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Two Fewer Pages (How Bullshit Falls Apart)

2017-01-11
By: Imbecile
On: January 11, 2017
In: Politics
With: 0 Comments

Or, How the Media Continues To Say “No Thank You” to the First Amendment   Yesterday, CNN “broke” a story about the possible blackmailing of our president by a foreign government. It now seems more and more likely that the story just simply wasn’t true. So, how did it become such an explosive story so quickly? Let’s take a trip down memory lane for a moment to help us understand how this might have happened. In October, 2009, CNN cut into their regular programming to report some breaking news. It seemed that a large helium balloon had broken free and was floating above the Colorado countryside.Read More →

Fake News Will Kill Us

2016-12-04
By: Imbecile
On: December 4, 2016
In: Culture, Politics
With: 26 Comments

Fake news will be the death of us if we don’t do something about it. As a “free” society, we have been arguing about the rights and consequent responsibilities of our media since someone first penned their first pamphlet sometime in the late 18th century. Once radio took off and we decided that the airwaves across which radio stations broadcast belonged to the public, we tried to find a way to make sure that the people enjoying the privilege of using those airwaves provided a valuable service to the public. Thus, we saw the passage of the Mayflower Doctrine in 1941, which required radio broadcasters to “provideRead More →

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