2011-03-04 10:13 am
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sometimes I feel this way..

Sometimes the Onion is beyond brilliant... and this story is the story of many people... every day I find myself saying bullshit so often when I hear the drivel people say and quote as fact. Truth is a casualty of today's politics and social discourse.
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2011-02-16 08:06 pm

the state of journalism..

I studied journalism in college, and what I was taught is nothing like what is called journalism today.   Here is a very good analysis of what has happened and a warning about how we should be preparing a eulogy for this democracy.
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2011-02-15 09:08 am

Bill Moyers on truth

"George Orwell had warned six decades ago that the corrosion of language goes hand in hand with the corruption of democracy. If he were around today, he would remind us that "like the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket," this kind of propaganda engenders a "protective stupidity" almost impossible for facts to penetrate."  now read the rest of the article....
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