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Archive for 2018
August 19, 2018
LET’S SEE HOW THIS PANS OUT: Scientists Predict Next 5 Years Will Be Abnormally Hot. Based on their track record to date, I’m going to make my own preparations.
ANALYSIS: TRUE. The media’s hatred of Trump is only hurting itself.
This month marks the two-year anniversary of one of the most important articles ever written on journalism. On Aug. 7, 2016, after Donald Trump formally secured the Republican nomination and the general election was underway, New York Times media columnist James Rutenberg began with a question:
“If you’re a working journalist and you believe that Donald J. Trump is a demagogue playing to the nation’s worst racist and nationalistic tendencies, that he cozies up to anti-American dictators and that he would be dangerous with control of the United States nuclear codes, how the heck are you supposed to cover him?”
Under the Times’ traditional standards, the right answer is that you wouldn’t be allowed to cover any candidate you were so biased against. But that’s not the answer Rutenberg gave.
Instead, quoting an editor who called Hillary Clinton “normal” and Trump “abnormal,” Rutenberg suggested “normal standards” didn’t apply. He admitted that “balance has been on vacation” since Trump began to campaign and ended by declaring that it is “journalism’s job to be true to the readers and viewers, and true to the facts, in a way that will stand up to history’s judgment.”
I wrote then that the article was a failed attempt to justify the lopsided anti-Trump coverage in the Times and other news organizations. It was indeed that — and more, for it also served as a dog whistle for anti-Trump journalists, telling them it was acceptable to reveal their biases.
And boy, have they ever.
The problem for journalists is that unbiased objective coverage, though it might actually be more damaging to Trump in the long run, doesn’t allow for virtue-signaling. And they value the approval of their peer group for having the correct attitudes more than they value anything else.
This is, sadly, a problem that extends well beyond journalism.
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ARE YOU GUILTY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT? #METOO: #MeToo star Asia Argento paid hush money to boy who charged her with sexual assault.
The Italian actress and director Asia Argento was among the first women in the movie business to publicly accuse the producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault. She became a leading figure in the #MeToo movement. Her boyfriend, the culinary television star Anthony Bourdain, eagerly joined the fight.
But in the months that followed her revelations about Mr. Weinstein last October, Ms. Argento quietly arranged to pay $380,000 to her own accuser: Jimmy Bennett, a young actor and rock musician who said she had sexually assaulted him in a California hotel room years earlier, when he was only two months past his 17th birthday. She was 37. The age of consent in California is 18.
That claim and the subsequent arrangement for payments are laid out in documents between lawyers for Ms. Argento and Mr. Bennett, a former child actor who once played her son in a movie.
I’m beginning to be skeptical of the whole enterprise.
OPEN THREAD: Enjoy it.
SEEMS LIKE A CHICKEN AND EGG THING: Low total testosterone linked to chronic disease in men. If your testosterone is low, it might be because of some chronic health problem. Or maybe it’s the reverse, but this study doesn’t tell you which.
ALL THE SPELLS THAT’S FIT TO PRINT: If you’re curious about “Witchcraft in the #MeToo Era,” the Gray Lady is on it.
No word yet if the Washington Post will ask for 1500 words from Sally Quinn on the topic.
MOST DANGEROUS PLACE TO CARRY A GUN? The Bathroom.
COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: CDC: Wearing contacts during sleep may risk serious eye damage.
A 59-year-old man was in the shower, wiping his eyes with a towel, when he heard a popping sound and felt pain shoot through his left eye.
His cornea had developed a severe ulcer and ruptured, tearing a hole in his eye. The ulcer grew from a bacterial infection the man developed after leaving his soft contact lenses in overnight during a two-day hunting trip, according to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case report.
Ugh. Be careful out there.
I DUNNO, I THINK THIS ARTICLE IS JUST PROOF THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES IS IN THE POCKET OF BIG SUNSCREEN: Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Behind It.
ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: Rahm Emanuel Comes Under Fire for Saying a Lack of Morals Behind Violence.
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MAYBE NOT THE EASIEST PLACE TO START: Learning to Drive Stick-Shift on a Dodge Viper.
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TAKEDOWN OF THE YEAR: Ignore the commentary and watch the CNN “analyst” freak out at the idea of Brennan having his security clearance revoked. Revoke ALL their clearances. If the USGOV needs their assistance they can be cleared on an expedited basis. Instead you’re being lied to so these K-Street scum can make huge consulting fees with lobbyists and mega-corporations.
There, I fixed it.
Related (From Ed): ‘GET OUT!!!’ CNN’s Berserk Phil Mudd Tries to Kick Guest off Show.
MICHAEL WALSH: Trump is proving America’s power through economic warfare.
BUZZ, BUZZ: A comprehensive guide to yellow stripey things.
THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: FDA approves brain stimulation device for OCD.
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN “ANCIENT GREEK KARATE STYLE:” How Karate Helped an Aging Expert Age Better: The ancient Greek karate style known as pankration offers time-tested lessons on aging well. Maybe an “Ancient Greek martial art?”
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