Political Theatre category archive
Pigeon Holes 0
Will Bunch attempts a taxonomy of Democrats.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Thom and Greg Palast discuss recent events in the Republican gut-out-the-vote effort.
The Sound of Silence 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Eric Shepherd finds an object lesson in the reaction to the allegations of assault against Brett Kavanaugh; follow the link for details.
Here’s a snippet, somewhat aside from the object lesson mentioned above, but nevertheless powerful:
Do please read the rest.
Aside:
I was a teen in the 60s. It wasn’t normal then, either.
Twits on Twitter 0
A Kavanaugh of Twits. (A Kavanaugh equals roughly two Thomases.)
Accentuate the Negative, Eliminate the Positive 0
Eva Ritvo explores why persons are so susceptible to–even fascinated by–negative news and news-like stories.
Shoot the Messenger 0
Professors Jennifer E. Moore and Michael J. Socolow look at the recent physical attacks on reporters and their places of work and remind us that Americans have a long history of shooting the messenger when they don’t like the message. A snippet:
From our vantage point as historians in 2018, we can now see this era of objectivity lasted from about 1930 to 2000, beginning with the introduction of broadcast journalism via radio to the emergence of the multichannel cable television universe and the web’s development.
Russian Impulses 0
Shaun Mullen catches us up on this week in the collusion.
Both Sides Not 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., is cautiously hopeful that “both sides do it” might falling out of favor. Here’s a snippet:
. . . neither fairness nor balance requires us to report discredited and disreputable information.
Follow the link for context.