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Tag Archives: journalism
Is the Hysteria About Putin and Trump Finally Tapering Off?
Paleo Retiree writes: Back in the ’80s and early ’90s, I was one of about six people in the U.S. who were skeptical of what were known as the day-care sex-abuse scandals. Short version: for a number of years, prosecutors and … Continue reading
The MSM Crackup
Paleo Retiree writes: As a former MSM flunky, I spent much of the campaign marveling at how clueless and often plain wrong the establishment press coverage of the election was. The reporting was so out of touch with middle America, and the … Continue reading
“30 For 30: Fantastic Lies”
Paleo Retiree writes: Marina Zenovich’s new documentary about the 2006 Duke lacrosse case, which is currently available on Netflix Instant, is a perfectly adequate run-through of that fascinating, distressing episode. If you didn’t follow the story closely at the time, the film … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Politics and Economics, Sex
Tagged Duke lacrosse, journalism, rape, rape culture
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Linkage: Special Jackie/Sabrina/Rolling Stone Edition
Paleo Retiree writes: I’ve been an avid follower of the U.Va “gang-rape at a frat house” imbroglio since Sabrina Rubin Erdely’s article first appeared in Rolling Stone’s Dec. 2014 issue. When I gave the story a read it took only a couple … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Economics, Sex
Tagged hoaxes, journalism, rape, Richard Bradley, Rolling Stone, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Steve Sailer
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Reckless and Inspired: An Interview With Jonathan Hastings About His Brother, the Journalist Michael Hastings
Paleo Retiree writes: On June 18, 2013 The Question Lady and I learned that a friend of ours had died in Los Angeles in a very peculiar car crash. His name was Michael Hastings, and he’d been a celebrated war … Continue reading
Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Interviews, Movies, Politics and Economics
Tagged Jonathan Hastings, journalism, Michael Hastings, war
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Michael Pollan, AMA
Paleo Retiree writes: Has the Reddit AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) session become one of journalism’s — or at least the web’s — most vital and useful forms? I often get more out of making my way through those things than … Continue reading
NY Times Jumps the Shark, or, Trolling Becomes Journalism’s New Standard
Glynn Marshes writes: So a few days ago, in the comment thread on “What’s wrong with white boys playing the blues,” jr dismissed the LA Weekly article cited as an “exercise in trolling.” Now comes the New York Times, in … Continue reading