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Category Archives: Journalism
NYT: CBS Rebukes Anchor Over Tense Interview With Ta-Nehisi Coates
The New York Times reports: Executives said the interview, conducted by the morning show anchor Tony Dokoupil, had fallen short of network editorial standards… CBS News on Monday rebuked one of its star morning anchors, Tony Dokoupil, over an interview … Continue reading
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The Embodied Expression Of The Elite Attitude
In his Oct. 7, 2024 “Israel Update” video with the Hudson Institute’s Middle East analyst Michael Doran, right-wing Israeli historian Gadi Taub selected this as his dumbest media commentary moment of the week: “[Journalist] Ilana Dayan speaking on CNN to … Continue reading
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Connie: A Memoir
Connie Chung writes in this 2024 book: * I didn’t start out wanting to be a guy. But in the late 1960s, when I broke into the overwhelmingly male – dominated television news business, all I saw around me was … Continue reading
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Dumb Media Tropes
Here are some annoying tics I notice in the news: * “Israel fears escalation.” Israel has been the aggressor for months against Iran and Hezbollah. Israel welcomes a wider war. Israel doesn’t fear escalation as much as it fears the … Continue reading
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Trump won on foreign policy (9-13-24)
The strength and weakness of much of my analysis is that I base it on my shortcomings and then project that on to public figures who seem to have the same afflictions that have troubled me. I have had, according … Continue reading