Tag: Fairness Doctrine
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Why we hate “journalists”, part 1566834523466487987940896045
Headline from AP: Migrants are rattled and unsure as deportations begin under new rule halting asylum Hey assdevils! Why don’t you worry about the NON-IMMIGRANTS for just fucking once in the entire history of your utterly evil unprofession??!??!??! If you were concerned with the welfare of your READERS, the headline would simply reassure them that…
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News doing its job
The SpokaneNews facebook page has been livelier than usual lately. Maybe they have a new employee or something. Tonight they published a notice with a nice moral note, which would NEVER be seen in “mainstream” “news”. Just a reminder! The police pursuit law changes back at 12:00am June 6th. No longer restrictions like before and…
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Up to him
Meanwhile, some of the non-independent “journalists” are getting what they deserve at last. The upper management at WaPo has replaced the chief editor with an old-fashioned hardass who is trying to restore the BUSINESS. He told the young idiots: “Nobody is reading your stuff”. Readership has dropped by half. In response they launched a tweetfest…
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Some good info
Lots of good info in this conversation. Why congress is totally useless, who really has the power, when things changed, who changed things. I appreciate people who start with reality. These guests don’t bother with the textbook crap about “legislation” and “branches” and “rights”. They simply talk about what happens in DC. Their overriding rule…
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Different jobs
Headline says it all: Harvard will no longer make public statements on political, social issues, administration says Starting to get a teensy bit smart, starting to relearn the Fairness Doctrine. Schools and businesses are NOT politicians. Schools and businesses and politicians have DIFFERENT JOBS. A school is supposed to generate profit by training people. A…
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Are they starting to learn?
Somebody on Substack noted, with figures to prove it, that NYTimes is quickly becoming more of a gaming company than a “news” company. Fits with something I’ve seen lately. NYTimes occasionally sends me email spam. Most of it was the usual FUCK TRUMP! PEASANTS ARE HORRIBLE! In recent months the usual is gone, and the…
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The answer
Ryan Grim seems like a plain vanilla commentator, sort of vaguely Libertarian but not unusually incisive. In this clip he shows a UNIQUE GRASP OF REALITY. No other public speaker has ever caught this basic fact of life. He’s talking about an international survey asking people if they feel their country has democracy. In US…
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Why we get news from FB
Last night around 9:30 I had doors and windows open as usual to bring in the nice cool air. Heard some sirens. The sirens stopped close by, and then I heard: SUSPECT, YOU ARE UNDER ARREST! NEIGHBORS, STAY INSIDE YOUR HOUSE! Decided it was a good idea to close windows and doors. SpokaneNews Facebook came…
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Let a hundred basis points bloom
Not a good analogy, but maybe the comparison will help me to think about one of the parallels. = = = = = The solid side of the parallel: ZIRP was an extreme outlier, totally unprecedented when Bugsy Bernanke ordered it in 2008. Previously the expected interest had pulled down to 2% at some points…
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This is how to do it.
Pew writes another long detailed article about how people get local news and what they think of it. Turns out my tastes are typical, not unique! Many people use a local Facebook group instead of radio or TV or newspapers, and most people think weather** is the only important and valid part of local coverage.…
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Modern-sounding in 1951
Linked in previous about Mooers and information tech, worth a reprint. This was written in 2017 at the start of the FUCKTRUMP vs SUCKTRUMP era. Now the only “information” available is either FUCKTRUMP or SUCKTRUMP. You have to pick a side. You can’t be off the playing field. = = = = = START 2017…
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Old advice for “journalists”
In reading about McBee-type card systems, ran across Calvin Mooers. He was one of the more interesting characters of early computing. I’ll feature his Zatocard system later, but first want to write up his best-known observation: An information retrieval system will tend not to be used whenever it is more painful and troublesome for a…
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Sign of sanity
A new survey by Pew checks feelings about the Tech Tyrants. Not much difference between R and D on this question. = = = = = START PEW: Republicans and lean-Republicans (84%) are more likely than Democrats and lean-Democrats (74%) to think these companies have too much political power. And while Republicans’ opinions have changed…
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No product, no sampling
Carrying on with CH Smith’s point that AI is winning because there are no better human products to compare with. Certainly true of “journalism”. The professionals, whether still working in MSM or working elsewhere as fake “independents”, have the same arrogance toward their audience. They know what’s best, and they’re PROUD that their product is…
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Carver vs Substack
I’ve been bitching that Substack is a self-contained universe for its own writers. Stop! I’m a writer inside another self-contained universe, which is quite a bit larger than Substack. Decided to look around the universe where I’m a participant and let it talk to me. WordPress is apparently trying to be more like a community,…
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