Category Archives: Journalism

How The News Differs From Reality

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Luke Ford

What is reality? That which exists no matter how intensely people wish it didn’t. In 1984, Communications professor Sandra Braman wrote that news is “the passage of bureaucratically recognized events through administrative procedures.” At the top of WSJ.com right now … Continue reading →

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The Media Are The Lapdogs Of The Experts (5-31-22)

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Luke Ford

00:00 How did Salvador Ramos get the money to buy his guns? 01:40 Why did the police repeatedly lie to us? 12:00 Fact-check: Do ‘more people die from hands, fists, feet, than rifles’?, https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2022/05/30/fbi-data-deaths-hands-fists-feet-versus-rifles/9960682002/ 16:30 WSJ: Political Narratives Are the … Continue reading →

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When Did Intellectuals Stop Supporting The Free Market Of Ideas?

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Luke Ford

I just read the famous Ronald Coase 1974 essay on the free market of ideas. I was struck that this economist takes for granted that intellectuals support the free market of ideas. When did this de facto intellectual support for … Continue reading →

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The Case Against The News

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Luke Ford

From The Guardian: News is irrelevant. Out of the approximately 10,000 news stories you have read in the last 12 months, name one that – because you consumed it – allowed you to make a better decision about a serious … Continue reading →

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HBO’s Small Town News & That Noble Dream: The ‘Objectivity Question’ (8-3-21)

Posted on August 3, 2021 by Luke Ford

If you are watching a TV show and it makes you uncomfortable because it reminds you of yourself, I assume that indicates that there’s something there you haven’t worked through yet. For example, I’m watching the Small Town News doco, … Continue reading →

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