Category: Journalism
-
Requite Good with Evil?
Or with justice? And what is justice? 'Equity'? Substack latest. The short piece ends thusly: You absolutely must read old books to be in a position to assess justly the dreck and drivel pumped out by today's politically-correct quill drivers and so-called 'journalists' who wouldn't know a gerund from a participle if their colons depended on it.
-
Naomi Wolf on Tucker Carlson’s J6 Revelations
A rich Substack article that ends thusly: The gatekeepers who lie to the public about the most consequential events of our time — and who thus damage our nation, distort our history, and deprive half of our citizenry of their right to speak, champion and choose, without being tarred as would-be violent traitors – deserve…
-
Conscience, Brain, and Scientistic Pseudo-Understanding
Substack latest. If nothing else, philosophy is prophylaxis against infection by scientistic pseudo-understanding. Take the jab! Boosters to follow.
-
Cancel the New York Times!
Richard Samuelson, Claremont Review of Books
-
‘Conservative’ Andrew Sullivan Gets the Boot
The defenestration of Andrew Sullivan by New York Magazine shows once again that for the Left one cannot be too far left. This is rich: The latest study of Harvard University faculty, for example, finds that only 1.46 percent call themselves conservative. But that’s probably higher than the proportion of journalists who call themselves conservative…
-
The 2016 Election and the Demise of Journalistic Standards
Michael Goodwin
-
A Simple Point of Logic Journalists Ought to be Aware Of
One often encounters sentences like this one: There are many arenas in which all ideas are not considered equal. This example is from a recent piece in Vox. I could give further recent examples, but one is enough. To simplify, consider just the core thought: All ideas are not considered equal. Unfortunately it is not…
-
You Shouldn’t Trust Liberal Journalists
Here.
-
What is Fake News? Rachel’s Overreach
A news item is a report of a recent event. Must the report be true to count as a genuine news item? I should think so. Must the report be current as well? Obviously. It is true that Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election, but no longer news that she did. So there are…
-
The Quality of The New York Times
Here is the first comment on Ross Douthat's December 16th column. The comment has been awarded 'verified' status, meaning that ". . . it is earned based on a history of quality [read: high quality] comments." Ready? The following means Douthat knows he is neing dishinest, but it is debatable by he and his buddies,…