- In one of the more rational posts at Stinque, nojo makes the case for ignoring CNN, not because the news network is dishonest, but because the news is mixed in with so much non-news that the mixture clouds the mind.
- T. Paine, at Saving Common Sense, argues that mainstream reporters cannot be objective because they are mostly Democrats and, when they privately donate, it’s to Democrats. Therefore their reporting must be slanted.
I dunno. Could be a step or two missing toward the end of that logic. Like maybe those reporters try to be objective in their public reporting but, in their private lives, they are also patriots.
- Marc McDonald is back at BeggarsCanBeChoosers.com with a campaign to give feedback to Bill O’Reilly’s advertisers as Fox gives out sexual harassment settlement payoffs on his behalf.
- President Trump weighs in on the controversy, opining that Bill O’Reilly has done nothing wrong. Max’s Dad believes this to be one more instance of birds of a feather. It does bring to mind a dim, vague, possibly false memory of Charles Manson suggesting that Jeffrey Dahmer did nothing wrong.
- Jack Jodell at The Saturday Afternoon Post generally doesn’t like Republicans or approve of conservatism. But he believes President Trump has pushed the bar of competence to newly excavated depths.
- Last Of The Millenniums discovers a bit of internal contradiction in Republicans once upon a recent time concerned about presidential overreach through executive orders.
- Vixen Strangely at Strangely Blogged, reacts to the Trump bump of Bannon from the National Security Council. Really funny, says she, as in really weird.
- Green Eagle finds an usual reason to be happy about the possibility of war against Syria.
- PZ Myers suggests that we are going to war against Assad, armed with the indispensable weapons of “piety, sanctimony, and hypocrisy”, augmented by a whole lot of bombs.
- At MadMikesAmerica, David Greenberg explains, somewhat acebicly, all that Congress is doing, having been called back from one of many vacations.
- Infidel753 agrees that Republicans stole a Supreme Court seat, but points out the possibility that they gained little and may ultimately lose a lot. I have a similar thought.
- Libertarian Michael A. LaFerrara at Principled Perspectives argues against Medicare-for-all proposals, employing a common argument: increasing life expectancy. The problem with that argument is it ignores that part of extended life that comes from dramatic decreases in infant mortality. That is not the only argument offered by Mr. LaFerrara. When it comes to healthcare for everyone, he is against the concept itself. “Medicare-for-all is immoral and impractical.”
- Yellow Dog at Blue in the Bluegrass suggests that all the liberal good citizen stuff we do – conserving water during draughts, wearing pink ribbons for Breast Cancer Awareness – distracts from real culprits.
- Vincent at A Wayfarer’s Notes is now out of the hospital, still in treatment for small lymphocytic lymphoma, a form of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow. He manages to write entertainingly about the entire experience, being – you know – the irrepressible genius that he is. The possibility of the universe stumbling on without this writer is hard to envision. We wish him well.
- John Scalzi at Whatever posts kind of a cool view from his hotel window: a courtyard with a giant chess set.
- Jerry Wolfe at Dog Bless Us One And All leaves political sophistry for a moment to have a few words of brief name fun with the induction of the English rock band Yes into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Abbott and Costello can’t be topped, though.
- This Week In Trumpian ‘Alternative Facts’, Leif Kendall takes a look at how creative use of language serves as an anchor for unreality.
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Burr,
The obvious fact is Mr. Paine is far more biased in his writing than the reporters he is accusing. It is called projection. I wonder if he understands agenda driven FOX and Breitbart are also far more biased than mainstream reporting.
A thoughtful person understands “reporters try to be objective in their public reporting but, in their private lives, they are also patriots”.
An informed person also understands the employers and owners of corporate media are corporate biased and are careful not to offend corporate advertisers.
An informed person knows that most American newspapers endorsed George W. Bush in 2000.
https://www.gwu.edu/~action/natendorse5.html
Even after the debacle in Iraq Editor&Publisher found that 213 daily newspapers endorsed Kerry and 205 daily newspapers endorsed Bush in 2004.
https://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/cands/natendorse5.html
Those same newspapers that endorsed Bush were accused of being the despicable “liberal media”.
A thoughtful person would also see why people who are more informed and have seen more of the world, people like reporters, tend to not vote for Republicans.
Journalism and our free press have been the demonized and marginalized as “enemies of the people” by Trump and the far Right. The same is true for scientists with “politically incorrect” evidence and conclusions about climate change. It is the Right that politicized climate change denial. The same demonizing and marginalizing has been targeting liberals, educators and unions and anyone who supports constitutional taxes, constitutional regulation of commerce, and constitutional provision for the general welfare. You know, “commies”.
As I noted regarding Mr. Paine’s admiration for Greenfield’s demonizing “Civil War” article, any lie, any accusation, any insult, any slur, any attack, and any demeaning words for any liberal for any false reason is gospel to the true believers of the authoritarian far Right.
Instead of a fact based rebuttal to my points, Mr. Paine offered personal accusations of “demagoguing, demonization, and Alinsky-style tactics to be used against anyone that had the temerity to offer an opposing viewpoint”. This would also be called projection.
I would suppose I’ve just committed those same offenses again with this response. 😉
It’s a good thing we have conservatives to tell us what we think, who we are, who to believe, and how terrible our views are. Otherwise how would we know?
Sure Dave, sure.
“It’s a good thing we have conservatives to tell us what we think, who we are, who to believe, and how terrible our views are.” Happy you are finally seeing the light. Will keep praying for you.