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Category Archives: Journalism
The Shorter The Question, The Better The Question
In my experience as a reporter, the shorter the question, the better. When I watch journos ask long questions during TV press conferences, it seems to me that these lengthy addresses do not serve reporting, rather, they are forms of … Continue reading
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The Different Ways That The BBC, Fox News & CNN Cover The Iran War
The three networks cover the same war. They do not cover the same story. That gap is not mainly about bias in the way the word usually gets used, implying that one outlet distorts reality while others report it straight. … Continue reading
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How do the MSM know Trump doesn’t have a plan for the Strait of Hormuz?
They don’t know. They infer. Most mainstream reporters covering the Strait of Hormuz question work from three signals. The first is bureaucratic. In Washington reporting, journalists treat the visible behavior of institutions as a proxy for the existence of a … Continue reading
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Why Are Journalists Embracing ‘Goldilocks’ Descriptions?
The word “Goldilocks” comes from a 19th-century fairy tale in which a girl tests three versions of the same thing and finds the middle option just right. The porridge is neither too hot nor too cold. The bed is neither … Continue reading
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Decoding Jerusalem Post Military Correspondent Yonah Ben Bob
Yonah Jeremy Bob did not come to journalism through a traditional media path. He worked inside the Israeli Military International Law Division, the Justice Ministry, and the Israeli Embassy to the UN before he began covering the institutions he once … Continue reading
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Decoding The Jerusalem Post & Israeli Journalism
The Jerusalem Post sits at the intersection of Israeli security intelligence and Western policy discourse. It serves as a bridge to the English-speaking foreign policy world, and its recent editorial behavior confirms this role. The paper functions as a release … Continue reading
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Decoding FT Columnist Gideon Rachman
In David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory, Gideon Rachman is the High Priest of the Transatlantic Server. As the chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times, he does not just report on geopolitics; he manages the Sacred Symbols of Global Stability … Continue reading
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The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Status Through “Structural Conspiracy Theories” in Elite Media
Nobody in elite media says they promote conspiracy theories. They say they explain systems. They trace historical legacies. They map incentive structures. That is the move. It turns causal claims into status claims, and it defines who gets to interpret … Continue reading
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High-Brow New York Times Op/Ed By Iran Expert Destroyed By Reality
Eyal Yakoby posts: “BREAKING: Mojtaba Khamenei was reportedly severely injured, one of his legs has been amputated, and he may not even be aware that he is the Supreme Leader.” I spent my weekend reading the 2025 book “Iran’s Grand … Continue reading
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Reluctant Relief That Trump Is Bombing Iran Seeps Through Elite Commentary
You can see hints of it. It rarely appears as open approval. It leaks out in tone, framing, and what journalists choose to emphasize. One signal is the grudging competence frame. Analysts who strongly dislike Trump will write things like … Continue reading
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