Category Archives: Journalism

NYT: Is Australia’s Media Too Prudish for a Sex Scandal?

Amelia Lester writes in the New York Times: Barnaby Joyce was probably the last politician average Australians would expect to be embroiled in a sex scandal. A comparison to Mike Pence isn’t so far-fetched: They’re both second in charge of … Continue reading

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Does Trump Remind You Of The Pharoah?

Howard Kurtz writes in his new book Media Madness: Donald Trump, the Press, and the War over the Truth: But perhaps the most forehead-smacking piece in the Washington Post began with a Passover Seder held by a woman whose guests … Continue reading

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New York Times Reviews ‘Fire And Fury’ Book

Jonathan Martin writes in the New York Times: Then there is the sloppiness: The former representative Dick Armey was never House speaker, the Washington lobbyist Hilary Rosen spells her first name with only one “l” and it is Mike Berman, … Continue reading

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Bribing The Press

Comments at Steve Sailer: * It would seem to me that Mexico is just practicing a less sophisticated form of message control that is commensurate with its generally lower standard of living, i.e. outright bribes in the form of advertising … Continue reading

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Going Postal

Comments at Steve Sailer: * Taibbi wrote one of the best books on the 2008 debacle (Kleptocracy) and Ames wrote the only serious book on the mass shooting phenomenon (Going Postal). Ames was for many years the editor of the … Continue reading

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