Let’s get crazy and play pretend. Let’s imagine that a white ESPN male anchor, during the presidency of Barack Obama, put out a series of tweets calling Mr. Obama a racist, and said he was ignorant and offensive. What do we suppose would happen to him? What do we think… CONTINUE
Why I Hate/Distrust the Media
Way before Donald Trump became President, I had a dislike and mistrust of the press. A boss of mine, back when I was a legal secretary, who was one of dozens attorneys involved in the Getty estate, told me, “Never talk to the press. They’ll always get it wrong.” Solid… CONTINUE
Jumping the Shark: The News Media Way
It was the fifth season of the sitcom “Happy Days” and producers figured they needed something to boost the show’s sagging ratings. So they had the gang leave industrial, blue collar Milwaukee and head for southern California where everybody is beautiful and the sun always shines. And on September 20,… CONTINUE
Whataboutism is Redefining the Right
A few weeks ago, my wife and I went out to dinner with a nice couple from church. We didn’t know them all that well at the time, being that most of our previous exchanges had taken place at the end of services — a time when loud salutations and… CONTINUE
Trump’s Media War Gets Him (and Us) Nothing
Tuesday night, President Trump delivered a spirited, televised speech to an energetic crowd of supporters in Arizona. It came with the type of rhetoric we’ve grown accustomed to: lashing out at political opponents (on both sides of the aisle), doubling-down on past statements, bragging of an unprecedented number of presidential accomplishments, and… CONTINUE
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