I have to confess I am one of those that have stopped watching the news. I do read your emails and I listen to Michelangelo Signorile most days. I think the majority of Americans are just tired. Tired of Trump, tired of the pandemic, tired of the games and back stabbing that goes on in Congress. If I believe our tax dollars should go to fixing this country and helping the people, I’m called a Marxist, a Socialist, UnAmerican. In my 64 years I have never heard such crap. I’m an American.
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year to you Eric. Thank you for what you do to help us stay sane. Here’s hoping 2022 really is the collapse of the Trump Cult.
I stopped watching TV news after the 2020 elections. I used to watch CNN, but to me they were just too biased. I save TV for entertainment. And I have a severe case of news fatigue and apathy. I don't believe caring about political stuff matters anymore.
I wrote a blistering attack on Bush's refusal to acknowledge the horror of Abu Ghraib, and it was read as an editorial on MSNBC. The cheerleading went on for years even though it was clear that the US was behaving like Nazis. I finally went to Jordan in 2011 to work at an NGO helping the refugees, What those people went through still isn't known by most Americans because the MSM refused to report it. It makes one question the meaning of "patriotism" and the role the press plays in how we perceive our country.
You know - someday, it would be nice if we, as a country -could just say “This is NOT our first rodeo”- and not take that same ‘route’ as we have the last 120+ years. Build on past experience… Geez.🇺🇸
Some pundit (can’t remember who) recently said the reason the media hates that Biden is boring is they resent no longer being actors in a really big show. That has the ring of truth IMO. It is clear that a lot of the political press personally craves the kind of attention they got when Trump was in power and that desire trumps their concern for our democracy.
I did read a great explanation about the obsession with inflation — at the Onion.
As you and others have pointed out, the development of the Republican Party into a full-on authoritarian ethnic-nationalist movement that wants to turn this country into a white, Christian North Korea is a pretty big story that people would click on. But they don’t want to do that. Some because it’s too hard; some because people would get mad at them (liberals getting mad at them is never a problem of course).
As I've pointed out in previous Press Runs, quite a number of American mainstream media practitioners & outlets have completely lost their way since instead of informing the public of issues that would affect them in a substantial manner, they're too busy chasing the twin dragons of massive financial success & fame even if it means sacrificing their once-stellar journalistic skills & integrity if it means earning them a seat with the subjects they're supposed to scrutinizing with a fine comb.
While it's important to be critical of the mistakes made by Democrats (e.g. Speaker Nancy Pelosi's bad defense of allowing member of Congress to engage in stock trading), it's infuriating that there's a huge reluctance by some of them to hold Republicans' feet to the fire with their ongoing assault on American democracy with restrictive voting laws, abortion bans, whitewashing America's racist history, and the promotion of hatred of racial/ethnic minorities & LGBTQ people.
Seriously, they should've been much harder on Senators Manchin & Sinema's obstructionist antics in crippling President Biden's agenda. This isn't a "Dems in Disarray" narrative, it's about two senators beholden to their corporate donors in the name of undermining democracy.
Once again, the Beltway buffoons have somehow forgotten that Democrats have the ability to vote as one party on important legislation
They are denying the Dems any chance of success because it would kill their "Dems in Disarray" narrative.
Their distortion of what's happening in the Democratic Party while ignoring the horrible reality of the Republican Party is destructive for American democracy.
Agree - to me ‘lockstep’ is a far more insulting description (of Rs), but accusations of ‘bickering and squabbling’ keeps the D’s appearing weak and childish - :/
Their “boredom”—I also think it is hatred—is going to kill our democracy and make our lives poorer for it. The Beltway reporters are doing everything in their power to bring down President Biden. The latest horrendous take is that his “inability” to “eliminate” Covid, cow the GOP, and tame Joe Manchin “raises questions” of Biden’s “competence.” That dumpster fire of a story is of course from Politico. Not to mention the extraordinary lack of respect Charlemagne showed VP Kamala last week during an interview with her (she kicked his ass).
These reporters and outlets (and personalities) know what they are doing, and like Manchin, Trump, and the GOP revel in their power while disingenuously saying “aw shucks, who me? I just ‘call balls and strikes.’”
I think many political reporters, like many people in 1930s Europe, are in denial, believing that warnings, especially those coming from the Dems, are exaggerated. Others look forward to whatever changes happen because they will be exciting to cover. But nearly all think he says "enemy of the people" with a sly wink wink, nudge nudge; that it's all nonsense for the base because after all Trump really loves the media because he knows he would be nothing without their coverage. Sure his cult members get riled up during his revival meetings, but that's as far as it goes.
Which takes us full circle, back to denial. if God forbid, our darkest fears come to pass, one thing will be certain: they will blame BIDEN and the DEMS for not "warning what would happen"—and MAKING everyone listen—with a GOP takeover and a return of the mad king.
Trump used the press rather brilliantly. He told Katie Couric that he talked trash about them so that when they reported on him negatively, the public wouldn't believe them. It's why so many Trump culties still think everything bad they hear about Trump, and much of what they hear about covid, is all "fake news."
Biden is the traditional president who doesn't push back against unfair reporting on his presidency. He doesn't have Trump's fragile ego, but the media is much less respectful of the POTUS than it used to be, and so they have no problem writing whatever sells even if it's disrespectful and just plain inaccurate.
Actually Biden has gently pushed back, as has Ron Klain (retweeting!) and Jen P. The result? Press chided their tone, called the admin thin skinned, and said it was trying to "blame" journalists for its own failures.
Yes, the press' skin is as thin as Trump's which is why it's a mutual lovefest. Biden gets exasperated at a reporter's question and journalists get huffy in response. Klain retweets a comment about media negativity and they get all snarly. Trump calls reporters awful names and instead of being angry, they shrug it off—"Trump being Trump." It's insane. There is no perspective.
Beltway journalists absolutely refuse to take responsibility and yes, love believing "combativeness" is part of their job—but only when it's a Dem. When it's GOP they are mostly quiet; it's "see, we 'liberal journalists' don't play favorites."
Might take a little time to come off a four year adrenaline rush…(not making excuses)… I thought I noticed Pelosi’s press conference reporters getting a bit more respectful, but I could be wrong…
After years of disinterested and barely existing coverage of that war, the press suddenly had an exciting story. Suddenly the were all CBS correspondents during the fall of Saigon except from the comfort of their homes in Georgetown. Afghanistan was never going to end well. For most of its twenty years people knew it wasn't going to end well. However, the press suddenly had an adrenaline tweaking story and went with it - hoping someone would one day make a Netflix distributed film about how heroic they were during this time.
It reminds me of the fawning, dramatic coverage reporters gave to the Iraq invasion when they were embedded with the military. They were like a bunch of little kids playing soldier.
Yeah and I remember when that serial liar Michael Kelly was killed in Iraq and oh how the stenographers wept over him.
Nevermind that Michael Kelly gladly bet the war drums and he was one of the Four Horsemen along with Tweety Matthres, Tim Russet and Maureen Dowd leading the impeachment charge against Bill Clinton's Ding Dong.
Kelly gladly lied and lie for the GOP, demanded we go to war--a war that killed my son.
Frankly I will be honest. I thought that liar got what he deserved.
I'm certainly sorry for your loss - it's a terrible thing no matter the reason. Although I don't wish any person dead, I don't mourn the wicked or the greedy. The people, both politicians and the press, who championed that foolish war are responsible for the horror they caused.
I was talking to someone who was complaining about the pullout from Afghanistan. I told him if he wasn’t willing to have his son, daughter or eventually his grandsons to fight in a war like that (which he clearly isn’t) it wasn’t a war worth fighting. That shut him up.
I suppose you also feel that Kelly was perfectly worthless because of the way he ran The New Republic and didn't bother to check the veracity of Stephen Glass's articles, and that his constant Clinton/Gore bashing and saying that Saddam was the gravest threat to America was just a logical extension of that earlier failure?
Those Presstitutes didn't care. They wanted to be the next Scud Stud Arthur Kent (remember him?) Oh and remember how Aaron Brown the Clown beat the war drums at CNN? How about John Hockenberry at MSNBC doing the same thing?
It persists, to a small degree. I see occasional Afghanistan "doom" stories from time to time, said "doom" coming because we withdrew and left the population of Afghanistan behind. And the doomed women are a favorite subject - child marriages, schools closing, a woman beaten by the Taliban. All blamed on Biden instead of on an indifferent world.
The MSM seems to forget to mention that Joe Manchin is a multi millionaire who is still making money from the family coal business. THAT is the real reason behind his claim that BBB is "moving too quickly" toward alternative energy sources. You'd think the media would find it *fun* to explore Manchin's conflict of interest and endless bad faith negotiating. But if they noticed Manchin's bad faith they would have notice Mitch McConnell's, too, so...
Several random thoughts. 1) CNN was lambasted by MSM for Cuomo's actions, but not for his central role in repeatedly elevating Kellyanne Conway and providing a worldwide platform and legitimacy to her 'alternative facts' and ceaseless damaging pro-Trump propaganda. The latter damaged the country, the former only embarrased CNN. 2) CNN's elevation of propaganda and respectful silence in the face of absurd statements bybGOP politicians continues to sicken our national discourse. Yesterday's installment of the absurd was Gov Sinunu's statement that party affiliation had nothing to do with vaccine refusal. Sinunu supported Trumpbin 2020 after Trump botched the pandemic response via deliberate actions and active negligence. I didn't hear Tapper ask Sinunu about the House' report on the Trump pandemic response. I didn't hear Tapper ask Sinunu about Trump's recent blatantly anti-Semitic screed. It's not just CNN's coverage, but Chuck Todd is unwatchable in his supreme ignorance and tunnel vision, so I can't refer to each individual denigration of journalistic norms. The journalists did jump aboard the 24/7 Afghanistan coverage, and the withdrawal was far worse than it should have been, but where was the non-stop coverage over the exact same actions by Trump in his withdrawal from Syria? 3) SCOTUS, in its current corrupted incarnation, has been hinting for some time about revisiting libel laws. How does MSM believe that will play out for them if Trumpusm prevails in 2022?
Or they just make crap up like this headline from the NYT “ The Path Ahead for Biden: Overcome Manchin’s Inflation Fears
A key Democrat’s decision to pull support from the president’s sprawling climate and social agenda is rooted in the scope of the bill.”
Truth is, I’m not even going to read that garbage. They’d do better writing about the utter hypocrisy and mendacity of Manchin pulling his support and yet they can’t seem to figure that out. How about the drama of one lousy senator from a tiny, poverty stricken state managing the agenda for the whole country? He’s a Dem - you’d think they could go for it in a way they never did with McConnell but no. 🤷🏻♀️
“ When I started campaigning I said, 'you're going to say Merry Christmas again.' And now people are saying it," he continued. "That was a big part of what I was doing, I would say it all the time during that period... I tell you, we brought it back very quickly." “
An award-winning editor at an award-winning paper told me they turned away from the kind of journalism that won them awards because, yes, of financial issues, but mainly because what drew clicks were the standard crime stories.
It's also important to remember that this always has been true, or at least the pre-internet equivalent. Don't believe me? "Headless Man in Topless Bar."
I'll see you and raise you! A San Fransisco paper did a story on the first woman at Berkeley to get a 4.0 and asked how she did it. She replied that all she ate were beans--soy, kidney, baked, you name it--because they were great brain food. The headline?
Reading the WashPost. They have just knocked down their one year digital subscription from $99 to $9.99. They must be struggling pretty badly. This will attract more trolls than they'll know what to do with.
I'd be more likely to see Stone and Bannon colluding to take the focus of the investigation off of Trump because they both know they don't have access to anything other than a bunch of mostly powerless wingnut anarchists without Trump in the White House. If they are successful and Trump gets back in, they will all sit in the Oval Office and have a big laugh at how gullible the Media was to follow that "feud" story down a dead-end rabbit hole.
A couple days ago Andrea McArdle published an op-ed in the Post whose title called Biden's popularity "foundering," even though the polls report a rise. There was also a silly piece where the writer (Tony Romm, if memory serves) focuses on a list of "non-Biden" Democratic presidential candidates for 2024.
These folks seem to have nothing to write about, or very little initiative. In reading this crap, I wondered why we don't see articles on foreign policy - it's as if the whole world has disappeared except as covid news subjects. I wonder every day why the press hates Kamala Harris so much (they portray her as confused and inept, and a gaffe machine). I wonder why they're so incurious about why Joe Manchin is destroying Biden's agenda (now they report it's because he thinks poor people will spend the child tax credit on drugs). And the reporting on omicron has been uneven and at times, hysterical. I can't trust what I read when I even care to read it.
I have to confess I am one of those that have stopped watching the news. I do read your emails and I listen to Michelangelo Signorile most days. I think the majority of Americans are just tired. Tired of Trump, tired of the pandemic, tired of the games and back stabbing that goes on in Congress. If I believe our tax dollars should go to fixing this country and helping the people, I’m called a Marxist, a Socialist, UnAmerican. In my 64 years I have never heard such crap. I’m an American.
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year to you Eric. Thank you for what you do to help us stay sane. Here’s hoping 2022 really is the collapse of the Trump Cult.
I stopped watching TV news after the 2020 elections. I used to watch CNN, but to me they were just too biased. I save TV for entertainment. And I have a severe case of news fatigue and apathy. I don't believe caring about political stuff matters anymore.
I stopped watching TV news after the cheerleading of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and I've never looked back.
I wrote a blistering attack on Bush's refusal to acknowledge the horror of Abu Ghraib, and it was read as an editorial on MSNBC. The cheerleading went on for years even though it was clear that the US was behaving like Nazis. I finally went to Jordan in 2011 to work at an NGO helping the refugees, What those people went through still isn't known by most Americans because the MSM refused to report it. It makes one question the meaning of "patriotism" and the role the press plays in how we perceive our country.
And Iraq made CNN famous.
No different than the yellow journalism that fanned the flames for the Spanish-American War back in 1898. For increased sales. Same template :/
You know - someday, it would be nice if we, as a country -could just say “This is NOT our first rodeo”- and not take that same ‘route’ as we have the last 120+ years. Build on past experience… Geez.🇺🇸
Some pundit (can’t remember who) recently said the reason the media hates that Biden is boring is they resent no longer being actors in a really big show. That has the ring of truth IMO. It is clear that a lot of the political press personally craves the kind of attention they got when Trump was in power and that desire trumps their concern for our democracy.
I did read a great explanation about the obsession with inflation — at the Onion.
https://www.theonion.com/the-onion-explains-inflation-1848234022
As you and others have pointed out, the development of the Republican Party into a full-on authoritarian ethnic-nationalist movement that wants to turn this country into a white, Christian North Korea is a pretty big story that people would click on. But they don’t want to do that. Some because it’s too hard; some because people would get mad at them (liberals getting mad at them is never a problem of course).
As I've pointed out in previous Press Runs, quite a number of American mainstream media practitioners & outlets have completely lost their way since instead of informing the public of issues that would affect them in a substantial manner, they're too busy chasing the twin dragons of massive financial success & fame even if it means sacrificing their once-stellar journalistic skills & integrity if it means earning them a seat with the subjects they're supposed to scrutinizing with a fine comb.
While it's important to be critical of the mistakes made by Democrats (e.g. Speaker Nancy Pelosi's bad defense of allowing member of Congress to engage in stock trading), it's infuriating that there's a huge reluctance by some of them to hold Republicans' feet to the fire with their ongoing assault on American democracy with restrictive voting laws, abortion bans, whitewashing America's racist history, and the promotion of hatred of racial/ethnic minorities & LGBTQ people.
Seriously, they should've been much harder on Senators Manchin & Sinema's obstructionist antics in crippling President Biden's agenda. This isn't a "Dems in Disarray" narrative, it's about two senators beholden to their corporate donors in the name of undermining democracy.
99% of Dems in House/Senate want BBB passed, but press says Dems “split”
Once again, the Beltway buffoons have somehow forgotten that Democrats have the ability to vote as one party on important legislation
They are denying the Dems any chance of success because it would kill their "Dems in Disarray" narrative.
Their distortion of what's happening in the Democratic Party while ignoring the horrible reality of the Republican Party is destructive for American democracy.
And always "bickering" or "squabbling."
Agree - to me ‘lockstep’ is a far more insulting description (of Rs), but accusations of ‘bickering and squabbling’ keeps the D’s appearing weak and childish - :/
Bravo
Reluctance - great word ✔️
Their “boredom”—I also think it is hatred—is going to kill our democracy and make our lives poorer for it. The Beltway reporters are doing everything in their power to bring down President Biden. The latest horrendous take is that his “inability” to “eliminate” Covid, cow the GOP, and tame Joe Manchin “raises questions” of Biden’s “competence.” That dumpster fire of a story is of course from Politico. Not to mention the extraordinary lack of respect Charlemagne showed VP Kamala last week during an interview with her (she kicked his ass).
These reporters and outlets (and personalities) know what they are doing, and like Manchin, Trump, and the GOP revel in their power while disingenuously saying “aw shucks, who me? I just ‘call balls and strikes.’”
it’s scary, esp considering Trump calls them enemy of people
I think many political reporters, like many people in 1930s Europe, are in denial, believing that warnings, especially those coming from the Dems, are exaggerated. Others look forward to whatever changes happen because they will be exciting to cover. But nearly all think he says "enemy of the people" with a sly wink wink, nudge nudge; that it's all nonsense for the base because after all Trump really loves the media because he knows he would be nothing without their coverage. Sure his cult members get riled up during his revival meetings, but that's as far as it goes.
Which takes us full circle, back to denial. if God forbid, our darkest fears come to pass, one thing will be certain: they will blame BIDEN and the DEMS for not "warning what would happen"—and MAKING everyone listen—with a GOP takeover and a return of the mad king.
Trump used the press rather brilliantly. He told Katie Couric that he talked trash about them so that when they reported on him negatively, the public wouldn't believe them. It's why so many Trump culties still think everything bad they hear about Trump, and much of what they hear about covid, is all "fake news."
Biden is the traditional president who doesn't push back against unfair reporting on his presidency. He doesn't have Trump's fragile ego, but the media is much less respectful of the POTUS than it used to be, and so they have no problem writing whatever sells even if it's disrespectful and just plain inaccurate.
Actually Biden has gently pushed back, as has Ron Klain (retweeting!) and Jen P. The result? Press chided their tone, called the admin thin skinned, and said it was trying to "blame" journalists for its own failures.
They shouldn't have to "push back" at all except that the press seems to think it's OK to play fast and loose with facts.
Really? It seems the press is being thin-skinned about getting called out since the White House was working hard to get Manchin's vote.
The Beltway buffoons don't want to admit they're complicit in this mess, and they'll throw the blame on the White House.
They're addicted to idea that fighting with the White House over a dishonest narrative coming from them is part of their job.
Yes, the press' skin is as thin as Trump's which is why it's a mutual lovefest. Biden gets exasperated at a reporter's question and journalists get huffy in response. Klain retweets a comment about media negativity and they get all snarly. Trump calls reporters awful names and instead of being angry, they shrug it off—"Trump being Trump." It's insane. There is no perspective.
Beltway journalists absolutely refuse to take responsibility and yes, love believing "combativeness" is part of their job—but only when it's a Dem. When it's GOP they are mostly quiet; it's "see, we 'liberal journalists' don't play favorites."
Might take a little time to come off a four year adrenaline rush…(not making excuses)… I thought I noticed Pelosi’s press conference reporters getting a bit more respectful, but I could be wrong…
Re: Afghanistan
After years of disinterested and barely existing coverage of that war, the press suddenly had an exciting story. Suddenly the were all CBS correspondents during the fall of Saigon except from the comfort of their homes in Georgetown. Afghanistan was never going to end well. For most of its twenty years people knew it wasn't going to end well. However, the press suddenly had an adrenaline tweaking story and went with it - hoping someone would one day make a Netflix distributed film about how heroic they were during this time.
It reminds me of the fawning, dramatic coverage reporters gave to the Iraq invasion when they were embedded with the military. They were like a bunch of little kids playing soldier.
Yeah and I remember when that serial liar Michael Kelly was killed in Iraq and oh how the stenographers wept over him.
Nevermind that Michael Kelly gladly bet the war drums and he was one of the Four Horsemen along with Tweety Matthres, Tim Russet and Maureen Dowd leading the impeachment charge against Bill Clinton's Ding Dong.
Kelly gladly lied and lie for the GOP, demanded we go to war--a war that killed my son.
Frankly I will be honest. I thought that liar got what he deserved.
I'm certainly sorry for your loss - it's a terrible thing no matter the reason. Although I don't wish any person dead, I don't mourn the wicked or the greedy. The people, both politicians and the press, who championed that foolish war are responsible for the horror they caused.
All the best to your and your family.
I was talking to someone who was complaining about the pullout from Afghanistan. I told him if he wasn’t willing to have his son, daughter or eventually his grandsons to fight in a war like that (which he clearly isn’t) it wasn’t a war worth fighting. That shut him up.
I suppose you also feel that Kelly was perfectly worthless because of the way he ran The New Republic and didn't bother to check the veracity of Stephen Glass's articles, and that his constant Clinton/Gore bashing and saying that Saddam was the gravest threat to America was just a logical extension of that earlier failure?
It was embarrassing to even allow themselves to basically be PR for the Pentagon.
Those Presstitutes didn't care. They wanted to be the next Scud Stud Arthur Kent (remember him?) Oh and remember how Aaron Brown the Clown beat the war drums at CNN? How about John Hockenberry at MSNBC doing the same thing?
It persists, to a small degree. I see occasional Afghanistan "doom" stories from time to time, said "doom" coming because we withdrew and left the population of Afghanistan behind. And the doomed women are a favorite subject - child marriages, schools closing, a woman beaten by the Taliban. All blamed on Biden instead of on an indifferent world.
There are plenty of opportunities for them to be actually heroic in this time. They’re not interested.
Heroism gets in the way of happy hour.
Wow. And they could cover Trump's tweets in their den with a beer in hand.
Dang.
The MSM seems to forget to mention that Joe Manchin is a multi millionaire who is still making money from the family coal business. THAT is the real reason behind his claim that BBB is "moving too quickly" toward alternative energy sources. You'd think the media would find it *fun* to explore Manchin's conflict of interest and endless bad faith negotiating. But if they noticed Manchin's bad faith they would have notice Mitch McConnell's, too, so...
Manchin coverage has been all horse race, tons of context missing
Feels eerily like the ‘selective’ coverage TFG got throughout his entire run-up…
Several random thoughts. 1) CNN was lambasted by MSM for Cuomo's actions, but not for his central role in repeatedly elevating Kellyanne Conway and providing a worldwide platform and legitimacy to her 'alternative facts' and ceaseless damaging pro-Trump propaganda. The latter damaged the country, the former only embarrased CNN. 2) CNN's elevation of propaganda and respectful silence in the face of absurd statements bybGOP politicians continues to sicken our national discourse. Yesterday's installment of the absurd was Gov Sinunu's statement that party affiliation had nothing to do with vaccine refusal. Sinunu supported Trumpbin 2020 after Trump botched the pandemic response via deliberate actions and active negligence. I didn't hear Tapper ask Sinunu about the House' report on the Trump pandemic response. I didn't hear Tapper ask Sinunu about Trump's recent blatantly anti-Semitic screed. It's not just CNN's coverage, but Chuck Todd is unwatchable in his supreme ignorance and tunnel vision, so I can't refer to each individual denigration of journalistic norms. The journalists did jump aboard the 24/7 Afghanistan coverage, and the withdrawal was far worse than it should have been, but where was the non-stop coverage over the exact same actions by Trump in his withdrawal from Syria? 3) SCOTUS, in its current corrupted incarnation, has been hinting for some time about revisiting libel laws. How does MSM believe that will play out for them if Trumpusm prevails in 2022?
Or they just make crap up like this headline from the NYT “ The Path Ahead for Biden: Overcome Manchin’s Inflation Fears
A key Democrat’s decision to pull support from the president’s sprawling climate and social agenda is rooted in the scope of the bill.”
Truth is, I’m not even going to read that garbage. They’d do better writing about the utter hypocrisy and mendacity of Manchin pulling his support and yet they can’t seem to figure that out. How about the drama of one lousy senator from a tiny, poverty stricken state managing the agenda for the whole country? He’s a Dem - you’d think they could go for it in a way they never did with McConnell but no. 🤷🏻♀️
That’s just awful. I guess they count on people not paying attention.
And watch for "Biden's failure." It's their favorite phrase.
Nicely done, Eric. Since I'm all in for the "war on Xmas" have happy holidays :)
Unfortunately you lost that war. Trump said so:
“ When I started campaigning I said, 'you're going to say Merry Christmas again.' And now people are saying it," he continued. "That was a big part of what I was doing, I would say it all the time during that period... I tell you, we brought it back very quickly." “
However he may have spoken too soon:
https://www.theonion.com/tv-network-refuses-to-air-miracle-on-34th-street-for-1848159248
When I listen to him speak, I just think that man was president. That millions of people think he was the greatest president ever.
Then I get very depressed and swear to stop reading or listening to news for a few days.
Gotta love The Onion.
An award-winning editor at an award-winning paper told me they turned away from the kind of journalism that won them awards because, yes, of financial issues, but mainly because what drew clicks were the standard crime stories.
It's also important to remember that this always has been true, or at least the pre-internet equivalent. Don't believe me? "Headless Man in Topless Bar."
Aw, c'mon. Not a fair comparison. 1) it's a headline from the NYPost and 2) it is absolutely the best headline ever!
Followed only by the NY Daily News: "Ford to City: Drop Dead" and "We Can Kick Your City's Ass"
I'll see you and raise you! A San Fransisco paper did a story on the first woman at Berkeley to get a 4.0 and asked how she did it. She replied that all she ate were beans--soy, kidney, baked, you name it--because they were great brain food. The headline?
Coed Eats Beans to Make Her Astute
Sheesh!
Haha!
I personally liked ‘Woman Smothers in Her Own Fat’ (National Enquirer? 1980’s;)??!
Creative writing 101.
It was one helluva race to the bottom, had to give them that…😅
Reading the WashPost. They have just knocked down their one year digital subscription from $99 to $9.99. They must be struggling pretty badly. This will attract more trolls than they'll know what to do with.
I'd be more likely to see Stone and Bannon colluding to take the focus of the investigation off of Trump because they both know they don't have access to anything other than a bunch of mostly powerless wingnut anarchists without Trump in the White House. If they are successful and Trump gets back in, they will all sit in the Oval Office and have a big laugh at how gullible the Media was to follow that "feud" story down a dead-end rabbit hole.
All I can think of as I read this column: who raised these banal, non-discerning journalists?
ABC,CBS,NBC just won’t bring to task those who attempted the overthrow of this country! This needs to be addressed!
A couple days ago Andrea McArdle published an op-ed in the Post whose title called Biden's popularity "foundering," even though the polls report a rise. There was also a silly piece where the writer (Tony Romm, if memory serves) focuses on a list of "non-Biden" Democratic presidential candidates for 2024.
These folks seem to have nothing to write about, or very little initiative. In reading this crap, I wondered why we don't see articles on foreign policy - it's as if the whole world has disappeared except as covid news subjects. I wonder every day why the press hates Kamala Harris so much (they portray her as confused and inept, and a gaffe machine). I wonder why they're so incurious about why Joe Manchin is destroying Biden's agenda (now they report it's because he thinks poor people will spend the child tax credit on drugs). And the reporting on omicron has been uneven and at times, hysterical. I can't trust what I read when I even care to read it.
‘Foundering’… right up there with …‘meddling’ 😒