The Free Press Needs to Be Responsible
You know, it's a funny thing about Americans... We are all aware that we have...
Category: Media
Press Discovers What We Knew All Along
So, finally... after the damage is done... NOW the press has figured out that there...
How to Stop the Spread of BS: Be a Better News Consumer
If there is one thing that is obvious during this, shal we say, unusual, election...
Mourning Journalism
See, here's the thing... I write a blog. Actually, to be truthful, I write a...
Objective vs. “Fair and Balanced”: How the Press Fails Us
There is a crisis in our journalism, and it's something that has to be taken...
Select Your Media Like Underwear
I get it, I really do. Like many of you, I grew up at a...
Guest (Re)Post: @SueinRockville on the Importance of a Reliable Media
Originally posted at Daily Kos: This Radio Saved over 750 Lives & The Essential Role...
Guest Post – Mary Lyon: My Beloved AP’s Epic Fail
by Mary Lyon, award-winning reporter and writer Listening to Donald Trump’s latest blathering in Manchester,...
We’re Not Electing a Homecoming King/Queen
Once again, if you're a "political junkie" who depends on what you laughingly refer to...
Document Dumpers are Not “Heroes”
Just before the convention last week, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) had to deal with...
A Question of Trust?
I follow politics fairly closely, although in a way that is perhaps different than most...
No Enthusiasm? Bull.
One very serious problem with the media narrative for this year's election is that it...
All Anyone Can Ask: Get the Facts Right
Those who know me really well know that I obsessively check everything before I say...
Guest Post: Media Collaborators Help Drumpf Terrify Kids
(Here's another great post by SueinRockville, one of the brightest regular callers to the Stephanie...
Guest Post: Corrupt Corporate TV and Trump Violence
(Once again, Stephanie Miller Show caller, "Sue in Rockville," tells it like it is about...
Who’s Having Success Against Daesh/ISIS? Obama, of Course
You know, to hear Republicans and many in the media tell it, one would think...
Cutting the Crap on the GOP Clown Show – CNN Edition
It's really time to get back to the roots of this blog, because the crap...
Why is this Happening in Baltimore?
I grew up in Baltimore. When I say “in Baltimore,” well, like most other white...
Put The Progressive Messaging Machine Back on the Rails
There have been so many potentially game-changing moments for the progressive movement over the last...
The Entire NSA Non-Story: Cutting the Crap on Snowden and Greenwald
People have to understand this. I would never say that our intelligence agencies are beyond...
Rand Paul’s Libertarian Vision Apparently includes Freedom to Steal Others’ Works
What, exactly, does it mean for a Republican to be accused of plagiarism, anyway? Isn’t...
Greenwald Thinks He’s Smart, But BBC (Actual) Journalist Pwns Him
As those who have followed me for a while know, I am not a fan...
The Lionization of Snowden Demonstrates the Lethal Combination of Low Standards and High Ideals
I will never understand how anyone could consider Edward Snowden a “hero.” I hesitate to...
Guardian Manufactures “Story” From “Top Secret” Snowden NSA Document
Apparently, the Guardian is seeing the mistake it made in allowing Glenn Greenwald to publish...
Updated: Another Unsupported Attack on Obama by Greenwald
So, Glenn Greenwald is busy working on "some stories," but he decided to take time...