There are three sides to every story: Your side, my side and the truth. I don’t know who originally came up with that line but I’ve found it to be a remarkably insightful and surprisingly accurate statement on the power of human perception. In these politically and culturally charged times,[…] Read On
The media isn’t paid to reflect reality, it’s paid to get eyeballs. – Some Blogger, c. 2008 While blogging for CNET back in 2008, I observed that online media was generating headlines and oftentimes content to be clickable, not necessarily accurate. Hey, don’t laugh — that was an epiphany back then.[…] Read On
You know we have plenty of brainiacs in this country. The question is, why don’t any of them use those ginormous brains? Bear with me and follow my logic for a minute. Web 2.0 — the interactive web — launched in 2000. Facebook was founded in 2004. Twitter launched in[…] Read On
Trump loses the election (allegedly) and suddenly, magically … All the rioting stops. Calls to defund police evaporate. A 90% effective vaccine is announced. The supremes will not strike down Obamacare after all. And anyone who actually believes that Roe v. Wade ever had a snowball’s chance in hell of[…] Read On
Don’t want to be an American idiotOne nation controlled by the mediaInformation age of hysteriaIt’s calling out to idiot America Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day Years ago I got into an animated debate with my father-in-law about the power of the media and whether it really does control the nation,[…] Read On
The days of the media and the people holding political leaders accountable are over. I’m calling it. When slimy bureaucrats get caught doing something wrong, all they have to do anymore is flip it around on their opponent and spew the most outrageous lies they can come up with. The[…] Read On
A recent CDC report says that just 6% of Covid-19 deaths had no additional listed causes or comorbidities. As you might expect, Twitter lit up like the Bay Area lightning storm that started all those wildfires: CDC: 94% COVID-19 mortalities had comorbidities such as hypertension, obesity, diabetes or dementia. Only[…] Read On