Posted on 14 July 2013 by scooterbird
Most of the time, I don’t say anything – there are a mixture of reasons. I don’t want to seem like a know-it-all. I don’t feel like getting into it with a partisan of one side or another (i.e. the majority of people) when all I want to do is have a beer in peace. Sometimes it’s just too depressing to talk about. And a good part of the time, I just genuinely forget that not everybody sees what I see.
The verdict in the George Zimmerman murder case was announced a few hours ago to a cascade of disbelief and rage across the Internet and the MSM. Continue reading →
Filed under: justice | Tagged: cnn, george zimmerman, msm, predictions, trayvon martin, trials | Leave a comment »
Posted on 10 July 2013 by scooterbird
My daughter, bless her, is an extremely intelligent and talented young lady who will be taking off this fall to the wilds of Ohio to attend a large university there. I am very, very proud of her. She will be studying journalism. From the “adults” she interacts with, who never fail to ask her what she will be studying, this draws some now-predictable utterances of “ohhh…!” and furrowed brows, and the occasional snarky comment about the supposedly dwindling number of jobs in the field. My daughter, to her great credit, ignores these supposed experts. Continue reading →
Filed under: media, TV | Tagged: cnn, in the news, jay rosen, journalism, msm, pressthink | 2 Comments »
Most of the time, I don’t say anything – there are a mixture of reasons. I don’t want to seem like a know-it-all. I don’t feel like getting into it with a partisan of one side or another (i.e. the majority of people) when all I want to do is have a beer in peace. Sometimes it’s just too depressing to talk about. And a good part of the time, I just genuinely forget that not everybody sees what I see.
The Hidden Message 