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Category: media
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 …
Sep 24 2023
Trustworthy Motives
It’s all too often the case that one is tempted to do something he knows is wrong by a prospect for personal gain. Temptations of that sort are the most reliable for the evocation of evil. And of course, the larger the gain at stake, the stronger the temptation. In a column of …
Sep 13 2023
Mask Droppings Dept 2023-09-13
I never expected anything this brazen, even from the Usurper Regime: The White House sent a letter to top US news executives on Wednesday, urging them to intensify their scrutiny of House Republicans after Speaker Kevin McCarthy launched an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, despite having found no evidence of a crime. …
Sep 13 2023
Drooling Joe’s puppet masters summon their flying monkeys
You can almost hear them screeching “ATTACK! ATTAAAAAAAACK!” Biden’s White House is planning to send a letter to some of the country’s most prominent news organizations — including CNN, The New York Times, and Fox News — urging them to “ramp up their scrutiny” of House Republicans “for opening an impeachment inquiry based on lies.” …
Sep 07 2023
Can we please get the media to stop pretending
Pretending what? That this drooling Chinese hand puppet is somehow sentient. President Biden was accused of being disrespectful after he quickly exited the East Room of the White House before the conclusion of a Medal of Honor ceremony honoring a Vietnam War veteran on Tuesday. Biden, 80, abruptly left the ceremony after fastening the nation’s …
Sep 03 2023
Skip The Talking-Head Shows
This is all you need to see or hear: Applause to Hans G. Schantz for unearthing this gem.
Aug 24 2023
Interesting Contrasts Dept.
Does anyone else remember how the mainstream media treated President George W. Bush on September 11, 2001? When Dubya received notice of the attack on the World Trade Center, he was reading a story to a classroom full of kids. He continued to do so for a few minutes before attending to the horrifying …
Aug 19 2023
News Tokenism
Tokenism usually refers to the inclusion of a member of some group perceived as “victimized” or “a dispreferred minority.” But there are varieties of tokenism that are unconcerned with such things. Tokenism in the news media can mean grudgingly mentioning something unfavorable to the Left. Here’s an example from CNN: TAPPER: Yes. And …
Jul 31 2023
Forbidden Love
The signs of an impending apocalypse are everywhere. In fact, They Who Pour The Very Best Butter Over The Cams And Gears Of Society have decided that we must have our faces rubbed in them. It doesn’t matter what measures we take to avoid them; today they’re ubiquitous, apparently by design. A few …
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