Misdirection Play, Invalid Syllogism Dept. 0
Thom gets into the weeds.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
Short Attention Span Theatre, Florida Man Dept. 0
Farron points out, “You gotta pay attention the follow through.”
He has a point. Too often in the haste to chase breaking news, neither the media nor its audience and readers pay attention to the rest of the story.
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
Outlandish conspiracy theories seem to be going mainstream; think the “great replacement,” which Tucker Carlson has been touting to his large audience, just to pick one example from many.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Sara Gorman and Jack M. Gorman take a look at what might make persons receptive to conspiracy theories. It’s a particularly worthwhile read at this juncture. A snippet (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the authors’ theories about what makes some persons predisposed to drink this poisonous pilsner.
Twits on Twitter 0
Twits who would suffer the children.
Facts Are What People Think 0
(Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
The stupid. It burns.
Facebook Frolics 0
The things that you’re liable,
To read in the Bible Facebook,
They ain’t necessarily so.
Criminal Inactivity 0
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Charles Blow thinks he may have uncovered a common denominator in America’s epidemic of gunnuttery.
No other country has the level of American carnage, but no other country has American Republicans.
Follow the link for his explanation of that statement.