Archive for 2019
October 3, 2019
‘TOTAL HIT JOB:’ Attorney Ted Frank FOIA’d Ben Penn’s emails to Labor Dept. about Leif Olson and ‘this looks veeeeeery bad for Bloomberg Law’ [screenshots].
Related: When is it acceptable journalistic practice to “surface” old social media posts?
Journalists routinely complain about being forced to produce vast amounts of content under tight deadlines. Reporter often call me and request a quote instantly, because they are facing a deadline–whether or not I’ve had time to consider the issue! I get it. Social media has transformed the news landscape. The first to publish gets the glory.
Given these constraints, why would a reporter spend countless hours aimlessly scrolling through Facebook posts with the sole purpose of surfacing offensive tweets? There are so many other useful tasks a reporter can perform. Moreover, why would any competent editor at Bloomberg approve of such a task? Note to Bloomberg: this failure belongs also to your editorial team–they should face discipline as well as Penn.
As with the Des Moines Register’s attempt to cancel Carson King, a lot of news organizations once thought to be relatively benign are certainly blowing up their reputations lately.
(Which apropos of nothing, makes the timing of Clint Eastwood’s new directorial effort all the more impressive: Fake News Media is Really Going to Hate Clint Eastwood’s New Movie.)
TALK OF A “COUP” BY DEMOCRATS SEEMS LESS CRAZY: Tlaib: Democrats Looking Into How to Arrest Trump Officials. It’s just Tlaib’s usual bullshit, but should anything like that happen in these inflamed times, it could be the opening of a civil war. Note that the precedent with regard to non-enforcement of Congressional subpoenas was set by Obama with Eric Holder.
HARSH, BUT FAIR:
DISPATCHES FROM THE DEVIL’S PLEASURE PALACE: The New York Times’ 1619 Project Reeks Of Herbert Marcuse’s Divisive Ideology.
(Classical reference in headline.)
JOE BIDEN IS NO LONGER A FRONT-RUNNER: “What are the chances that Biden will suddenly become a high-energy, inspiring campaigner? About the same as the chances he will become younger. In the first months of the campaign, the weakness of Biden’s ‘restoration’ theme was that it reminded voters that he is a figure from the past. Discussing senatorial colleagues from 40 years ago just added to the impression that he is an old man.”
ANDREW MCCARTHY: Ignore the hype — this is not an impeachment inquiry. “What is portrayed as an ‘impeachment inquiry’ is actually just a made-for-cable-TV political soap opera. The House of Representatives is not conducting a formal impeachment inquiry. To the contrary, congressional Democrats are conducting the 2020 political campaign.”
HARSH, BUT FAIR.
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FLASHBACK: When the U.S. stood still: Awaiting the O.J. verdicts in 1995. “The communal-like anticipation on that October day was remarkable: No news event in recent American history — save, perhaps, the first lunar landing in July 1969 — was awaited by such vast audiences and characterized so thoroughly by uncertainty.”
GET WOKE, GO BROKE? Major Layoffs Are Coming At Sports Illustrated Today.
As NewsBusters spotted in August, “Kaepernick Is Cover Man for SI’s PC List of NFL’s Most Influential People.”
Of course, today’s Sports Illustrated has little in common with the publication that Henry Luce, its center-right creator, began in 1954. Or as Iowahawk would say:
EXPECTING AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: Early warning signs preceded deadly collapse of Krakatau volcano.
BLUE DOT IN A RED STATE: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Warns Austin to Fix Its Homeless Mess—Or He Will.
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: London’s University and College Union apologizes after failing to include Jews on list of groups of Holocaust victims.
Related: BDS Is The New Face Of The Old Antisemitism: What Will We Do To Stop It?
DOES HE EVEN KNOW THE WORD? Donald Trump Jr. Blasts Adam Schiff: He Was Hand-Picked by George Soros and Should Resign in Disgrace.
I SAW A NEWISH DODGE RAM BELCHING BLACK SMOKE EVERY TIME IT SHIFTED GEARS, as it towed an enormous flatbed trailer stacked with some sort of heavy metal parts. Today’s heavy-duty pickups are rated to tow a crazy amount of weight. Here’s how engineers make sure they can do it safely, without anything breaking. I’m pretty sure they were exceeding the rated weight.
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THE ANGLE YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED FROM KAMALA HARRIS TRYING TO “PROTECT” A WHISTLEBLOWER BY SILENCING TRUMP: Kamala Harris’s letter is little more than political posturing. Her posturing is particularly rich, given the way she used government power as California’s attorney general to silence David Daleiden, the “whistleblower,” if you will, behind the sting videos revealing Planned Parenthood’s trafficking in baby body parts.
I’M PRETTY SURE WE’RE NOW LIVING IN THE ALTERNATE UNIVERSE THAT ENDS WITH A GOATEED SPOCK: Nickelback Issues Copyright Claim on Funny Trump Video, Runs Up Against the Streisand Effect.
DEB HEINE: Newly Released Judicial Watch Docs Paint Rosenstein as Active Participant in Deep State Coup. “The communications—which include ‘off the record’ emails with major media outlets around the date of Mueller’s appointment—show that Rosenstein did not just dispassionately go along with the fraudulent probe in an attempt to get at the truth, but was an active participant in the deep state coup, secretly plotting with other FBI and DOJ officials against the president of the United States”
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