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July 2017

July 15, 2017

Meanwhile in less important news

We're not hearing about this as much as we should. A famine sweeping several nations...

July 05, 2017

A study in perspectives

So Ramadan came to an end. And Ramadan was a violent one. But what do we...

June 2017

June 28, 2017

It takes a lot to lose credibility in the age of cable news

And yet CNN is doing a bang up job doing just that. Over the last...

June 27, 2017

Remember When Pope Francis Said Fear-Mongering Is Bad?

Through the years, I learned this type of rhetoric was par for the course.

April 2017

April 13, 2017

An answer to a simple question

The Friendly Atheist asks why the media isn't mentioning the Christian faith of the San...

April 04, 2017

On Fake News

The term 'Fake News' means nothing at this point. Fake News is now used whenever...

April 01, 2017

Follow-up to the Great Pence Dinnergate Scandal of 2017

My wife reminded me of something from her POV regarding this silly controversy. When we...

February 2017

February 24, 2017

RIP Alan Colmes

Alan Colmes has died. Alan was part of Hannity and Colmes, an early breakout show...

February 07, 2017

On the other hand

The press continues to stun me with its inability to look in the mirror. Apparently...

February 04, 2017

The real concern

Forgive me for not getting my underwear in a knot over everything Trump does, says,...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

Apparently size matters for the press

And Trump. So memes quickly flew that said the crowd for Trump was smaller than...

January 07, 2017

I hate to see romances come to an end

And yet, sometimes they must. So one of the most beautiful love stories in recent...

January 06, 2017

Yep

What I've said in my own clumsy way: “When the press is gagged, liberty is...

January 05, 2017

A racist hate crime

Deserves to be condemned. Period. Like yesterday's post, I'm seeing people on Social Media jumping...

January 04, 2017

The problem with fake news

Is that for the longest time, the professional media had a monopoly. Now everyone's in...

December 2016

December 09, 2016

Please define Fake News

We're seeing a wave of condemnation aimed at Fake News. Fair enough. Fake news is certainly a...

November 2016

November 29, 2016

Speaking of Fake News

A little story I thought about commenting on, then decided not to. Simply because people...

November 14, 2016

How Trump Won; Case study 3A: The media

Rape Melania! Or so the sign said at one of the protests. Now I'm not...

November 12, 2016

The greatest gift Trump has given America

Is that the press will get back to work. Already we're seeing stories of impeachment,...

November 09, 2016

Dewey Defeats Trump!

Says Newsweek. Another example of when the press is on one planet, and the people...

October 2016

October 24, 2016

What I’ve been saying in a nutshell

Courtesy of The Federalist. As I've said, I'm a big believer in a free press....

October 20, 2016

And the winner of last’s night debate is

Chris Wallace. Just about everyone on both sides of the aisle agree, Mr. Wallace was...

October 17, 2016

The press is burying the Clinton email leaks?

How does something like this make a publication like The Wall Street Journal? Of course...

October 14, 2016

Those unthinking, backward Catholics

For those who watch FOX News, you're probably aware that in addition to the Trump...

September 2016

September 27, 2016

Now that was funny

"Donald Trump won the debate against Lester Holt on points, but that on overall appearance...

September 26, 2016

A guessing game

You tell me. Is this piece over at CNN an editorial, or an actual news...

September 23, 2016

Before we apply Pope Francis’s statements to them

Let's make sure they don't apply to us. And that includes me. Altogether a healthy,...

September 20, 2016

It’s happened

It happened sooner than I thought it would, but it's happened. Once again, the media...

September 09, 2016

Is smiling about sex?

I didn't know that acknowledging someone didn't smile is sexist. I really didn't. But then,...

August 2016

August 23, 2016

I normally don’t link to People magazine

IMHO, People is to journalism what Twilight is to literature. But when you're trying to...