Shamelessly stolen from 90 Miles From Tyranny: ‘Nuff said.
Category: media
Mar 28 2024
Concerning NBC And Ronna McDaniel
I sometimes wonder if my function in this life is simply to remember things others have forgotten. The recent hiring-then-firing of former RNC Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel has widely been treated as an unprecedented event…which it isn’t. Hearken to Ann Coulter’s narration of the media “career” of one Susan Molinari, former Congresswoman from …
Mar 18 2024
Shamelessness As A Political Weapon (UPDATED)
The key political asset of our time is the ability to tell any lie, however outrageous or absurd, with a perfectly straight face: eyes straight and flat, no lifting of either corner of the mouth, and no tightening of either nostril. Moreover, the liar must be able to maintain that solemn-as-a-judge expression through a …
Feb 26 2024
Mask Droppings
Now and then, the alliance between the Democrats and the media, which is usually kept on the Q.T., becomes too open, too shameless for anyone to conceal it. The following brief video is a case in point: Turn the volume up so you can hear the “reporter’s” questions. She is trying to imply …
Feb 21 2024
The Narrative Has Parts
Supreme over all other laws is The First Law: The First Law: Everything Has Parts. (Except the First Law) For example, we have The Narrative, a thing of many parts, none of them particularly pleasant. Here are a few: Gun control works. Diversity is our strength. It’s not race, it’s “culture.” Minorities cannot …
Feb 15 2024
The Most Horrifying Possibility
What comes to mind when you hear or read the phrase “weapon of mass destruction?” For most, it stimulates thoughts of things that can wreak physical destruction. H-Bombs. Poison gases. Biowar bacteria and viruses. And yes, those certainly are nasty things we’d rather not have to face. But physical destruction isn’t the only …
Feb 14 2024
In Journalism, Probity Is Irrelevant
A dear friend, Lynn Chesnut, has opined for a long time that “broadcast journalism” is inherently untruthful, illegitimate, and generally unnecessary. When I first encountered Lynn’s thesis, I was seriously disturbed by it. Is there an actual social benefit from American citizens not knowing what’s going on in distant places? Perhaps, perhaps not. But …
Feb 11 2024
Concerning The Animus Against Tucker Carlson For Interviewing Vladimir Putin
A phony will always despise the genuine article. The overwhelming majority of the more prominent “journalists” of our time are phonies. Tucker Carlson is the genuine article. But beyond that, he takes risks and he strikes for the jugular. He goes straight for the most critical subjects of the day and leaves the trivia …
Feb 11 2024
Stop All That Thinking!
Don’t think. Don’t investigate. Don’t ask about “sources.” Don’t demand confirmations. And above all, do what you’re told! Your block’s political commissar will stop by later to see how you’re doing.
Feb 06 2024
Who Needs A Ministry Of Truth?
We have the mainstream media! Reid declares that “people have this mismemory of the Trump era” but claims that no wall (even part of one) was ever contracted. pic.twitter.com/RfxqEoAmw0 — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) February 5, 2024 Herein lies the danger of “media pigeonholing” oneself. He who confines his news-consumption to particular streams that …
Jan 13 2024
Where The “News” Is
If you labor in the news media, your principal need is news: i.e., things to talk about in your newspaper / radio program / television program / website. What will matter to you above all, therefore, is where “news” can be found. That, it develops, is a giant part of the maladies of our …
Jan 12 2024
How It’s Done
Vivek Ramaswamy may not be our next president, but he’s a man to watch: 🚨 WOW 🚨 Vivek FLIPS script on Reporters, leaving media STUNNED by simply asking: – ‘Did you lie about Trump-Russia collusion?’ [SILENCE] – ‘Is Hunter Biden’s laptop Russian disinformation?’ [SILENCE] – ‘Did COVID leak from the Wuhan lab?’ [SILENCE] Just …
Jan 10 2024
Look Sharp: Narrative Engineering In Progress!
Beware the narrative engineers in government and the media, the ones who craft fear and suspicion from quite ordinary things. Have an example: In December of 2021, the Pentagon furthered the ‘white rage’ narrative, warning that ‘extremism’ within the ranks was on the rise, which would require ‘detailed new rules’ to prohibit service …
Jan 06 2024
Dismissal Through Diagnosis
The old rhetorical gambit called argumentum ad hominem is most often deployed by advocates for a shaky proposition. If Smith has a better case for his position, such that the preponderance of the evidence and the logic it supports appear to have won the day, his adversary Jones will be powerfully tempted to “attack …
Dec 27 2023
Mask Droppings
FORBES was once proud to call itself a “capitalist tool.” That’s some years back now. Today the magazine peddles tendentious twaddle: Why ‘Doing Your Own Research’ May Make You Believe Fake News In an age in which misinformation abounds, how do you determine what is real and what is fake? New research …
Dec 14 2023
The Deception Campaign: Dispatches
Every now and then, a review of the most recent skirmishes in the struggle between the deceivers and censors and the rest of us is desirable. A week ago, Ace produced a good one. Here’s a jewel from that piece: The hot new concept in ” ” ” journalism ” ” ” is …
Nov 18 2023
Techniques In Dissimulation
It pays to stay abreast of developments in deceit. Those who fail to do so might not recognize occasions when someone is striving to mislead them. That can lead to unpleasantness. One that is seldom appreciated for its ironic beauty recently poked its head above the high-slime line: Late Wednesday, the Capitol …
Nov 09 2023
“Keeping The Receipts”
Chaya Raichik, the worthy proprietor of the popular Twitter account “Libs of TikTok,” has demonstrated that she knows the importance of “keeping the receipts:” It all started with USA Today “journalist” Will Carless and his article trying to tie Raichik and her tweets to threats supposedly made to people and organizations whose derangement …
Oct 22 2023
Shoot Down This Trial Balloon Fast
This headline, House chaos forces Senate to take the wheel on spending , suggests further defacto trampling of our constitution. All spending bills are to start in the House of Representatives. Calling the failure to keep the Continuing Resolution afloat a crisis is just one more assault on our freedom. Forces the Senate to violate …
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