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The Contrarian
The Contrarian
With Norm Eisen, Rubin has launched an independent effort in journalism, The Contrarian.
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The Contrarian
Rat part
Rat part
Why does this delightful story about Mark Zuckerberg have a rat part in it? Perhaps because of this news item.
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Rat part
Sources of truth
Sources of truth
Robert Reich offers sources where one might find some truth.
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Sources of truth
No TV news, then and now
No TV news, then and now
it’s been ten days with no TV news, save for one episode of the NBC Nightly News, when the whale-cutter’s nomination drew me back. Did I learn anything more from that “half-hour” than I already knew from reading words? No.
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No TV news, then and now
“Turning Off the News”
“Turning Off the News”
From The Borowitz Report, “Turning Off the News”: I’m not a neuroscientist like George Santos, but in my experience, turning off the news is good for your mental health. And you’ll have more time for things you actually enjoy. Read a novel. See a friend. Walk your dog. Which is what I’m going to do right now.
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“Turning Off the News”
Spinning
Spinning
From the news: “another head-turning personnel pick.” No. Make that “another head-spinning personnel pick.”
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Spinning
Truncated? No
Truncated? No
On NBC Nightly News tonight, Lester Holt spoke of Kamala Harris’s “truncated campaign.” No. “Truncated” is about the end, not the beginning. If you start late and run the course, your effort has not been truncated.
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Truncated? No
Prophecy
Prophecy
I always dislike it when newspeople ask their guests to prophesy.
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Prophecy
WCBS Newsradio 880 to disappear
WCBS Newsradio 880 to disappear
One of the strange pleasures of driving late at night in downstate Illinois is pulling in WCBS 880 or WINS 1010. I always like hearing about traffic and weather from a distant land.
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WCBS Newsradio 880 to disappear
News
News
I like what Fresca’s friend Marz had to say: “I don’t want us to live like this. I want to be part of the calm in the craziness.”
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News
Crazy weather
Crazy weather
“Grab them shades on the way out the door. Precip cast? Fuggedaboudit! I mean, we still need a tall drink of water. I just ain’t happening tonight nor tomorrow.”
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Crazy weather
“Mister”
“Mister”
NBC Nightly News: it’s galling to hear Michael Cohen called “Cohen” and Donald Trump called “Mister Trump,” every damn time. Too much deference.
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“Mister”
Current events
Current events
I am thinking of every post right now as a flight from current events. Those events are always on my mind. But I have no special insight into them.
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Current events
When writers go on strike
When writers go on strike
DeSantis and Musk: that’s the kind of laughably crappy storyline you’re left with when writers go on strike.
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When writers go on strike
ATTN: MSNBC
ATTN: MSNBC
If I want to see moneyed persons exiting planes and stepping into big black vehicles, I can watch Succession. At least Succession shows what’s happening in the planes and cars.
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ATTN: MSNBC
Dies mirabilis
Dies mirabilis
I hope I have the Latin right.
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Dies mirabilis
HCR’s latest
HCR’s latest
Reading Heather Cox Richardson is so much better than watching television-news people standing in a hurricane or its aftermath.
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HCR’s latest
Heather Cox Richardson’s latest
Heather Cox Richardson’s latest
The March 30 installment of Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters from an American is an especially helpful one, about CBS, Mick Mulvaney, facts, democracy, and authoritarianism.
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Heather Cox Richardson’s latest
Advice about news
Advice about news
Advice in The Washington Post: “How to stay up-to-date on terrible news without burning out.”
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Advice about news
Call “Dr. Fauci” by his full name
Call “Dr. Fauci” by his full name
A note to the news, not that the news is listening: When introducing or making a first reference to Dr. Anthony Fauci, please refer to him by his full name and position. He is not a cartoon or character, à la Drs. Evil, No, Oz, and Phil. So “Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,” please.
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Call “Dr. Fauci” by his full name
Breaking news
Breaking news
Last night I dreamed the breaking news that Donald Trump* was replacing Mike Pence with an unidentified woman.
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Breaking news