When trying to understand the poor state of journalism these days, I think that looking at what journalists are saying on Twitter provides a lot
Month: February 2021
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I am mainly aware of the political consultant Stuart Stevens from his involvement in Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign, where he was the lead strategist,
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I have recently finished reading New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s inexplicable book, American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic. I happened to come up
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Journalism isn’t in good shape these days, so it isn’t surprising when it comes in contact with tough issues things will not go well. One
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The name Walker Bragman sounds more like it would be, say, that of a rich person from the Hamptons, than a socialist political journalist. But
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The New York Times produces lots of star journalists these days, though with many it isn’t clear why they are a star and more importantly
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Recently I have run across several journalists on Twitter who are regularly wiping out their old tweets, in one case it looks to be within
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Recently, The New York Times has had various problems with their journalists. That includes one, Taylor Lorenz, who falsely claimed someone had used what they
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Earlier this month the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights released a report (PDF) claiming that the claim that social media censure conservatives
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When it comes to the United States’ utter failure to well handle the coronavirus, I think that journalists have a played a critical role, as