The NY Times reveals itself and what news we’ll see in 2020
Read this to see what they will tell you during the next few years, & why, & with what results.
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Worry again about a huge El Niño (droughts, floods, etc)! Or listen to the pros.
Summary: The fear barrages about climate change reveal so much about America today, such as the common tactics of Left and Right and their disinterest in science except when operationally useful. It also shows why the Right wins and the Left becomes marginal, as we see in this repeat of last year’s warnings of a …
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Media madness #1 – their lies and ignorance make us stupid
Critics (like me) have railed about the flaws of the old media. Media experts, such as Clay Shirky, have warned that the new news media might be worse. Today we look at evidence supporting their fears. Here we see the essence of making us stupid Internet websites, 21st century propaganda machines. It’s not that their analysis was …
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Something every American should read – about torture
Articles like this are why Slate deserves to be on everybody’s must-read favorites list, and demonstrates that journalism will survive the death of newspapers (in their current form). This is IMO a must-read article for every American. Unlike the usual practice on this site it is reprinted in full. It deserves to be read in full. …
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