My frustrating beloved friend E. moves from "By Jove! Human researchers are sometimes wrong and sometimes venal!" to "Therefore I will disbelieve everything said by an authority isn't that obvious" and has ignored my questions about what, then, he chooses to base his beliefs on.
I couldn't agree with you more if I had a dump truck.
You say that the antidote is information-- lots of it. Including the information that is interpretation, which should be told in stories, not merely freestanding stats and buzzwords, and without seeking under every rock or in every shoutfest for some contrarian to establish cheapjack "independence."
I agree So Much. And with large media outlets so entwined with big money advertisers, such coverage is available only through small media and passionate independent journalists. May they thrive despite the efforts to smother them, and may they lead our nation to a journalistic renaissance. I remember the Watergate-prompted journalistic revolution of the 1970s, and I have hope.
McTrump and his Putinista caucus are aided and comforted by “Mudruck” and company. They will NEVER a yield and promote truth over fiction. We are in a serious struggle between good and evil!
As a journalist, I am appalled equally at the craven piles of Murdoch who would play into that. They became fabulously wealthy on the back of democracy.
Much as I'm glad he's stepping down, I'm not seeing a whole lot to celebrate. The son who remained with the business is arguably worse than dear old Dad. At least we can look forward to the Smartmatic case revving up - and hopefully making another huge hole in the Fox financials.
I have thought about that. What would make a man like this back out of public life? Illness. Death. They appear to be immune from shame or fear of losing their fortune.
I am always amazed by the responses I get from goofballs that are still stuck in the Fox “ news “ muck
When I point out that they settled the defamation suit for $780 million dollars for lying to them , they say but they all lie
If they all lie , why would you believe anything anyone says
I hope you ask that follow-up question but I cannot imagine there's a good answer for it.
I just believe what I believe is the usual response
And there's "Why, it's Common Sense."
My frustrating beloved friend E. moves from "By Jove! Human researchers are sometimes wrong and sometimes venal!" to "Therefore I will disbelieve everything said by an authority isn't that obvious" and has ignored my questions about what, then, he chooses to base his beliefs on.
Ah, yes. Common sense, of course, is how you know the earth is flat. 😉
It's worse, though. Plain old Aristotelian logic is violated.
I couldn't agree with you more if I had a dump truck.
You say that the antidote is information-- lots of it. Including the information that is interpretation, which should be told in stories, not merely freestanding stats and buzzwords, and without seeking under every rock or in every shoutfest for some contrarian to establish cheapjack "independence."
I agree So Much. And with large media outlets so entwined with big money advertisers, such coverage is available only through small media and passionate independent journalists. May they thrive despite the efforts to smother them, and may they lead our nation to a journalistic renaissance. I remember the Watergate-prompted journalistic revolution of the 1970s, and I have hope.
All this.
McTrump and his Putinista caucus are aided and comforted by “Mudruck” and company. They will NEVER a yield and promote truth over fiction. We are in a serious struggle between good and evil!
As a journalist, I am appalled equally at the craven piles of Murdoch who would play into that. They became fabulously wealthy on the back of democracy.
Much as I'm glad he's stepping down, I'm not seeing a whole lot to celebrate. The son who remained with the business is arguably worse than dear old Dad. At least we can look forward to the Smartmatic case revving up - and hopefully making another huge hole in the Fox financials.
Exactly. His son will simply pick up the mantle.
Maybe that mantle will be another billion or so lighter in cash on hand.
We can hope.
Go, lawyers. GIt some.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirt_of_Nessus
I have thought about that. What would make a man like this back out of public life? Illness. Death. They appear to be immune from shame or fear of losing their fortune.
I was honestly never sure whether a celebrated family corpse might be carried out of that White House, but I wouldn't have put any money on which.
I want him to stay alive and feel the sensation of public shaming straight into the tomb. Different strokes, I guess.
Alas, there is no shame among such sociopathic malefactors. You have probably already read https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-common-good-chapter-8-honor-and.
He's the best, isn't he?