Category Archives: Journalism

Most News Is Unimportant

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Luke Ford

On a scale of 1-10, with 1 representing reality TV and 10 representing nuclear cataclysm, I think of Covid-19 as a 7 (I think before it is done it will likely take away millions of years of quality of life … Continue reading →

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Iphigenia: Anatomy of a Murder Trial

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Luke Ford

Here are some excerpts from this 2011 Janet Malcolm book: * What they say in their opening statements is decisive, of course. If we understand that a trial is a contest between competing narratives, we can see the importance of … Continue reading →

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Twitter: ‘Legendary journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts has died at 75’

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Luke Ford

I’ve spent many hours listening to Cokie Roberts on NPR and watching her on TV. I can’t remember anything memorable she ever said or did. What exactly makes her legendary? One hundred thousand American journalists could have performed her job … Continue reading →

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Alternative To MSM Distribution

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Luke Ford

Comments at Steve Sailer: Bittorrent has been delivering decentralized, ad-free, censorship-free media for nearly two decades. It’s rock solid, well-proven, has extensive tooling, requires virtually no investment or overhead, and doesn’t require touching anything made by Hollywood or Silicon Valley. … Continue reading →

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TGP: ARE TECH GIANTS WORKING TOGETHER TO CENSOR CONSERVATIVES? — Apple, YouTube and Facebook BAN Infowars on Same Day

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Luke Ford

MP3: https://soundcloud.com/luke-ford-666431593/npr-youtube-apple-and-facebook-ban-alex-jones Claire Khaw. 18:00 Kevin Grace: "There is a momentum amongst the progressives that is nothing less than Soviet – that they do not regard any dissent from their opinions as as legitimate: none of it, ever." https://t.co/oizCsNcBVq — … Continue reading →

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