Donny the Business Genius
The number one reason most Trump fans cite for why they like the Orange Menace...
Category: Media
The Free Press Needs to Be Responsible
You know, it's a funny thing about Americans... We are all aware that we have...
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...