10 Monday Apr 2017
Posted in media criticism, meta
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Somebody got left out.
Sean Kent @seankent
Who won the Pulitzer for making people think Hillary’s emails were more dangerous than electing a fascist?
4:01 PM – 10 Apr 2017
Old media is dead.
18 Saturday Mar 2017
Posted in media criticism
It’s obvious to everyone else.
US reporters praise German journalists for questioning Trump
US journalists had praise for their German colleagues after a White House press conference with Chancellor Merkel and President Trump. DW’s Brent Goff said US reporters were “shocked” by the pointed questions.
[….]
And now, here we are.
17 Friday Feb 2017
Posted in media criticism, social media
Today, via Twitter:
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!
3:48 PM – 17 Feb 2017
Putz. They all deserve each other. Everyone else gets to suffer.
11 Saturday Feb 2017
Posted in media criticism, Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Senate
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Attorney General, Jefferson City, Jo Mannies, Josh Hawley, media criticism, residence, SB 396, Wayne Wallingford
Does the Jefferson City paper have a classified section for subletting apartments? Just asking.
Missouri Attorney General Hawley addresses Democrats’ residency concerns, rents apartment
By Jo Mannies • Feb 10, 2017Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley says he has rented an apartment in Jefferson City, to end accusations from Democrats that he has been violating state law by commuting from his home in Columbia…
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Assistant House Minority Leader Gina Mitten, D-St. Louis, replied in a statement: “… Hawley said he ‘decided to call Democrats’ bluff on this.’ Hawley has it backwards. He claimed for weeks that the law didn’t apply to him but now he’s complying with it. Somebody blinked here, and it wasn’t us.”
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Interesting headline. Doesn’t anyone peruse legislative bill filings anymore?
![Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].](https://showmeprogress.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/20160818-img_9813.jpg)
Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].
A bill filed in the Senate on Monday:
SB 396
Repeals the requirement that the Attorney General reside at the seat of government
Sponsor: Wallingford
LR Number: 1775S.01I
Fiscal Notes
Committee:
Last Action: 2/6/2017 – S First Read–SB 396-Wallingford
Journal Page: S227
Title:
Calendar Position: 5
Effective Date: August 28, 2017Current Bill Summary
SB 396 – This act repeals the requirement that the attorney general reside at the seat of government.
This act is identical to HB 797 (2017).
Uh, when republicans file bills like this it’s not just Democrats who don’t have confidence in Josh Hawley’s (r) legal opinion.
Previously:
HB 797: no confidence in the legal opinion of Attorney General Josh Hawley (r) (January 31, 2017)
28 Monday Nov 2016
Posted in media criticism
Now he tells everyone:
Chuck Todd @chucktodd
Trump presidency in a nutshell? aides go rogue, principle on unhinged/unsubstantiated rant. Both give cover to bigger story (biz conflicts)
6:22 AM – 28 Nov 2016
My response, as if it will do any good:
Michael Bersin @MBersin
@chucktodd Gee, this is only news now, after the election?
10:02 AM – 28 Nov 2016
We’re doomed.
Update:
Again, now he tells us.
Chuck Todd @chucktodd
We are all witnessing a slow motion train wreck. Sadly, these proverbial wrecks are likely to happen on a weekly basis.
8:49 AM – 28 Nov 2016
We’re doomed.
26 Saturday Nov 2016
Posted in media criticism, social media
Ah, yes, our current media environment:
Michael Bersin @MBersin
Leave it to another cold war relic to manipulate our old media and distract us from the harsh realities of the 2016 presidential election…
8:39 AM – 26 Nov 2016
Professional courtesy…
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Fidel Castro is dead!
7:08 AM – 26 Nov 2016
It must be a chapter or something in an authoritarian etiquette book.
23 Wednesday Nov 2016
Posted in media criticism, Resist
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A protest sign from thirteen or so years ago, possibly the second or third iteration – they do wear out from use:
“Faux News channel, fascist groupies” – protest sign, circa 2003- 2004.
Nothing has changed.
On some occasions the weekly protests near the fountain on the Plaza in Kansas City would garner media coverage. As I recall, on one such day a reporter for one of the local non-Fox affiliates was getting ready for a stand-up report. Right before she went on the air I called out and showed her the sign. She smiled.
Resist.
Previously:
The more things change, the more they remain the same (November 23, 2016)
22 Tuesday Nov 2016
Posted in media criticism, social media
Today from the New York Times:
The New York Times @nytimes
Richard Spencer said he had gotten caught up in his passion for the alt-right cause when he shouted “Hail victory!”
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5:50 AM – 22 Nov 2016
Old media will figure that out too late, as usual.
21 Monday Nov 2016
Posted in media criticism, social media
This morning from CNN:
CNN @CNN
Fake news is often shared more than real news online. Here’s what’s allowing it to thrive, and how you can stop it:
[….]
4:45 AM – 21 Nov 2016
This from the network that hired Corey Lewandowski.
The responses are priceless.
19 Saturday Nov 2016
Posted in media criticism
Via Twitter from Charles P. Pierce at Esquire:
Charles P. Pierce @ESQPolitics
Dear Media — the president-elect just settled a massive fraud suit against himself. This qualifies as Big News.
7:38 PM – 18 Nov 2016
Nah. But, did you know that Hillary Clinton didn’t hold enough press availabilities?
*it’s okay if you’re a republican
