Mainstream Media
I earmarked this Boston Globe article, which John DePetro and I discussed last week, for one additional point related to this: “A great scoop can come from anywhere,” said Brian Stelter, a media reporter who previously hosted CNN’s “Reliable Sources” and was a fellow at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center. “Right wing media historically has talked about…
Without naming names, I’m observing an interesting phenomenon on Twitter, recently. I’ve been saying that the Trump era led mainstream journalists to give themselves permission to ignore everybody with whom they disagree — which is to say, “conservatives.” This has a downstream consequence, though: when you determine to ignore people with whom you merely disagree, you…
John DePetro and Justin Katz detail gaps in political awareness in RI.
I wondered, the other day, whether young Americans are so much ignorant of history as they are indifferent to the truth. Here’s another shocking datapoint in that set: Following the trail of links suggests that the culprit is not ignorance or, for that matter, indifference. This is part of an approach. A filmmaker (presumably of…
John DePetro and Justin Katz review some of the inauspicious indicators of Rhode Island’s political scene going into the new year.
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the rot and corruption of progressive-dominated Northeastern institutions.
We’re descending to a place, in the United States and Rhode Island, in which controversy is not permitted over certain subjects, as Erika Sanzi points out: Of course, several trends probably all come together. Media outlets don’t have the business model to fund all that they used to, and most journalists don’t have the legal…
John DePetro and Justin Katz challenge the common wisdom in RI government, media, and higher education.
John DePetro and Justin Katz point out the hidden motives of RI politicians and activists and their works.
Mainstream ignorance of Rhode Island’s political opposition is a warning sign of an unhealthy and surreal political environment.
