The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    But not that obvious to wannabe partisan spinmeisters and Nielsen et. al., Nate

    By artappraiser on Sun, 10/28/2018 - 10:13pm |

    This is obvious I guess, but if you want to cut down on bothsidesism, put people on TV who have subject-matter expertise acquired through reporting or research... not generalists who are asked to opine on a whole bunch of topics they don't really know anything about.

    — Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 29, 2018

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    "The administration bases its policies on what's the loudest and most clickable headline."

    byline to Critics Say The Trump Administration Hasn't Done Enough To Stop Right-Wing Extremism @ BuzzFeedNews.com, Oct. 28


    by artappraiser on Sun, 10/28/2018 - 10:57pm

    Is this the way, something elites can do with success?


    by artappraiser on Sun, 10/28/2018 - 11:01pm

    Email addresses for boycotting activism targeting Fox News:


    by artappraiser on Mon, 10/29/2018 - 12:06am


    by artappraiser on Mon, 10/29/2018 - 12:11am

    to be fair, it's not 24/7 Hannity & Dobbs over there:


    by artappraiser on Mon, 10/29/2018 - 4:13am

    host of "Wait Wait" on NPR echoing Nate:

    Just sitting around watching the "Morning Shows" and here's a crazy idea: instead of paying Trump supporters to argue with increasingly outraged pundits, scrap all of it and just talk to reporters about facts.

    — Peter Sagal (@petersagal) October 28, 2018

    of course he doesn't have to worry about selling ratings and demographics to advertisers....and partisan debates and trying out spin and talking points are good for ratings, and can go viral that can double your payoff...


    by artappraiser on Sun, 10/28/2018 - 11:09pm

    Drudge Bashes Fox News Segment on Political Violence: ‘Check Your Soul in the Makeup Chair!’

    The conservative media titan seemed incensed Monday morning by a Fox News panel discussion that appeared to make light of recent political violence.

    @ DailyBeast.com, Oct. 29

    for "ratings", or really cares? I'm genuinely not sure.


    by artappraiser on Tue, 10/30/2018 - 5:02am

    Partisan sloppiness, attack on NBC reporter by Ocasio-Cortez (found re-tweeted by Natasha Bertrand):

    My story is completely accurate. The number of undocumented immigrants crossing the border is rising. Please check the stats before attacking the media. I cover this story closely and with accuracy. First to report on the travel ban and family separation. https://t.co/7NCGizestm https://t.co/k08xQsh3ZM

    — Julia E. Ainsley (@JuliaEAinsley) October 29, 2018

    At least I hope it was sloppiness and not intentional propagandizing like Trump. More and more she is looking less and less like a shining star, more like a kiddie who is going to get eaten alive


    by artappraiser on Tue, 10/30/2018 - 6:20am

    I pretty much decided she was a fool when she advocated abolishing ICE. But a far left fool is far better than a far right fool. It's a reliable democratic district so she'll probably win and she'll go along mostly with the democratic caucus. It's ok, she'll likely grow into her role and learn.


    by ocean-kat on Tue, 10/30/2018 - 7:04am