4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (614+ words) Since it's always been done by human beings, there has never been anybody remotely close to being absolutely objective in the news media in America, or anywhere else, for that matter, but that's no reason not to strive constantly to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1035+ words) Happy Monday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. The Sine Qua Non Sequitur is spending the day judging a full-contact Rice-A-Roni cookoff just outside of Eureka." The Democrats' flying monkeys in the mainstream media have been having a rough go of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (562+ words) CBS News is the Titanic of broadcast news organizations. It's a century old, spans the globe, airs something like a dozen programs, and employs more than 10, 000 " the most powerful all cut from the same ideological mold. Steering that hulk away…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (517+ words) "News avoidance," as the head of the BBC called it " switching off the daily dose of information from social media. newspapers, and TV shows " is growing." "A Reuters study found that every age group was getting more checked-out: in 2015, 89 percent…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1002+ words) Storytelling has always played a huge part in American culture since its inception; it is something every nation on Earth shares. When talking about American politics, a completely new branch of the storytelling playbook has evolved. Political storytelling has always…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (331+ words) Gasc'n is not missed, except, that is, among the criminal class who benefitted from his lenient policies, and at the Los Angeles Times, where magical thinking on crime still predominates. In a story published Feb. 13, the Times laments that Hochman…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1017+ words) Long ago, before most media moved online, I worked for a small weekly paper in Louisville, Ky. , the Louisville Eccentric Observer, coincidentally owned at the time by future U. S. Rep. John Yarmuth. It was my first real look behind the curtain…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (895+ words) The first visible crack came with Nellie Bly, fairly described as a stunt reporter. Her work was brave and effective, exposing abuses that would otherwise have remained hidden. But it also introduced a dangerous precedent: the journalist as protagonist. Readers…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (320+ words) Oh, the lefty drama surrounding the demise of the once-vaunted newspaper of record in the nation's capital, The Washington Post. Pick any classic description of anguish you like " there is weeping and gnashing of teeth, and garments are being rent…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (727+ words) Oh, Don Lemon, beacon of the bold, Strutting like a martyr in the cold, Arrested for a stunt that screams "Look at me!"Fake chains clinking, craving sympathy. Don Lemon is working hard, finding new ways to stand directly under…...