Mainstream Media
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss Rhode Island politics and the unsettling reaction to atrocity.
Whether it’s deliberate manipulation or just a sloppy resort to groupthink, Nancy Lavin’s recent article on Rhode Island Current is a good illustration of how issues can be framed to support the preferences of the powerful. Note this section: Proponents tout these expansions as ways to improve voter turnout and access while easing the pressure…
I ask because that looks pretty clearly to be what happens in the video attached to this tweet: Given some online interactions, I’m not even sure Democrat partisans are psychologically capable of seeing the kick — as if it’s one of those optical illusions that some people just don’t process. I suppose the best-case scenario…
Among the many reasons for growing distrust of mainstream journalism is its apparently incessant need to make everything an indication of impending doom. (This is true, at least, when mass hysteria is seen to serve Democrats, as with the climate. On matters that point in the other political direction, like illegal immigration and the economy,…
John DePetro and Justin Katz review several of the dead ends to progress in the Ocean State.
Doublespeak such as that used by Democrat Congressman Seth Magaziner in the following tweet has become so common that we hardly notice it. He (or a staffer who wrote the post) may not even realize the problem with the word choice (which would make it doublethink, I suppose): If government supports journalism, it is by…
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the curious lack of real disagreement in RI politics.
John DePetro and Justin Katz review the political news of the day in Rhode Island.
John DePetro and Justin Katz talk about the latest political news.
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss top political stories in Rhode Island.