The working assumption is that news outlets want a close Presidential race to increase ratings and therefor ad revenue. That's true of course but there's more to it than that. I hope you'll indulge me in explaining the truly...
I don't blame the mainstream media, print media as well as electronic media, for feeling like they're surrounded and can't seem to get slapped silly.
I can sympathize with them because I was one of the people who was whacking them...
“Not the odds, but the stakes.”
Simple, straightforward and, because "Horse Race" is what the new LOVES to talk about during elections and especially Presidential elections a devastating indictment that someone needs to be promoting it. However, according to an...
It's a weird world and has been for a long time. Learning that a journalist from a major outlet actually presses (forcefully) a Congress Critter slinging hypocrisy and b.s. was startling for me. And that it was CNN's John...
"It may not be good for America, but it's damned good for CBS" (Les Moonves)
I'm sure you're familiar with that statement by former CBS head Les Moonves. Former as in forced out but not over that statement or the...
Yesterday Ursula posted an article here that delved into what sure seems like the media's determination to (again) normalize Trump and worse, his minions in the runup to the Nov. 2024 election. Treat him like any other candidate, albeit...
I'm going to start with a conclusion first. I think that mainstream media is being so accommodating to Donald Trump because the billionaires that own them don't want to pay Joe Biden's billionaire tax. And I think we're in...
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez has been a controversial figure in Congress since she got there. She's well educated, hyper brainy and beautiful, so she gets a lot of attention. Some of that attention is warranted, yes, but some of it...
Well, the news was all breathless yesterday about the rabid beast known as Rupert Murdoch stepping away from Fox and it's parent company, leaving son Lachlan in "complete control." Typical is this article from CNN. The story got a...
To be fair, both before and after there was criticism of NBC for platforming Trump, especially as the kickoff for the new era with Kristen Welker's inaugural episode as host. Prior to the interview airing clips from it generated...
