Political Theatre category archive
That Was the Week That Was 0
Shaun Mullen looks back.
The Flailure 0
Field explains. A snippet:
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The astonishing thing is that the president of the United States is, let’s face it, raving like a lunatic — and everyone just shrugs.
In related news, Noz is not optimistic.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Gary Abernathy looks at Donald Trump and sees a creation of “reality” TV and cable news. Methinks his argument is worth a look.
A snippet:
On the entertainment side, television struck gold with “reality” programming, placing seemingly ordinary citizens in voyeuristic and titillating settings, asking viewers to cheer one contestant, jeer the other and cast their votes.
Out of this divisive and salacious swamp climbed the combative, shocking and polarizing Donald Trump, stepping onto a cultural stage constructed almost specifically for him.
The New Know-Nothings 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., finds the Republican disdain for knowledge and information to be somewhat disturbing. A nugget:
Pass lightly — again — over the fact that Obama never said any such thing. What’s more fascinating is that Santorum — holder of an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and a Juris Doctor from Dickinson School of Law — would identify higher education as a mark of elitism.
At 221B Pennsylvania Ave. 0
Aside:
Speaking of Antifa, Will Bunch reminds me that my father was in an Antifa organization. It was called, if I remember correctly, the United States Army.
(Anti-)Social Media 0
Writing at the Hartford Courant, Barth Keck argues that Americans’ apparent willingness to believe anything they read on a computer screen is inimical to the polity. He uses the aftermath of Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide as a starting point.
Social media, simply, is poisoning American minds.
Follow the link for the rest.
Just Because You Read It Somewhere Don’t Make It True 0
In the Portland Press-Herald, Greg Kesich dissects several Republican disinformation campaigns and offers some hints for separating spotting the cons. A snippet:
Misdirection Play, Dance of the Devious Dept. 0
The Portland Press-Herald’s Bill Nemitz searches for straight answers about agitators for armed assaults of assembled Americans, but encounters a veritable vacuum of veracity.