue reading →
NY Times publisher Arthur Ochs (“Pinch”) Sulzberger Jr. (66) has retired, to be replaced by his son A.G. Sulzberger (37) as of January first. The change was announced last month. A.G. represents the fifth generation of the family to run … Continue reading →
I agree with the sentiment expressed here, that journalists need to question themselves more: With the rise of the Internet and disruption of institutional media, many journalists have cheerfully shrugged off the ideal of objectivity. This certainly makes tweeting easier, … Continue reading →
Long, long ago Paul Krugman was an economist of some objectivty. Then he added a gig as opinion columnist for the NY Times (around 2000), and since then he’s written about a great deal more than economics, with a remarkable … Continue reading →
If you read Democratic reactions to the tax bill just passed by Congress, you’d think it orders that poor people and the middle class be shot at dawn. If you read Republican reactions, you get a spectrum of reactions from … Continue reading →
Never heard of em. Crickets chirping. The MSM shapes the news in two ways. It shapes it by what it decides to cover. For example, any rumor about Trump raging about someone or something, reported by anonymous sources, is good … Continue reading →
Today’s appears to be a report that Trump watches TV 4 hours a day or more, according to the trustworthy insider informants at the NY Times. And this, despite the fact that he claims he doesn’t watch much TV: The … Continue reading →
It’s hard to keep up with this sort of thing: Correction: This story has been corrected to say the date of the email was September 14, 2016, not September 4, 2016. The story also changed the headline and removed a … Continue reading →
We keep hearing stories about sexual harassers who “everybody” in certain groups “knew about all along,” for years and years, and yet no one did anything about the situation. A lot of people then condemn members of those institutions for … Continue reading →
…but how many of today’s stories featured at memeorandum deal with sex by public figures? Many; very very many. It’s a bit like the summer of the shark, prior to 9/11. And the bulk of the rest of the stories … Continue reading →
A little detail I wrote about yesterday was the remote-controlled door lock on Lauer’s office. I wrote: Why do I focus on that detail? Because it’s unusual: to the best of my knowledge, it’s highly uncommon to install a button … Continue reading →