Republican Like Me
This piece in the NY Post by former NPR CEO Ken Stern caught my eye. The title is “Former CEO of NPR opens up about liberal bias.” It is about that, but it’s actually about something a good deal more … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Press
And the chirping of crickets was heard in the land
I could find no NY Times nor WaPo nor LA Times nor CNN stories that even mention the Hill article from yesterday. Needless to say (but I’ll say it anyway), if the shoe were on the Trump foot the headlines … Continue reading →
Waiting for Hillary-Godot
Laurence Lessig is a law professor at Harvard, with credentials of the impeccable sort (or what used to be called “impeccable”): the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, former director of the Edmond J. Safra Center … Continue reading →
Trump goes nuclear—or does he?
What are we to make of this series of stories? Headlines: “Trump Wanted Tenfold Increase in Nuclear Arsenal, Surprising Military” [an NBC story] “Trump suggests challenging NBC’s broadcast license.” [from Politico] “‘I Hate Everyone in the White House!’: Trump Seethes … Continue reading →
Weinstein unveiled: what the Farrow article reveals
Even though I’ve twice said that the Weinstein story fills me with a sense of exhaustion, I’m writing about it at least one more time—not because of Weinstein himself, but because of how much his tale says about the use … Continue reading →
Further thoughts on the Harvey Weinstein silence
In my earlier post about Harvey Weinstein, I wrote: I must admit this story fills me with a feeling of exhaustion. I guess I always assumed that Hollywood was rife with the kind of behavior of which Weinstein is accused, … Continue reading →
Tillerson on Trump
I haven’t reported on the rumors about Tillerson dissing Trump because, quite frankly, at this point I automatically tune such news out as gossip coupled with propaganda until it’s authenticated. That means I have about fifty major “news” articles a … Continue reading →
Wishful thinking: hoping for the Trump Katrina
The MSM can hope for a Trump Katrina equivalent, can’t it? It can also try its level best to create one. There have been no shortages of natural disasters this year, after all. Maybe Puerto Rico will be the charm: … Continue reading →
Of course the American public disapproves of Graham-Cassidy
Of course the majority of people would disapprove. One huge reason is that coverage of the bill has been uniformly negative since it was proposed. Yes, there have been a few relatively positive articles as well (I discuss them here … Continue reading →
Burning their MAGA hats: right, left, and DREAMERS
It’s been reported that a great many Trump supporters, angered by his supposed DACA deal, have taken to burning their “Make America Great Again” hats. No doubt the MSM are happy as clams over this. I have noticed several types … Continue reading →
Trump, DACA, the wall, and the press
In the Trump era it’s gotten even more difficult to write about the news, for the simple reason that for the most part I distrust all prognostications and rumors, both of which have come to take up a larger and … Continue reading →
Judge dismisses Palin defamation lawsuit against Times
Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against the NY Times has been thrown out of court: This is a case where the NY Times Editorial author James Bennet claimed to be so ignorant, so uninterested in doing any research, and so oblivious … Continue reading →