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Category Archives: Journalism
The Media Are The Lapdogs Of The Experts (5-31-22)
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?
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
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)
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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The “Facts” of El Salvador According to Objective and New Journalism
Professor Sandra Braman published in 1984: Since the 1960s, each side in the debate over new journalism has accused the other of projecting a fictional view of reality. “Objective” journalists attack colleagues they call “new journalists” for distorting facts by … Continue reading
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