News Media
Many people would likely see it as an obscure topic reported in a minor venue, but Christian Winthrop’s recent article in The Newport Buzz about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) move against noncompete agreements hits three distinct notes that fire me up. The first is that it is unambiguous propaganda: In a landmark decision aimed…
John DePetro and Justin Katz explore recent examples of Democrats setting the stage for themselves.
This has become a focus of the Providence Journal’s city reporter: What stories is Russo not covering because she’s spending so much time on this one? Why is a personnel matter at a private organization newsworthy? As for the content, it finally provides some explanation for a mythical cliché. I’ve never understood the rule that you…
John DePetro and Justin Katz highlight some of the ways the local media and political establishment distort the public message.
One suspects mainstream journalists don’t see this as a problem because they can’t imagine reporting any differently just because the governments they support are directly paying them money: And realistically, we’re finding in Rhode Island that government PR is such a lucrative next step for journalists that it’s more a question of whether they work…
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss unions, immigration, infrastructure, borrowing, and other ways special interests profit from government.
John DePetro and Justin Katz lament the lack of focus on the basics in RI government and media.
John DePetro and Justin Katz go over the slow-rolling perpetual disaster of RI politics and government.
Considering how frequently I criticize professional journalists, I may too infrequently convey how powerful I think their role can (and should) be. A recent Johnson Sunrise article by Rory Schuler, about the resignation/retirement of Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) Executive Directo Joseph Reposa, is an excellent example of what we’re losing. Without making a gooey…
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…
